An Evil Way

Καὶ ἐρεῖς πῶς ἐμίσησα παιδείαν καὶ ἐλέγχους ἐξέκλινεν ἡ καρδία μου. Χριστοῦ γὰρ μὴ ῥυομένου, ὡς ἀγαθὴν ὁδεύσομεν τὴν κακήν· ἅγιοι μὲν γὰρ πάντα λέγουσι πιστά· τὰ δὲ οὕ· ὁ δὲ διάβολος οὐδὲν πιστὸν, ἀντὶ τοῦ, πίστεως ἄξιον· ἄνδρα γὰρ νῦν τὸν διἀβολον λέγει, ὡς ἐν Εὐαγγελίοις· εἴ γε ἄνθρωπος πονηρὸς ἔσπειρε τὰ ζιζάνια· μεγίστη δὲ ὡς ἔοικεν ἐπιβουλὴ, τὸ περιτυχεῖν βουλῇ κακῇ, καὶ ἀνδράσι δολίοις καὶ ὑπούλοις καὶ πονηροῖς. Ὠριγένης, Ἐκλογαὶ Εἰς Παροιμίας

And, alas, that I despised every teaching, and my heart rejected every warning. 1 For if Christ does not liberate us, we shall walk in the evil way as if it were good. For they who are blessed certainly say all things faithfully but the devil says nothing faithfully, that is, things worthy of trust. For here the devil is spoken of as if a man, as in the Gospel, when that wicked man sowed weeds, 2 and great plots appear, and a falling into depraved counsel, and that among clever and deceitful and wicked men. Origen, On Proverbs, Fragments 1 Prov 5.12 2 Mt 13.25