2 And his members are with him. And on them do I stand, and He loves me: (ODE) 3 For I should not have known how to love the Lord, if He had not loved me. (ODE) 4 For who is able to distinguish love, except the one that is loved? (ODE) 5 I love the Beloved, and my soul loves Him: (ODE) 6 And where His rest is, there also am I; (ODE) 7 And I shall be no stranger, for with the Lord Most High and Merciful there is no grudging. (ODE) 8 I have been united to I-run, for the Lover has found the Beloved, (ODE) 9 And because I shall love Him that, is the Son, I shall become a son; (ODE) 10 For he that is joined to Him that is immortal, will also himself become immortal; (ODE) 11 And he who has pleasure in the Living One, will become living. (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 3:2–11
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