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Chapter 11: Request for Them to Send a Messenger to Antioch.
YOUR PRAYER HAS REACHED THE CHURCH AT ANTIOCH IN SYRIA: Coming from that place bound with chains, most acceptable to God, I greet all of you; I, who am not worthy to be named from there, as I am the least of them. Nevertheless, according to the will of God, I have been considered worthy of this honor, not that I feel I have deserved it, but by the grace of God, which I wish may be fully given to me, that through your prayers I may reach God. Therefore, so that your work may be complete both on earth and in heaven, it is fitting that, for the honor of God, your Church should choose some worthy delegate; so that he, traveling to Syria, may congratulate them that they are now at peace, restored to their proper greatness, and that their proper constitution has been re-established among them. It seems to me fitting, then, that you should send someone from among you with a letter, so that, in company with them, he may rejoice over the tranquility which, according to the will of God, they have obtained, and because, through your prayers, they have now reached the harbor. As people who are perfect, you should also aim at those things which are perfect. For when you are eager to do well, God is also ready to assist you.
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