Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians Knowing, therefore, that "as we brought nothing into the world, so we can carry nothing out,"[25] Cyprian Treatise IV On the Lord's Prayer For the love of money is the root of all evil; which while some coveted after, they have made shipwreck from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows."[52] Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and Alms For covetousness is a root of all evils, which some desiring, have made shipwreck from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."[33] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews For the root of all evils is covetousness, which some coveting, have made shipwreck from the faith, and have plunged themselves in many sorrows."[698] Gregory Thaumaturgus A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes and the man himself, however unwillingly, is doomed to die, and return to earth in the selfsame condition in which it was his lot once to come into being.[35]