Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 37:1

ΠΑΣ φίλος ἐρεῖ· ἐφιλίασα αὐτῷ κἀγώ, ἀλλ᾿ ἔστι φίλος ὀνόματι μόνον φίλος.
King James Version (KJV)

Every friend saith, I am his friend also: but there is a friend, which is only a friend in name.

Modern English

Every friend says, "I too am his friend," but there is such a thing as a friend who is a friend in name only.

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