Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume V/Cyprian/The Treatises of Cyprian/Exhortation to Martyrdom/Part 3

2. That God alone must be worshipped.

&#8220;As it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.&#8221; Also in Exodus: &#8220;Thou shalt have none other gods beside me.&#8221; Also in Deuteronomy:&#160; &#8220;See ye, see ye that I am He, and that there is no God beside me. I will kill, and will make alive; I will smite, and I will heal; and there is none who can deliver out of mine hands.&#8221; In the Apocalypse, moreover: &#8220;And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach over the earth, and over all nations, and tribes, and tongues, and peoples, saying with a loud voice, Fear God rather, and give glory to Him:&#160; for the hour of His judgment is come; and worship Him that made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that therein is.&#8221; So also the Lord, in His Gospel, makes mention of the first and second commandment, saying, &#8220;Hear, O Israel, The Lord thy God is one God;&#8221; and, &#8220;Thou shalt love thy Lord with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength. This is the first; and the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.&#160; On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.&#8221; And once more: &#8220;And this is life eternal, that they may know Thee, the only and true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.&#8221;