Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans

the son of Josedech, who sought to "sift the faith"[51]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV

says: "You will escape the energy of the wild beast, if your heart become pure and blameless." Also the Lord Himself says: "Satan hath desired to sift you; but I have prayed."[111]

Tertullian De Fuga in Persecutione " So he asked in the case of the apostles likewise an opportunity to tempt them, having it only by special allowance, since the Lord in the Gospel says to Peter, "Behold, Satan asked that he might sift you as grain; but I have prayed for you that your faith fail not; "[7]

Cyprian Epistle VII

But He so prayed for us, that in another place we read, "And the Lord said to Peter, Behold, Satan has desired to sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not."[17]

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VI

and he oftentimes sought to sift us, that our faith might fail.[39]

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