5 The flesh hateth the soul and wageth war with it, though it receiveth no wrong, because it is forbidden to indulge in pleasures; so the world hateth Christians, though it receiveth no wrong from them, because they set themselves against its pleasures. (DIO) 6 The soul loveth the flesh which hateth it, and the members: so Christians love those that hate them. (DIO) 7 The soul is enclosed in the body, and yet itself holdeth the body together; so Christians are kept in the world as in a prison-house, and yet they themselves hold the world together. (DIO)
Epistle to Diognetus 6:5–7
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