{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Because thy mind is acceptable to me, inasmuch as it is\r\nestablished in God, as on a rock which is immoveable, I glorify\r\nGod the more exceedingly that I have been counted worthy\r\nof [seeing] thy face, which I longed after in God. Now I\r\nbeseech thee, by the grace with which thou art clothed, to add\r\n[speed] to thy course, and that thou ever pray for all men\r\nthat they may be saved, and that thou demand<a id=\"r1385\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1385\"><sup>[1385]</sup></a> things which\r\nare befitting, with all assiduity both of the flesh and spirit.\r\nBe studious of unity, than which nothing is more precious.\r\nBear with all men, even as our Lord beareth with thee.\r\nShow patience<a id=\"r1386\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1386\"><sup>[1386]</sup></a> with all men in love, as [indeed] thou doest.\r\nBe stedfast in prayer. Ask for more understanding than\r\nthat which thou [already] hast. Be watchful, as possessing a\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_274\">274</span>spirit which sleepeth not. Speak with every man according\r\nto the will of God. Bear the infirmities of all men as a\r\nperfect athlete; for where the labour is great, the gain is\r\nalso great.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS AFTER THE SYRIAC VERSION.","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO POLYCARP.","Chap. i."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-593"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"0676cad45768cfd0a9e5c254213d783de4253a1cdf88d6ce7530f24f4263189c","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1386","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":"f1386","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1386\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1386\">1386</a>. </span>Literally, “draw out thy spirit.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1386","text_sha256":"836b9de236b75a0771b3587c109c55406b5070b8c9a649f1bc0dfd25d0a90748","verified":false,"work_id":null}