“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.”
You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder — the affirmation of monotheistic doctrine ('one God,' cf. Deuteronomy 6:4) is orthodox but insufficient; even demons hold this belief. Yet the demons' response is fear (phrisso, shudder), showing that intellectual assent to correct doctrine produces not salvation but dread. The verse establishes that orthodoxy without obedience and love is spiritually bankrupt, a truth demons understand better than complacent believers.
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