Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians 8

1Let 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 in Himself, and we have believed that such is the case.

᾿Αδιαλείπτως οὖν τροσξαῤτέρωμεν τῇ ἐλπίδι αν ἢ ἡμῶν καὶ τῷ ἀρραβῶνι τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἡμῶν, ὅς ἐστι xiv. Χριστὸς ᾿Ιησοῦς, ὅς ἀνήνεγκεν ἡμῶν τὰς dmaptiac τῷ ἰδίῳ x Pet. ii εὦμδτι ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον, ὅς ἁμδρτίαν οὐκ ἐποίηςεν, οὐδὲ εἰρέθη Ὁ Ἶἢ - δόλος ἐν τῷ οτόματι δύτοῦ: ἀλλὰ δι’ ἡμᾶς, ἵνα ζήσωμεν ἐν αὐτῷ, πάντα ὑπέμεινεν. μιμηταὶ οὖν γενώμεθα τῆς ὑπο- μονῆς [αὐτοῦ]: καὶ ἐὰν πάσχωμεν διὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, δοξά- Copey αὐτόν. τοῦτον γὰρ ἡμῖν τὸν ὑπογραμμὸν ἔθηκε δι᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς τοῦτο ἐπιστεύσαμεν.