Chapter XIII.—Exhortation to meet together frequently for the worship of God.

Take heed, then, often to come together unto the Eucharist of God, and unto glory. For when ye assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims92    Literally, “his destruction.” is prevented by the unity of your faith. Nothing is more precious than peace, by which all war, both in heaven and earth,93    Literally, “of heavenly and earthly things.” is brought to an end.

Take heed, then, often to come together unto the Eucharist of God, and unto glory. For when ye come frequently together in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and his “fiery darts”94    Eph. vi. 16. urging to sin fall back ineffectual. For your concord and harmonious faith prove his destruction, and the torment of his assistants. Nothing is better than that peace which is according to Christ, by which all war, both of aerial and terrestrial spirits, is brought to an end. “For we wrestle not against blood and flesh, but against principalities and powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in heavenly places.”95    Eph. vi. 12.

Σπουδάζετε οὖν πυκνότερον συνέρχεσθαι εἰς εὐχαριστίαν θεοῦ καὶ εἰς δόξαν. Ὅταν γὰρ πυκνῶς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ γίνεσθε, καθαιροῦνται αἱ δυνάμεις τοῦ σατανᾶ, καὶ λύεται ὁ ὄλεθρος αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ὁμονοίᾳ ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως. Oὐδέν ἐστιν ἄμεινον εἰρήνης, ἐν ᾗ πᾶς πόλεμος καταργεῖται ἐπουρανίων καὶ ἐπιγείων.