Ephesians 2:4
Douay-Rheims
But God, (who is rich in mercy,) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us,
Ignatius of Antioch
Do ye therefore, clothing yourselves with meekness, become the imitators of His sufferings, and of His love, wherewith He loved us when He gave Himself a ransom for us, that He might cleanse us by His blood from our old ungodliness, and bestow life on us when we were almost on the point of perishing through the depravity that was in us.
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A.D. 108 · on Eph 2:4 (Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.