The lowly handmaid of Christ Jesus to...

The lowly handmaid of Christ Jesus to Ignatius, her beloved fellow-disciple.

The things which thou hast heard and learned from John concerning Jesus are true. Believe them, cling to them, and hold fast the profession of that Christianity which thou hast embraced, and conform thy habits and life to thy profession. Now I will come in company with John to visit thee, and those that are with thee. Stand fast in the faith, ¹³⁹³ and show thyself a man; nor let the fierceness of persecution move thee, but let thy spirit be strong and rejoice in God thy Saviour. ¹³⁹⁴ Amen.

Footnotes

126:1393

1 Cor. xvi. 13.

126:1394

Luke i. 47.