Chapter 76

Chapter 76.—167.  Petilianus said:  "But to us the Lord Christ, in opposition to your deadly commands, commanded simple patience and harmlessness.  For what says He?  ‘A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.’  And again, ‘By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.’"  ²¹⁸⁰

168.  Augustin answered:  If you did not transfer these words, so widely differing from your character, to the surface of your talk, how could you be covering yourselves with sheep’s clothing?

Footnotes

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John 13:34, 35.