CHAPTER 4

 4:1  But these things I warn you, dearly beloved,

knowing that ye yourselves are so minded. Howbeit I

watch over you betimes to protect you from wild beasts

in human form -- men whom not only should ye not

receive, but, if it were possible, not so much as meet

[them]; only pray ye for them, if haply they may

repent. This indeed is difficult, but Jesus Christ,

our true life, hath power over it.

 4:2  For if these things were done by our Lord in

semblance, then am I also a prisoner in semblance. And

why then have I delivered myself over to death, unto

fire, unto sword, unto wild beasts? But near to the

sword, near to God; in company with wild beasts, in

company with God. Only let it be in the name of Jesus

Christ, so that we may suffer together with Him. I

endure all things, seeing that He Himself enableth me,

who is perfect Man.