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| Chapter I.—Acknowledgment of their excellence.
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Chapter I.—Acknowledgment of their
excellence.
rulers" title="66" id="v.iv.i-p1.1"/>I know that ye possess an
unblameable and sincere mind in patience, and that not only in present
practice,733
| 733 Literally,
“not according to use, but according to nature.” |
but according to inherent nature, as Polybius your bishop has shown me,
who has come to Smyrna by the will of God and Jesus Christ, and so
sympathized in the joy which I, who am bound in Christ Jesus, possess,
that I beheld your whole multitude in him. Having therefore received through him the testimony of
your good-will, according to God, I gloried to find you, as I knew you
were, the followers of God.
rulers" title="66" id="v.iv.i-p3.1"/>I know that ye possess an
unblameable and sincere mind in patience, and that not only for present
use,734
| 734 Literally,
“not for use, but for a possession.” | but as a
permanent possession, as Polybius your bishop has shown me, who has come
to Smyrna by the will of God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, His
Son, with the co-operation of the Spirit, and so sympathized in the joy
which I, who am bound in Christ Jesus, possess, that I beheld your whole
multitude in Him. Having therefore received
through him the testimony of your good-will according to God, I gloried
to find that you were the followers of Jesus Christ the Saviour.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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