8 Like my nature He became that I might learn Him and like my form, that I might not turn back from Him: (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 7:8
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Odes of Solomon 13:1–2
1 Behold! the Lord is our mirror: open the eyes and see them in Him: and learn the manner of your face: (ODE) 2 And tell forth praise to His spirit: and wipe off the filth from your face: and love His holiness and clothe yourselves therewith: (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 3:8–10
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Ignatius to the Romans 6:2–3
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Odes of Solomon 7:3–5
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Epistle to Diognetus 10:3–5
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Odes of Solomon 3:2–4
2 And his members are with him. And on them do I stand, and He loves me: (ODE) 3 For I should not have known how to love the Lord, if He had not loved me. (ODE) 4 For who is able to distinguish love, except the one that is loved? (ODE)
Infancy Gospel of Thomas 5:2–3
2 And Joseph took his (Jesus’) ear and pulled hard. (IGT) 3 And Jesus said to him, “It’s enough for you seek and find me, and not, beyond that, to scourge me by having taken on a natural ignorance. You haven’t clearly seen me, why I’m yours. Look! I’ve been subdued befo… (IGT)
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