The bishops, Onesimus, Bitus, Damas, Polyb- ius, and all they of Philippi (whence also I have written to thee), salute thee in Christ. Salute the presbytery worthy of God : salute my holy fellow-deacons, of whom may I have joy in Christ, both in the flesh and in the spirit. Salute the people of the Lord, from the smallest to the greatest, every one by name ; whom I commit to thee as Moses did [the Israelites] to Joshua, who was their leader after him. And do not reckon this which I have said presump- tuous on my part ; for although we are not such as they were, yet we at least pray that we may be so, since indeed we are the children of Abra- ham. Be strong, therefore, O Hero, like a hero, and like a man. For from henceforth thou shalt lead '^ in and out the people of the Lord that are in Antioch, and so " the congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep which have no shep- herd." '3