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.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHIt 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.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHIt is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHIt is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHDo everything as if He were dwelling in us. Thus we shall be His temples and He will be within us as our God – as He actually is.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHTherefore run together as into one temple of God, as to one altar, as to one Jesus Christ, who came forth from one Father, and is with and has gone to one.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHOnly 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.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHI would rather die for Christ than rule the whole earth.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHPray without ceasing on behalf of other men, For cannot he that falls rise again?
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHChristianity is greatest when it is hated by the world.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHIt is right, therefore, that we not just be called Christians, but that we actually be Christians.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHOur task is not one of producing persuasive propaganda; Christianity shows its greatness when it is hated by the world.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHDo not have Jesus Christ on your lips, and the world in your heart.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHBe obedient to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was in the flesh to the Father, and the apostles to Christ and to the Father and to the Spirit, so that there may be unity in flesh and in spirit.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHA Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHLet us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHHe who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
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