Tertullian Against Praxeas In His address to Nicodemus He says: "So God loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."[253] 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] A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer even as God also says, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that every one that believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life,"[42]