“For I trust that ye are well versed in the Sacred Scriptures, and that nothing is hid from you; but to me this privilege is not yet granted. It is declared then in these Scriptures, "Be ye angry, and sin not," and, "Let not the sun go down upon your wrath." Happy is he who remembers this, which I believe to be the cas…”
Polycarp of Smyrna, 2th c. — Epistle to the Philippians 12
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2For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
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1I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
— 1 Timothy 2:2 —
3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.