For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
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Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
If there is therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any communion of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye may be of the same mind, having the same love, unanimous, thinking one thing. And if he is offered on the sacrifice and service of faith, joying and rejoicing"