1 Polycarp and the presbyters that are with him unto the Church of God which sojourneth at Philippi; mercy unto you and peace from God Almighty and Jesus Christ our Savior be multiplied. I rejoiced with you greatly in our Lord Jesus Christ, for that ye received the followers of the true Love and escorted them on their way, as befitted you--those men encircled in saintly bonds which are the diadems of them that be truly chosen of God and our Lord; (POL) 2 and that the steadfast root of your faith which was famed from primitive times abideth until now and beareth fruit unto our Lord Jesus Christ, who endured to face even death for our sins, whom God raised, having loosed the pangs of Hades; on whom, (POL) 3 though ye saw Him not, ye believe with joy unutterable and full of glory ; unto which joy many desire to enter in; forasmuch as ye know that it is by grace ye are saved, not of works , but by the will of God through Jesus Christ. (POL)
Polycarp to the Philippians 1:1–3
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