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2Pe 2:19. Ἐλευθερίαν, liberty) so as neither to he afraid of the devil, nor to loathe the flesh.-ᾧ γάρ τις ἥττηται) for he by whom any one has permitted himself to be overcome, and has yielded himself vanquished.-τούτῳ καὶ δεδούλωται, by him also is he held in bondage) 1Sa 17:9. Theocr. Idyll. xxii. 71:
Σὸς μὲν ἐγὼ, σὺ δʼ ἐμὸς κεκλήσεαι, εἴκε κρατήσω·
I will be thine, and thou shalt be mine, if I gain the victory.