Words And Deeds

Ὁ Κύριος ἀπεφήνατο, ὅτι Τοῖς λέγουσί μοι ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, γνωρίζεσθαι ὑπ' ἐμοῦ, ἀποκρινοῦμαι, ὅτι Οὐκ οἴδα ὑμᾶς· διότι λόγῳ μὲν τὴν εὐσεβειαν ἐτιμᾶτε, ἔργῳ δὲ τὰ φαῦλα μετήρχεσθε. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΡΛϚ', Σεραπιωνι Πρεσβυτερῳ

The Lord declared: 'To those who say to me on that day that they are known by me, I shall reply, I do not know you,' 1 that is, to those who honour piety in words alone but partake of depraved deeds. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 136, To the Priest Serapion 1 Mt 7.22-23