{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">I glorify the God and Father\r\nof our Lord Jesus Christ, who by\r\nHim has given you such wisdom.\r\nFor I have observed that ye are\r\nperfected in an immoveable faith,\r\nas if ye were nailed to the cross of\r\nour Lord Jesus Christ, both in the\r\nflesh and in the spirit, and are\r\nestablished in love through the\r\nblood of Christ, being fully persuaded,\r\nin very truth, with respect\r\nto our Lord Jesus Christ, that He\r\nwas the Son of God, “the first-born\r\nof every creature,”<a id=\"r1236\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1236\"><sup>[1236]</sup></a> God the\r\nWord, the only-begotten Son, and\r\nwas of the seed of David according\r\nto the flesh,<a id=\"r1237\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1237\"><sup>[1237]</sup></a> by the Virgin Mary;\r\nwas baptized by John, that all\r\nrighteousness might be fulfilled<a id=\"r1238\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1238\"><sup>[1238]</sup></a>\r\nby Him; that He lived a life of\r\nholiness without sin, and was truly,\r\nunder Pontius Pilate and Herod\r\nthe tetrarch, nailed [to the cross]\r\nfor us in His flesh. From whom\r\nwe also derive our being,<a id=\"r1239\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1239\"><sup>[1239]</sup></a> from His\r\ndivinely-blessed passion, that He\r\nmight set up a standard for the\r\nages, through His resurrection, to\r\nall His holy and faithful [followers],\r\nwhether among Jews or Gentiles,\r\nin the one body of His church.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS. (SHORTER AND LONGER.)","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE SMYRNÆANS.","Chap. i.—Thanks to God for your faith."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-506"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"68fa9083c9d22e37c886644bccda4a61c15150b1cf1dd682458aab626b00bada","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"COL","chapter":1,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Col. i. 15","verse":15,"verse_end":15}],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1236","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1236","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1236\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1236\">1236</a>. </span><abbr title=\"Colossians\">Col.</abbr> <abbr title=\"one\">i.</abbr> 15.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1236","text_sha256":"5f4efc43eaeaf1c08707cef4abb6ce7d38133f6af358733811ecc2700c2adde7","verified":false,"work_id":null}