that stands apart from Jesus Christ, from David's scion and
To THE TRALLIANS
invisible **—it does not immediately follow that I am a disciple. Plainly, we are yet short of much if we are not to be short of God.?® 6. I exhort you therefore—no, not I, but the love of Jesus
Christ: partake of Christian food exclusively; abstain from plants of alien growth, that is, heresy. 2 Heretics ** weave
Jesus Christ into their web—to win our confidence, just like persons who administer a deadly drug mixed with honeyed wine, which the unsuspecting gladly take—and with baneful telish they swallow death!
7. So, then, beware of such! And you will do so if you are not puffed up and cling inseparably to God Jesus Christ, to the bishop, and to the precepts of the Apostles. 2 He that is inside the sanctuary is pure; he that is outside the sanctuary is not pure. In other words: he that does anything apart ** from bishop, presbytery, or deacon has no pure conscience.
8. Not that I have discovered any such thing in your midst; no, I merely warn you betimes since you are dear to me and I foresee the devil's snares. 'Take up the practice, then, of kind forbearance and renew yourselves in faith, which is the Flesh ** of the Lord, and in love, which is the Blood of Jesus Christ.
2 Let none of you bear a grudge against his neighbor. Give no pretext to the pagans, so that, because of a few foolish persons, God's own people may not be reviled.
For woe unto him through whom my name is reviled among some out of folly."
9. Stop your ears therefore when anyone speaks to you that stands apart from Jesus Christ, from David's scion and Mary's Son, who was really born * and ate and drank, really persecuted by Pontius Pilate, really crucified and died while heaven and earth and the underworld looked on; 2 who also