Baptism And Vipers

Εἰκότως γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν πάντας τοὺς ἀπίστους καλεῖ. Ὁ γὰρ μὴ καταλιμπάνω τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔθη, οὐ λαμβάνει καλῶς τὸ βάπτισμα· ἀλλ' ἔτι γέννημα ἐχίδνης, ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὸν ἰὸν τῆς πονηρίας ἔχων. Ὠριγένης, Εἰς Τὸ Κατὰ Λουκαν Ἐπαγγελιον Source: Migne PG 17.327b

Rightly he calls all the faithless a brood of vipers. 1 For they who do not forsake their old customs, do not receive baptism well, but they are yet a brood of vipers, having in themselves the venom of wickedness. Origen, On the Gospel of St Luke, Fragment 1 Lk 3.7