8:19-22
Judas the devil was also of this religion ; he was religious for the bag , that he might be possessed of what was therein ; but he was lost , cast away , and the very son of perdition . -LCB- 264 -RCB- 4 . Simon the witch was of this religion too ; for he would have had the Holy Ghost , that he might have got money therewith ; and his sentence from Peter 's mouth was according . -LSB- Acts 8:19-22 -RSB- -LCB- 265 -RCB- 5 . Neither will it out of my mind , but that that man that takes up religion for the world , will throw away religion for the world ; for so surely as Judas resigned the world in becoming religious , so surely did he also sell religion and his Master for the same . To answer the question , therefore , affirmatively , as I perceive you have done , and to accept of , as authentic , such answer , is both heathenish , hypocritical , and devilish ; and your reward will be according to your works . Then they stood staring one upon another , but had not wherewith to answer Christian .