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Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter IX: Christ's Sayings Respecting Martyrdom. (5)
But to make a defence for our faith is not universally necessary. For that does not depend on us. "But he that endureth to the end shall be saved." For who of those who are wise would not choose to reign in God, and even to serve? So some "confess that they know God," according to the apostle; "but in works they deny Him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate." And these, though they confess nothing but this, will have done at the end one good work. Their witness, then, appears to be the cleansing away of sins with glory.
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The foolish - thinking in their heart that if they confess, "We are Christians," in word only (but) not with power, while giving themselves over to...