18 Two years therefore I afflicted my soul with fasting in the fear of the Lord, and I learnt that deliverance from envy cometh by the fear of God. (T12) 19 For if a man flee to the Lord, the evil spirit runneth away from him and his mind is lightened. (T12) 20 And henceforward he sympathiseth with him whom he envied and forgiveth those who are hostile to him, and so ceaseth from his envy. (T12)
Testament of Simeon 1:18–20
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