The Apostolic Fathers

Epistle to the Philippians

by Polycarp
14 chapters Read aloud, 12 min With the Greek text word study in 9 of 14 paragraphs
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Chapter 8: Persist in Hope and Patience

Let us then continually persevere in our hope and the earnest of our righteousness, which is Jesus Christ, “who bore our sins in His own body on the tree,” “who did no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth,” but endured all things for us, that we might live in Him. Let us then be imitators of His patience; and if we suffer for His name’s sake, let us glorify Him. For He has set us this example in Himself, and we have believed that this is true.