Clement of Alexandria ((as quoted by Cassiodorus)) : For he that will love life, and see good days; that is, who wishes to become eternal and immortal. And He calls the Lord life, and the days good, that is holy. — From the Latin Translation of Cassiodorus Cyril of Alexandria : James also said: "If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check." It is a great thing to be able to control the tongue, for failure to do so is the greatest of evils. — CATENA Hilary of Arles : The present is evil, but the future is bright. We should always remember that. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER John Chrysostom : Guile elicits falsehood, deception, hypocrisy, and slanders which are untrue. It is the friend of the enemy of truth, that is, Satan, the father of lies. Believers are advised to avoid his influence and to prefer the things of God, who is truth. — CATENA Oecumenius : For whoever desires to love life? Life, I say, not in which even irrational beings exist, but in which man lives according to God, and days that are not bad, but good. For the days of this age, according to the patriarch Jacob, are few and evil. (Gen. 47:9) But where the prophetic oracle concludes, because it was placed therein: — Commentary on 1 Peter