My soul be for yours and theirs [627] whom, for the honour of God, ye have sent to Smyrna; whence also I write to you, giving thanks unto the Lord, and loving Polycarp even as I do you. Remember me, as Jesus Christ also remembered you. Pray ye for the Church which is in Syria, whence I am led bound to Rome, being the last of the faithful who are there, even as I have been thought worthy to be chosen [628] to show forth the honour of God. Farewell in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, our common hope.

My soul be for yours and theirs [629] whom, for the honour of God, ye have sent to Smyrna; whence also I write to you, giving thanks to the Lord, and loving Polycarp even as I do you. Remember me, as Jesus Christ also remembers you, who is blessed for evermore. Pray ye for the Church of Antioch which is in Syria, whence I am led bound to Rome, being the last of the faithful that are there, who [630] yet have been thought worthy to carry these chains to the honour of God. Fare ye well in God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, our common hope, and in the Holy Ghost. Fare ye well. Amen. Grace [be with you]. [631]

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Footnotes:

[627] Some render, "May I, in my turn, be the means of refreshing you and those," etc.

[628] Literally, "to be found for."

[629] Some render, "May I, in my turn, be the means of refreshing you and those," etc.

[630] Some read, "even as."

[631] Some omit, "Grace [be with you]."

[485] Literally, "before the ages."

[486] These words may agree with "glory," but are better applied to the "Church."

[487] Literally, "before the ages."

[488] These words may agree with "glory," but are better applied to the "Church."

[489] Some read, as in the shorter recension, "grace."