7 For as its work is, so is its end: for it is light and the dawning of thought; (ODE) 8 And by it the worlds talk one to the other; and in the Word there were those that were silent; (ODE) 9 And from it came love and concord; and they spake one to the other whatever was theirs; and they were penetrated by the Word; (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 12:7–9
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