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  THE WORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
  by St. Polycarp of Smyrna
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Summary: St. Polycarp exhorts the listeners to yield obedience to the
word of righteousness, trusting in God's plan and timing, and to love
Christ more than the world.

Topics: "Faith And Righteousness", "Following Jesus"
Scripture References: Galatians 2:20, Philippians 3:20, 2 Timothy 4:7, Hebrews 6:12, 1 John 2:15

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St. Polycarp of Smyrna encourages believers to follow the examples of
faith and patience set by Ignatius, Zosimus, Rufus, Paul, and the
apostles. He reminds them that these faithful individuals did not run in
vain but lived in faith and righteousness, now in the presence of the
Lord. Their love was not for the world but for Jesus, who died and rose
again for them.

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I exhort you all, therefore, to yield obedience to the word of
righteousness, and to exercise all patience, such as ye have seen [set]
before your eyes, not only in the case of the blessed Ignatius, and
Zosimus, and Rufus, but also in others among yourselves, and in Paul
himself, and the rest of the apostles.

[This do] in the assurance that all these have not run in vain, but in
faith and righteousness, and that they are [now] in their due place in
the presence of the Lord, with whom also they suffered. For they loved
not this present world, but Him who died for us, and for our sakes was
raised again by God from the dead.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/st-polycarp-of-smyrna/the-word-of-righteousness/
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