and straying members, that ye may save your whole body. For by so acting ye shall edify yourselves.[1]
Chap. xii.—Exhortation to various graces.
For I trust that ye are well versed in the sacred Scriptures, and that nothing is hid from you; but to me this privilege is not yet granted.[2] It is declared then in these Scriptures, "Be ye angry, and sin not,"[3] and, "Let not the sun go down upon your wrath."[4] Happy is he who remembers[5] this, which I believe to be the case with you. But may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ Himself, who is the Son of God, and our everlasting High Priest, build you up in faith and truth, and in all meekness, gentleness, patience, long-suffering, forbearance, and purity; and may He bestow on you a lot and portion among His saints, and on us with you, and on all that are under heaven, who shall believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, and in His Father, who "raised Him from the dead."[6] Pray for all the saints. Pray also for kings,[7] and potentates, and princes, and for those that persecute and hate you,[8] and for the enemies of the cross, that your fruit may be manifest to all, and that ye may be perfect in Him.
Chap. xiii.—Concerning the transmission of epistles.
Both you and Ignatius[9] wrote to me, that if any one went [from this] into Syria, he should carry your letter[10] with him; which request I will attend to if I find a fitting opportunity, either personally, or through some other acting for me, that
- ↑ Comp. 1 Cor. xii. 26.
- ↑ This passage is very obscure. Some render it as follows: "But at present it is not granted unto me to practise that which is written, Be ye angry," etc.
- ↑ Ps. iv. 5.
- ↑ Eph. iv. 26.
- ↑ Some read, "believes."
- ↑ Gal. i. 1.
- ↑ Comp. 1 Tim. ii. 2.
- ↑ Matt. v. 44.
- ↑ Comp. Ep. of Ignatius to Polycarp, chap. viii.
- ↑ Or, "letters."
