--- title: "7 Cfs Quotes By Symeon the New Theologian" description: "7 Cfs quotes by Symeon the New Theologian. Plus more from Symeon the New Theologian and more Cfs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/symeon-the-new-theologian-2192_believe_unbelievers-those-who-believe-with-diffi_469495.png" --- > [Unbelievers, those who believe with difficulty, or believe in part, are those who do not show their faith through works. Apart from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/unbelievers-those-who-believe-with-difficulty-or-believe-in-part-are/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/symeon-the-new-theologian-2192_believe_unbelievers-those-who-believe-with-diffi_469495.png) > [... those who sit in the darkness of passions and whose minds are blinded by ignorance, or, rather, those who have not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/those-who-sit-in-the-darkness-of-passions-and-whose-minds-are-blinded/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/symeon-the-new-theologian-2192_bible_those-who-sit-in-the-darkness-of-passion_936101.png) > [Just as gold tarnished in depth (cf. Jms. 5:3) cannot be properly purified and restored to its proper brightness unless it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/just-as-gold-tarnished-in-depth-cf-jms-5-3-cannot-be-properly/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/symeon-the-new-theologian-2192_beauty_just-as-gold-tarnished-in-depth-cf-jms-5_1920737.jpg) > [Spiritual knowledge is like a house built in the midst of secular and pagan knowledge, in which there is laid up, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/spiritual-knowledge-is-like-a-house-built-in-the-midst-of-secular-and/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/symeon-the-new-theologian-2192_able_spiritual-knowledge-is-like-a-house-buil_1924270.jpg) > [... I pray... that you may discern your affairs in a manner pleasing to God and may so act and endeavor that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/i-pray-that-you-may-discern-your-affairs-in-a-manner-pleasing-to-god/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/symeon-the-new-theologian-2192_affair_i-pray-that-you-may-discern-your-affairs_2228997.jpg) > [O man, do you believe that Christ is God? If you believe, fear, and keep His commandments? there is no other God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/o-man-do-you-believe-that-christ-is-god-if-you-believe-fear-and-keep/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/symeon-the-new-theologian-2192_all-things_o-man-do-you-believe-that-christ-is-god_2315624.png) > [Let us flee from the deceit of life and its supposed happiness and run to Christ alone, who is the Savior of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/let-us-flee-from-the-deceit-of-life-and-its-supposed-happiness-and/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/symeon-the-new-theologian-2192_cfs_let-us-flee-from-the-deceit-of-life-and_2494135.png) ## Other authors on Cfs ## More by Symeon the New Theologian > [... if we are ashamed to imitate our Lord's sufferings, which He endured for us, and to suffer as He suffered, it is obvious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/if-we-are-ashamed-to-imitate-our-lord-s-sufferings-which-he-endured/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > ['Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord' (Heb. 12:14), Why did he say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/strive-for-peace-with-all-men-and-for-the-holiness-without-which-no/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [There are times when I, without willing it, mount to the height of contemplation; with my will I am drawn down from it because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/there-are-times-when-i-without-willing-it-mount-to-the-height-of/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [Unbelievers, those who believe with difficulty, or believe in part, are those who do not show their faith through works. Apart from works the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/unbelievers-those-who-believe-with-difficulty-or-believe-in-part-are/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [Tremble with awe, O men! The insults God suffered for the sake of our salvation you too must endure! God is slapped on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/tremble-with-awe-o-men-the-insults-god-suffered-for-the-sake-of-our/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [... those who sit in the darkness of passions and whose minds are blinded by ignorance, or, rather, those who have not acquired the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/those-who-sit-in-the-darkness-of-passions-and-whose-minds-are-blinded/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [To have faith in Christ means more than simply despising the delights of this life. It means we should bear all our daily trials…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/to-have-faith-in-christ-means-more-than-simply-despising-the-delights/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [Provided they live a worthy life, both those who choose to dwell in the midst of noise and hubbub and those who dwell in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/provided-they-live-a-worthy-life-both-those-who-choose-to-dwell-in/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [... men... who say that there is no one in our times and in our midst who is able to keep the Gospel commandments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/men-who-say-that-there-is-no-one-in-our-times-and-in-our-midst-who-is/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [Illumination by the Spirit is the endless end of every virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/illumination-by-the-spirit-is-the-endless-end-of-every-virtue/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [Through repentance the filth of our foul actions is washed away. After this, we participate in the Holy Spirit, not automatically, but according to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/through-repentance-the-filth-of-our-foul-actions-is-washed-away-after/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [The aim of all those who live in God is to please our Lord Jesus Christ and become reconciled with God the Father through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/the-aim-of-all-those-who-live-in-god-is-to-please-our-lord-jesus/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [What is the cause that one is hardened, and another readily moved to compunction? Listen! It springs from the will, in the latter case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/what-is-the-cause-that-one-is-hardened-and-another-readily-moved-to/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [Keep in mind God's precept that states, 'Judge not, and you will not be judged' (Lk. 6:37), and in no way meddle in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/keep-in-mind-god-s-precept-that-states-judge-not-and-you-will-not-be/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) > [When men search for God with their bodily eyes they find Him nowhere, for He is invisible. But for those who ponder in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/symeon-the-new-theologian/when-men-search-for-god-with-their-bodily-eyes-they-find-him-nowhere/) [Symeon the New Theologian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/symeon-the-new-theologian/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cfs/symeon-the-new-theologian/#itemlist", "name": "7 Cfs Quotes By Symeon the New Theologian", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Unbelievers, those who believe with difficulty, or believe in part, are those who do not show their faith through works. Apart from works the demons also believe (cf. Jms. 2:19) and confess Christ to be God and Master. 'We know Who You are' (Mk. 1:24), they say, 'You are the Son of God' (Mt. 8:29), and elsewhere, 'These men are the servants of the Most High God' (Acts 16:17). 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Of these the prophet David rightly states, 'The ignorant and foolish perish together' (Ps. 49:11). Therefore such men twist the whole of Scripture according to their own desires (cf. II Pet. 3:3, 16) and corrupt themselves in their own passions. 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I pray... that you may discern your affairs in a manner pleasing to God and may so act and endeavor that you may find Christ, as He even now cooperates with you, and in time to come will bestow on you abundantly the enjoyment of the illumination that comes from Him. Do not follow the wolf instead of the shepherd (cf. Mt. 7:15), nor enter into a flock that is diseased (cf. Ezek. 34:4). 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