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| Chapter VII.—I have exhorted you to unity.
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Chapter VII.—I have exhorted you to
unity.
For though some would have deceived me according to the
flesh, yet the Spirit, as being from God, is not deceived. For it knows
both whence it comes and whither it goes,939
and
detects the secrets [of the heart]. For, when I was among you, I cried, I
spoke with a loud voice: Give heed to the bishop, and to the presbytery
and deacons. Now, some suspected me of having spoken thus, as knowing
beforehand the division caused by some among you.940
| 940 Some translate, “as foreseeing the
division to arise among you.” | But He is my witness, for
whose sake I am in bonds, that I got no intelligence from any man.941
| 941 Literally, “did not
know from human flesh.” | But the Spirit proclaimed
these words: Do nothing without the bishop; keep your bodies942
| 942 Literally, “your
flesh.” | as the temples of God;943
love
unity; avoid divisions; be the followers of Jesus Christ, even as He is
of His Father.
For though some would have deceived me according to the
flesh, yet my spirit is not deceived; for I have received it from God.
For it knows both whence it comes and whither it goes, and detects the
secrets [of the heart]. For when I was among you, I cried, I spoke with a
loud voice—the word is not mine, but God’s—Give
heed to the bishop, and to the presbytery and deacons. But if ye suspect
that I spake thus, as having learned beforehand the division caused by
some among you, He is my witness, for whose sake I am in bonds, that I
learned nothing of it from the mouth of any man. But the Spirit made an
announcement to me, saying as follows: Do nothing without the bishop;
keep your bodies944
| 944
Literally, “your flesh.” | as the temples of God;
love unity; avoid divisions; be ye followers of Paul, and of the rest of
the apostles, even as they also were of Christ.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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