24 First, the spirit of fornication is seated in the nature and in the senses; (T12) 25 The second, the spirit of insatiableness in the belly; (T12) 26 The third, the spirit of fighting, in the liver and gall. (T12) 27 The fourth is the spirit of obsequiousness and chicanery, that through officious attention one may be fair in seeming. (T12) 28 The fifth is the spirit of pride, that one may be boastful and arrogant. (T12)
Testament of Reuben 1:24–28
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