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  IN PRAYER AND PATIENCE
  by St. Polycarp of Smyrna
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Summary: We should continually persevere in hope and imitate Christ's
patience, even in suffering, to glorify God.

Topics: "Christian Perseverance", "Imitating Christ"
Scripture References: 1 Peter 2:22-24, 1 Peter 4:16

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DESCRIPTION
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St. Polycarp of Smyrna encourages believers to persevere in hope and
righteousness through Jesus Christ, who bore our sins and endured all
things for us. He urges followers to imitate Christ's patience and
glorify Him even in suffering for His name's sake, as Christ set the
ultimate example for us to follow.

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Let us then continually persevere in our hope, and the earnest of our
righteousness, which is Jesus Christ, "who bore our sins in His own body
on the tree," "who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth,"
but endured all things for us, that we might live in Him.

Let us then be imitators of His patience; and if we suffer for His
name's sake, let us glorify Him. For He has set us this example s in
Himself, and we have believed that such is the case.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/st-polycarp-of-smyrna/in-prayer-and-patience/
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