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Chapter II.
If thou lovest the good disciples only, thou hast no
grace; [but] rather subdue those that are evil by gentleness. All [sorts
of] wounds are not healed by the same medicine. Mitigate [the pain of]
cutting1134
| 1134 Cureton observes,
as one alternative here, that “the Syrian translator seems to have
read παράξυσμα for
παροξυσμούς.”
| by tenderness. Be wise as the serpent in everything, and
innocent, with respect to those things which are requisite, even as the
dove. For this reason thou art [composed] of both flesh and spirit, that
thou mayest entice1135
| 1135 Or,
“flatter,” probably meaning to “deal gently
with.” | those things which are visible before thy face,
and mayest ask, as to those which are concealed from thee, that they
[too] may be revealed to thee, in order that thou be deficient in
nothing, and mayest abound in all gifts. The time demands, even as a
pilot does a ship, and as one who stands exposed to the tempest does a
haven, that thou shouldst be worthy of God. Be thou watchful as an
athlete of God. That which is promised to us is life eternal, which
cannot be corrupted, of which things thou art also persuaded. In
everything I will be instead1136
| 1136 Thus the Syriac renders ἀντίψυχον in the
Greek. | of thy soul, and my bonds which thou hast loved.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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