Tertullian Scorpiace John, in fact, exhorts us to lay down our lives even for our brethren,[81] Tertullian De Fuga in Persecutione too, that ye may be able to quench the darts of the devil, when doubtless ye resist him, and sustain his assaults in their utmost force. Accordingly John also teaches that we must lay down our lives for the brethren;[40]