Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians For He is my hope; He is my boast; He is my never-failing riches, on whose account I bear about with me these bonds from Syria to Rome, these spiritual jewels, in which may I be perfected through your prayers, and become a partaker of the sufferings of Christ, and have fellowship with Him in His death, His resurrection from the dead, and His everlasting life.[86] Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus For it renders us like to Christ, if we experience "the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings."[68] Origen Against Celsus Book II and this, "Being made conformable to His death,"[177]