Pray for all men; for there is hope of repentance for them, that they may be counted worthy of God. By your works especially let them be instructed. Against their harsh words be ye conciliatory, by meekness of mind and gentleness. Against their blasphemies do ye give yourselves to prayer; and against their error be ye armed with faith. Against their fierceness be ye peaceful and quiet, and be ye not astounded by them. Let us, then, be imitators of our Lord in meekness, and strive who shall more especially be injured, and oppressed, and defrauded. CHAP. XIV.[1407] The work is not of promise,[1408] unless a man be found in the power of faith, even to the end. CHAP. XV. It is better that a man should be silent while he is something, than that he should be talking when he is not; that by those things which he speaks he should act, and by those things of which he is silent he should be known. CHAP. XVIII.[1409] My spirit bows in adoration to the cross, which is a stumbling-block to those who do not believe, but is to you for salvation and eternal life. CHAP. XIX. There was concealed from the ruler of this world the virginity of Mary and the birth of our Lord, and the three renowned mysteries[1410] which were done in the tranquillity of God from the star. And here, at the manifestation of the Son, magic began to be destroyed, and all bonds were loosed; and the ancient kingdom and the error of evil was destroyed. Henceforward all things were moved together, and the destruction of death was devised, and there was the commencement of that which was perfected in God. [1411] Footnote 1398: Another inscription is, “Epistle the second, which is to the Ephesians.” Footnote 1399: Literally, “separated.” Footnote 1400: Literally, “bound from actions.” Footnote 1401: Cureton renders, “have received your abundance,” probably referring the words to gifts sent by the Ephesians to Ignatius. Footnote 1402: Literally, “be in his image.” Footnote 1403: There is no apodosis, unless it be found in what follows. Footnote 1404: The following clause is the whole of chap. iii. in the Greek, which is represented in the Syriac. Footnote 1405: Chaps. iv. v. vi. vii. of the Greek are totally omitted in the Syriac. Footnote 1406: Thus Cureton renders the words, referring in confirmation to the Peshito version of Phil. i. 4, but the meaning is doubtful. Footnote 1407: Chaps. xi. xii. xiii. of the Greek are totally wanting in the Syriac, and only these few words of chaps. xiv. and xv. are represented. Footnote 1408: The meaning seems to be that mere profession, without continuous practice, is nothing. Footnote 1409: Chaps. xvi. and xvii. of the Greek are totally wanting in the Syriac. Footnote 1410: