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It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.

Ignatius of Antioch

Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.
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Empowerment God Man Name Suffering Togetherness
Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men, For cannot he that falls rise again?
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Fall Himself Man Prayer Rise
Jesus was born and baptized that by his suffering he might purify the water.
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Born Himself Purity Suffering Water
Do not have Jesus Christ on your lips, and the world in your heart.
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Fake Heart Lips World Yourself
I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth. Him I seek who died for us; Him I love who rose again because of us.
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Death Earth God Love Ourselves Seek
Christianity is greatest when it is hated by the world.
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Greatness Hate Religion World
It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.
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God Live Name Religious
I am God’s wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ’s pure bread.
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God Ground Myself Teeth
It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is impossible to receive forgiveness before confessing his trespasses.
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Forgiveness Freedom Habit Impossible Man Sin Yourself
I am the wheat of God, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God.
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God Ground Myself Purity Wild
I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ; I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love.
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Drink End God Hungry Love Myself
Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the evil torments of the devil come upon me: only let me attain to Jesus Christ.
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Body Devil Fire God Myself Religious Tear Wild
I would rather die for Christ than rule the whole earth.
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Choice Death Earth God Myself Rule
Our task is not one of producing persuasive propaganda; Christianity shows its greatness when it is hated by the world.
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Hate Ourselves Production Work World
It is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real.
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Better Reality Silence Talk
Let no man’s place, or dignity, or riches, puff him up; and let no man’s low condition or poverty abase him. For the chief points are faith towards God, hope towards Christ, the enjoyment of those good things for which we look, and love towards God and our neighbor.
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Condition Dignity Enjoyment Faith God Hope Low Man Ourselves Place

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