3 Entreat ye for me, that I may attain [through the Holy Spirit]. I write not unto you after the flesh, but after the mind of God. If I shall suffer, it was your desire; if I shall be rejected, it was your hatred. (IGN)
Ignatius to the Romans 8:3
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Ignatius to the Romans 6:2–3
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Ignatius to the Trallians 4:1–2
1 I have many deep thoughts in God: but I take the measure of myself, lest I perish in my boasting. For now I ought to be the more afraid and not to give heed to those that would puff me up: for they that say these things to me are a scourge to me. (IGN) 2 For though I… (IGN)
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