Didascalia Apostolorum

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86 DIDASCALIA. Me, is not worthy of Me (S. + and every one who loveth his son or 38 sic his daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me); and every one who taketh not up his cross, rejoicing, and cometh not after Me, is not worthy of Me." (S. + and "every one who loseth his life because of Me shall Mark viii. finc] j^ ancj every one that saveth his life by denying shall lose it.) For 36 37 what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose his soul, Matt. x. or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"; and again, "Fear not those who kill the body, but they cannot kill the soul ; rather fear Ap. con. MCj wno am able to destroy soul and body in hell." Now every one V. v. who learns a handicraft looks at his master, and sees how by means of his craft and knowledge he perfects his work ; he also imitates him, and perfects the work that has been entrusted to him that he may not hear upbraiding from him, but if he come short of what has been entrusted f. 6oa to him, he is Jnot a disciple1; but we who have a master and teacher, 2our Lord and Saviour, who rose incorruptible from the grave, because by His doctrine we possess incorruptible beauty2, thus He came in poverty; He also separated Himself from Mary, His blessed mother, and from His brethren, also from Himself, and endured persecution even unto the Cross. These things He suffered on our account, that He might save us who believe, who are of the house of Israel3, from chains and condemnations, which we have mentioned before, and deliver you who are of the Gentiles from the worship of idols and from all iniquity. If therefore the Christ suffered on our account, to save us who believe in Him, why should we not resemble Him in His sufferings when He has given us patience? and these things [are] for our own sake, that we may be delivered from the Gehenna4 of fire. For He suffered for us ; let us suffer for ourselves (S. + or does our Lord certainly need that we should suffer for Him except for this only that He would prove the warmth of our faith and the desire of our souls ?). Ap. Con. Let us separate ourselves from our fathers and from our tribe, and from v. vi. all that is in the world, and turn from ourselves, praying that we fall not into temptation. But if we are called to martyrdom, being questioned, let us confess ; suffering, let us endure ; being oppressed, let us rejoice ; being persecuted, let us not be saddened ; because it is not only our own souls that we are delivering (S. + from hell, by acting thus), but also those who are children in the faith, (S. + and we teach the hearers to act thus,) that they may live before God. But if we are defaulters towards the faith in the Lord, and deny because of the weakness of the flesh, as the Lord 1 S. not perfect 2 S. why do we not resemble Him in His doctrine and conduct, because He forsook riches and beauty and power and glory 3 I accept Dr Nestle's emendation, that t^l^»*<? is a scribe's error for \~\r**^ 4 S. death