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Ignatius to the Ephesians 20

Apostolic Father

Chapter 20 — Exhortations to stedfastness and unity.

2Stand fast, brethren, in the faith of Jesus Christ, and in His love, in His passion, and in His resurrection.

3Do ye all come together in common, and individually, through grace, in one faith of God the Father, and of Jesus Christ His only-begotten Son, and "the first-born of every creature," but of the seed of David according to the flesh, being under the guidance of the Comforter, in obedience to the bishop and the presbytery with an undivided mind, breaking one and the same bread, which is the medicine of immortality, and the antidote which prevents us from dying, but a cleansing remedy driving away evil, which causes that we should live in God through Jesus Christ.

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About Ignatius to the Ephesians

An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. Published here from a public-domain translation, edited for continuous reading.