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The writings of the Apostolic Fathers

Chap. viii.—Persevere in hope and patience.

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Let us then continually persevere in our hope, and the earnest of our righteousness, which is Jesus Christ, “who bore our sins in His own body on the tree,”[362] “who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth,”[363] but endured all things for us, that we might live in Him.[364] Let us then be imitators of His patience; and if we suffer[365] for His name’s sake, let us glorify Him.[366] For He has set us this example[367] in Himself, and we have believed that such is the case.

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The writings of the Apostolic Fathers, Project Gutenberg eBook #77576

Chap. vii.—Avoid the Docetæ, and persevere in fasting and prayer. Chap. ix.—Patience inculcated.