I have gladly acted as requested in thy letter,s having no doubt respecting those persons whom thou didst prove to be men of worth. For I am sure that thou barest testimony to them in the exercise of a godly judgment,^ and not through the influence of carnal favour. And thy numer- ous quotations of Scripture passages exceedingly dehghted me, which, when I had read, I had no longer a single doubtful thought respecting the matter. For I did not hold that those things were simply to be glanced over by my eyes, of which I had received from thee such an incon- trovertible demonstration. May I be in place of thy soul, because thou lovest Jesus, the Son of the living God. Wherefore also He Himself says to thee, " I love them that love Me ; and those that seek Me shall find peace." ^