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My soul be for yours and theirs147 whom, for the honour of God, ye have sent to Smyrna;
whence also I write to you, giving thanks unto the Lord, and loving Polycarp even as I do
you. Remember me, as Jesus Christ also remembered you. Pray ye for the Church which is
in Syria, whence I am led bound to Rome, being the last of the faithful who are there, even
as I have been thought worthy to be chosen148 to show forth the honour of God. Farewell
in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, our common hope.
My soul be for yours and theirs149 whom, for the honour of God, ye have sent to Smyrna;
whence also I write to you, giving thanks to the Lord, and loving Polycarp even as I do you.
Remember me, as Jesus Christ also remembers you, who is blessed for evermore. Pray ye
for the Church of Antioch which is in Syria, whence I am led bound to Rome, being the last
of the faithful that are there, who150 yet have been thought worthy to carry these chains to
the honour of God. Fare ye well in God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, our common
hope, and in the Holy Ghost. Fare ye well. Amen. Grace [be with you].151
147 Some render, “May I, in my turn, be the means of refreshing you and those,” etc.
148 Literally, “to be found for.”
149 Some render, “May I, in my turn, be the means of refreshing you and those,” etc.
150 Some read, “even as.”
151 Some omit, “Grace [be with you].”
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Chapter XXI.—Conclusion.