Graphic Bible · Scene 4 of 4
Shepherd of Hermas 2:4
The Intention of the Heart
Grief Before the White Chair · Shepherd of Hermas 2
Story guide: The woman’s counsel concerns intention in the heart; the image stays with the speaker rather than inventing a wicked act.
Open this scene in the reader →4But she said, “By no means does this matter apply to the servant of God. Yet surely a thought concerning her rose up in your heart. For such an intention brings sin upon the servants of God. For it is an evil and startling intention for a most reverent spirit, and one already proven, if it should desire an evil deed—especially Hermas, the self-controlled one, who abstains from every evil desire and is full of all simplicity and great innocence.”
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