Ye have done well in receiving Philo, and Gaius, and Agathopus, who, being the servants[1298] of Christ, have followed me for the sake of God, and who greatly bless the Lord in your behalf, because ye have in every way refreshed them. None of those things which ye have done to them shall be passed by without being reckoned unto you. “The Lord grant” to you “that ye may find mercy of the Lord in that day!”[1299] May my spirit be for you,[1300] and my bonds, which ye have not despised or been ashamed of. Wherefore, neither shall Jesus Christ, our perfect hope, be ashamed of you. CHAP. XI.—_Request to them to send a messenger to Antioch._ SHORTER. Your prayer has reached to the church which is at Antioch in Syria. Coming from that place bound with chains, most acceptable to God,[1301] I salute all; I who am not worthy to be styled from thence, inasmuch as I am the least of them. Nevertheless, according to the will of God, I have been thought worthy [of this honour], not that I have any sense[1302] [of having deserved it], but by the grace of God, which I wish may be perfectly given to me, that through your prayers I may attain to God. In order, therefore, that your work may be complete both on earth and in heaven, it is fitting that, for the honour of God, your church should elect some worthy delegate;[1303] so that he, journeying into Syria, may congratulate them that they are [now] at peace, and are restored to[1304] their proper greatness, and that their proper constitution[1305] has been re-established among them. It seems then to me a becoming thing, that you should send some one of your number with an epistle, so that, in company with them, he may rejoice[1306] over the tranquillity which, according to the will of God, they have obtained, and because that, through your prayers, they have now reached the harbour. As persons who are perfect, ye should also aim at[1307] those things which are perfect. For when ye are desirous to do well, God is also ready to assist you. LONGER.