[That Even Among the Jews There Arose the Doctrine of Several Heresies Hateful to God.]
VI. For even the Jewish nation had wicked heresies: for of them were the Sadducees, who do not confess the resurrection of the dead; and the Pharisees, who ascribe the practice of sinners to fortune and fate; and the Basmotheans, who deny providence, and say that the world is made by spontaneous motion, and take away the immortality of the soul; and the Hemerobaptists, who every day, unless they wash, do not eat,—nay, and unless they cleanse their beds and tables, or platters and cups and seats, do not make use of any of them; and those who are newly risen amongst us, the Ebionites, who will have the Son of God to be a mere man, begotten by human pleasure, and the conjunction of Joseph and Mary. There are also those that separate themselves from all these, and observe the laws of their fathers, and these are the Essenes. These, therefore, arose among the former people. And now the evil one, who is wise to do mischief, and as for goodness, knows no such good thing, has cast out some from among us, and has wrought by them heresies and schisms.
[6] Εἶχεν μὲν οὖν καὶ ὁ ἰουδαϊκὸς ὄχλος αἱρέσεις κακίας. Καὶ γὰρ καὶ Σαδδουκαῖοι ἐξ αὐτῶν οἱ μὴ ὁμολογοῦντες νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν. Καὶ Φαρισαῖοι οἱ τύχῃ καὶ εἱμαρμένῃ ἐπιγράφοντες τὴν τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων πρᾶξιν. Καὶ Μασβωθαῖοι οἱ πρόνοιαν ἀρνούμενοι, ἐξ αὐτομάτου δὲ φορᾶς λέγοντες τὰ ὄντα συνεστάναι καὶ ψυχῆς τὴν ἀθανασίαν περικόπτοντες. Καὶ Ἡμεροβαπτισταί, οἵτινες καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ἐὰν μὴ βαπτίσωνται οὐκ ἐσθίουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς κλίνας καὶ τοὺς πίνακας ἤτοι κρατῆρας καὶ ποτήρια καὶ καθίσματα, ἐὰν μὴ καθάρωσιν ὕδατι, οὐδενὶ χρῶνται. Καὶ οἱ ἐφ' ἡμῶν νῦν φανέντες Ἐβιωναῖοι, τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ ψιλὸν ἄνθρωπον εἶναι βουλόμενοι, ἐξ ἡδονῆς ἀνδρὸς καὶ συμπλοκῆς Ἰωσὴφ καὶ Μαρίας αὐτὸν γεννῶντες. Οἱ δὲ τούτων πάντων ἑαυτοὺς χωρίσαντες καὶ τὰ πάτρια φυλάσσοντές εἰσιν Ἐσσαῖοι. Ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἐν τῷ προτέρῳ λαῷ, καὶ νῦν ὁ πονηρός, σοφὸς ὢν τοῦ κακοποιῆσαι καὶ τὸ καλὸν ὅ τι ποτέ ἐστιν ἀγνοῶν, ἐξ ἡμῶν τινας ἐκβαλὼν ἐνήργησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς αἱρέσεις καὶ σχίσματα.