1 Cor. vi. 9, 10. Footnote 858: Deut. xxxii. 15. Footnote 859: 2 Cor. vi. 14-16. Footnote 860: Comp. John xii. 7. Footnote 861: Comp. John xii. 7. Footnote 862: Song of Sol. i. 3, 4. Footnote 863: Literally, “before the ages.” Footnote 864: Again περίψημα, translated “offscouring,” 1 Cor. iv. 13. Footnote 865: Comp. 1 Cor. i. 18. Footnote 866: 1 Cor. i. 20. Footnote 867: Or “economy,” or “dispensation.” Comp. Col. i. 25; 1 Tim. i. 4. Footnote 868: 1 Cor. i. 20. Footnote 869: Literally, “before the ages.” Footnote 870: Isa. vii. 14; Matt. i. 23. Footnote 871: Literally, “of noise.” Footnote 872: Or, “in the silence of God”—divine silence. Footnote 873: Literally, “to the ages.” Footnote 874: Literally, “of noise.” Footnote 875: Some read, “bond.” Footnote 876: Literally, “opinion.” Footnote 877: Literally, “bareness.” Footnote 878: Literally, “truth.” Footnote 879: Literally, “an economy.” Footnote 880: Or, “that which was perfect received a beginning from God.” Footnote 881: The punctuation and Meaning are here doubtful. Footnote 882: Literally, “by name.” Footnote 883: Literally, “by name.” Footnote 884: Col. i. 15. Footnote 885: Some render, “May I, in my turn, be the means of refreshing you and those,” etc. Footnote 886: Literally, “to be found for.” Footnote 887: Some render, “May I, in my turn, be the means of refreshing you and those,” etc. Footnote 888: Some read, “even as.” Footnote 889: Some omit, “Grace [be with you].” THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE MAGNESIANS. SHORTER. _Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the [church] blessed in the grace of God the Father, in Jesus Christ our Saviour, in whom I salute the church which is at Magnesia, near the Mæander, and wish it abundance of happiness in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ._ LONGER. _Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the [church] blessed in the grace of God the Father, in Jesus Christ our Saviour, in whom I salute the church which is at Magnesia, near the Mæander, and wish it abundance of happiness in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, our Lord, in whom may you have abundance of happiness._ CHAP. I.—_Reason of writing the epistle._ SHORTER. Having been informed of your godly[890] love, so well-ordered, I rejoiced greatly, and determined to commune with you in the faith of Jesus Christ. For as one who has been thought worthy of the most honourable of all names,[891] in those bonds which I bear about, I commend the churches, in which I pray for a union both of the flesh and spirit of Jesus Christ, the constant source of our life, and of faith and love, to which nothing is to be preferred, but especially of Jesus and the Father, in whom, if we endure all the assaults of the prince of this world, and escape them, we shall enjoy God. LONGER.