“I am greatly grieved for Valens, who was once a presbyter among you, because he so little understands the place that was given him [in the Church]. I exhort you, therefore, that ye abstain from covetousness, and that ye be chaste and truthful. "Abstain from every form of evil." For if a man cannot govern himself in su…”
Polycarp of Smyrna, 2th c. — Epistle to the Philippians 11
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5For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
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3I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
4Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
— Philippians 1:5 —
6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
7Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.