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| Chapter XII.—Praise of the Ephesians.
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Chapter XII.—Praise of the Ephesians.
I know both who I am, and to whom I write. I am a
condemned man, ye have been the objects of
mercy; I am
subject to danger, ye are established in safety. Ye are the persons
through571
| 571 Literally,
“ye are the passage of.” | whom those pass that are
cut off for the sake of God. Ye are initiated into the mysteries of the
Gospel with Paul, the holy, the martyred, the deservedly most happy, at
whose feet572
| 572 Literally,
“footsteps.” | may I be found, when I shall attain
to God; who in all his Epistles makes mention of you in Christ Jesus.
I know both who I am, and to whom I write. I am the
very insignificant Ignatius, who have my lot with573
| 573 Literally, “am like to.”
| those who are exposed to danger and condemnation. But ye have
been the objects of mercy, and are established in Christ. I am one delivered over [to death], but the least of all
those that have been cut off for the sake of Christ, “from the
blood of righteous Abel”574
to the
blood of Ignatius. Ye are initiated into the mysteries of the Gospel with
Paul, the holy, the martyred, inasmuch as he was “a chosen
vessel;”575
at whose feet may I be
found, and at the feet of the rest of the saints, when I shall attain to
Jesus Christ, who is always mindful of you in His prayers.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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