The adversary's plot against humanity
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The homilist has just stated God's will that humanity be incorruptible, and now turns to the unnamed adversary who opposed that will.
But he, since he was wicked and envious, plotted against the race, was opposing the will of the Creator, and cunningly brought it down into disobedience, knowing that through it it would fall into death.
Greek
Ὁ δέ,
ἐπείπερ ἦν πονηρὸς καὶ βάσκανος, ἐπεβούλευσε τῷ γένει, ἀντετάττετο τῇ βουλήσει τοῦ δημιουργοῦ, κατεκόμισε πανούργως εἰς παρακοήν, εἰδὼς ὅτι πεσεῖται δι' αὐτῆς εἰς θάνατον.