Fickle Friendship
Christian Age
2 Timothy 1:15
This you know, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.


What is sweeter than a well-tuned lute, and what more delightful than a faithful friend — one who can cheer us in sorrow with wise and affectionate discourse? Nothing, however, is sooner untuned than a lute, and nothing is more fickle than human friendship. The tone of the one changes with the weather, that of the other with fortune. With a clear sky, a bright sun, and a gentle breeze, you will have friends in plenty; but let fortune frown and the firmament be overcast, and then your friends will prove like the strings of the lute, of which you will tighten ten before yea will find one that will bear the tension and keep the pitch.

(Christian Age.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

WEB: This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.




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