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The shepherd gives a sober warning about quick temper, without a literal spirit-choking scene.
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Shepherd of Hermas — Mandate 5, section i

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Existing reader manuscript-image reference: Codex Sinaiticus. Working source: Lightfoot & Harmer 1891 (normalized OCR) · Greek

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Shepherd of Hermas 32:2

The Warning about Quick Temper

Long-suffering, Honey, and the Warning about Quick Temper · Shepherd of Hermas 32

Story guide: The warning describes quick temper as harmful to the spirit’s dwelling and service.

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2But if a quick temper comes on, at once the holy spirit—being tender—is cramped, not having a clean place, and it seeks to withdraw from that place; for it is choked by the evil spirit, not having room to minister to the Lord as it desires, being defiled by the quick temper. For in long-suffering the Lord dwells, but in quick temper the devil. Therefore, when both spirits dwell together in one, it is unprofitable and harmful to that person in whom they dwell.

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