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I salute the families of my brethren, with their wives and children, and the virgins who
are called widows.579 Be ye strong, I pray, in the power of the Holy Ghost. Philo, who is
with me, greets you. I salute the house of Tavias, and pray that it may be confirmed in faith
and love, both corporeal and spiritual. I salute Alce, my well-beloved,580 and the incompar-
able Daphnus, and Eutecnus, and all by name. Fare ye well in the grace of God.
I salute the families of my brethren, with their wives and children, and those that are
ever virgins, and the widows. Be ye strong, I pray, in the power of the Holy Ghost. Philo,
my fellow-servant, who is with me, greets you. I salute the house of Tavias, and pray that it
may be confirmed in faith and love, both corporeal and spiritual. I salute Alce, my well-be-
loved,581 and the incomparable Daphnus, and Eutecnus, and all by name. Fare ye well in
the grace of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, being filled with the Holy Spirit, and divine
and sacred wisdom.
579 The deaconesses seem to have been called widows.
580 Literally, “the name desired of me.”
581 Literally, “the name desired of me.”
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Chapter XIII.—Conclusion.