1 Stand fast therefore in these things and follow the example of the Lord, being firm in the faith and immovable, in love of the brotherhood kindly affectioned one to another , partners with the truth, forestalling one another in the gentleness of the Lord, despising no man. (POL)
Polycarp to the Philippians 10:1
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