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> [Let us not so much labor to know where hell is - as how to escape it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/let-us-not-so-much-labor-to-know-where-hell-is-as-how-to-escape-it/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

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## More by John Chrysostom

> [I know my own soul, how feeble and puny it is: I know the magnitude of this ministry, and the great difficulty of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/i-know-my-own-soul-how-feeble-and-puny-it-is-i-know-the-magnitude-of/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [Christ is wont to catch every man in the way of his own craft - magicians with a star, fishers with a fish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/christ-is-wont-to-catch-every-man-in-the-way-of-his-own-craft/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [I do not know whether anyone has ever succeeded in not enjoying praise. And, if he enjoys it, he naturally wants to receive it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/i-do-not-know-whether-anyone-has-ever-succeeded-in-not-enjoying/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [The Judge will pass sentence, not according to what any other person has said concerning you, but according to what you have yourself spoken.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/the-judge-will-pass-sentence-not-according-to-what-any-other-person/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [“For it cannot, it cannot be, that a man should enjoy the benefit of grace except he watch.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/for-it-cannot-it-cannot-be-that-a-man-should-enjoy-the-benefit-of/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [Do not say I use what is mine: you use what is alien to you; the indulgent, selfish use makes what is yours something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/do-not-say-i-use-what-is-mine-you-use-what-is-alien-to-you-the/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [After the prophets, the false prophets; after the apostles, the false apostles; after Christ, anti-Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/after-the-prophets-the-false-prophets-after-the-apostles-the-false/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [Higher than every painter, higher than every sculptor and than all artists do I regard him who is skilled in the art of forming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/higher-than-every-painter-higher-than-every-sculptor-and-than-all/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [God draws, but He draws the willing one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/god-draws-but-he-draws-the-willing-one/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [By the cross we know the gravity of sin and the greatness of God's love toward us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/by-the-cross-we-know-the-gravity-of-sin-and-the-greatness-of-god-s/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [ “As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a \[person\].” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/as-a-moth-gnaws-a-garment-so-doth-envy-consume-a-person/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [“I have taken you in my arms, and I love you, and I prefer you to my life itself. For the present life is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/i-have-taken-you-in-my-arms-and-i-love-you-and-i-prefer-you-to-my/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [As the Father useth this expression I AM, so also doth Christ, for it signifieth continuous being, irrespective of all time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/as-the-father-useth-this-expression-i-am-so-also-doth-christ-for-it/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [“If a man cannot learn well a melody on pipe or harp,   unless he in every way strain his attention; how shall one, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/if-a-man-cannot-learn-well-a-melody-on-pipe-or-harp-unless-he-in/)

[John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/)

> [Correct him, but not as a foe, nor as an adversary exacting a penalty, but as a physician providing medicines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/correct-him-but-not-as-a-foe-nor-as-an-adversary-exacting-a-penalty/)

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