Let us, therefore, foresake the vanity of the crowd and their false teachings, and turn back to the word delivered to us from the beginning.
PolycarpNow may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the eternal high priest himself, the Son of God Jesus Christ, build you up in faith and truth and in all gentleness and in all freedom from anger and forbearance and steadfastness and patient endurance and purity.
PolycarpEighty and six years have I served Him, and He never did me any injury: how then can I blaspheme my King and my Savior?
PolycarpIf anyone does not refrain from the love of money, he will be defiled by idolatry and so be judged as if he were one of the heathen.
PolycarpBe all of you subject one to another having your conduct blameless among the Gentiles, that you may both receive praise for your good works, and the Lord may not be blasphemed through you. But woe to him by whom the name of the Lord is blasphemed! Teach, therefore, sobriety to all, and manifest it also in your own conduct
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