Can you not in return--I appeal to you as I should to children--open your hearts to us?
And therefore I say to you 'Have faith that whatever you ask for in prayer is already granted you, and you will find that it will be.'
I entreat you, Brothers, to become like me, as I became like you. You have never done me any wrong.
You for whom I am again enduring a mother's pains, till a likeness to Christ shall have been formed in you.
Indeed, you know that, like a father with his own children, we used to encourage and comfort every one of you, and solemnly plead with you;
My children, I am writing to you to keep you from sinning; but if any one should sin, we have one who can plead for us with the Father--Jesus Christ, the Righteous--
My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts.
My Children, do not let any one mislead you. He who lives righteously is righteous--as Christ is righteous.
Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to hear from time to time that the lives of my Children are guided by the Truth.