It is the part of a good athlete to be bruised and to prevail.
Anf-03 iv.vi.xv Pg 3
Rev. ii. 10; Jas. i. 22.
Be you, too, faithful unto death, and fight you, too, the good fight, whose crown the apostle442 442
Anf-03 v.x.xii Pg 7
Rev. ii. 10.
Also to the angel of the church in Pergamus (mention was made) of Antipas,8298 8298
Npnf-201 iv.vii.xiv Pg 6
This is supposed to refer to Rev. ii. 7–10; iii. 11, &c. It might well have in mind Col. iii. 2–4, or best of all Rev. xxi. 7, as containing the thought of victory (νικ€ω = “overcome”).
The cause, then, of that difference which subsists, as regards the inequality both of dignity and power in created beings, is such as I have described. In this the wise acquiesce with abundant thankfulness and joy: while those who are dissatisfied, display their own folly, and their arrogance will reap its due reward.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 2
VERSE (10) - Mt 10:22
