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Believe it and it will come
Cites Matthew 21:22, per a summary
Wikipedia has Byrne giving three steps, ask, believe and receive, and ties them to the Bible’s Matthew 21:22, a parallel Gospel verse; whether the attribution is Byrne’s or Wikipedia’s is unclear.
- c. 65 to 75 CE
“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”
Gospel of Mark. Earliest we can find, about 1,940 years earlier.
- 2006
Wikiquote’s account of the book: Ask once, believe you have received, and all you have to do to receive is feel good.
Secondhand, from Wikiquote. Rhonda Byrne, The Secret (2006).
This book is still in copyright, so we read an account of it, not the book.
Sources
Wikiquote: en.wikiquote.org/
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/