It is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real..

As for me, my charter is Jesus Christ, the inviolable charter is His cross and His death and resurrection, and faith through Him..

... you... are stones of the temple of the Father, prepared for the Father's building, and drawn up on high by the instrument of Jesus Christ, which ….

Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God..

Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men...For cannot he that falls rise again?.

See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as b….

It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is impossible to receive forgiveness before confessing hi….

I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ ...; I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love..

He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire..

Do not have Jesus Christ on your lips, and the world in your heart..

For some are in the habit of carrying about the name in wicked guile, while they still practice things unworthy of God. You must flee these as you wo….

I am God's wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ's pure bread..

I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth. Him I seek who died for us; Him I love who rose again because of us..

Take care, then, to be firmly grounded in the teachings of the Lord and his apostles so that you may prosper in all your doings both in body and in s….

I greet you from Smyrna together with the Churches of God present here with me. They comfort me in every way, both in body and soul. My chains, which….

It is right, therefore, that we not just be called Christians, but that we actually be Christians..

Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers….

The Lord did nothing either of himself or through his apostles without his Father, with whom he is united; so too, you should undertake nothing witho….

But look at the men who have those perverted notions about the grace of Jesus Christ which has come down to us, and see how contrary to the mind of G….

I am writing to all the Churches and I enjoin all, that I am dying willingly for God's sake, if only you do not prevent it. I beg you, do not do me a….

I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this world. I want only God's bread, which is the Flesh of Jesus Christ, formed of….