35. Ego, inquit, lux in saeculum veni, ut omnis qui crediderit in me, non maneat in tenebris
Chapter 48.—From the Epistles to Timothy.
And then to Timothy he says: “This is a faithful saying,162 Humanus sermo. and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on Him to life everlasting.”163 1 Tim. i. 15, 16. He also says: “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave Himself a ransom for all.”164 1 Tim. ii. 5, 6. In his second Epistle to the same Timothy, he says: “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner: but be thou a fellow-labourer for the gospel, according to the power of God; who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began; but is now manifested by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.”165 2 Tim. i. 8–10.
48. Et ad Timotheum: Humanus, inquit, sermo et omni acceptione dignus, quia Christus Jesus venit in mundum peccatores salvos facere, quorum primus ego sum. Sed ideo misericordiam consecutus sum, ut in me ostenderet primo Christus Jesus omnem longanimitatem, ad informationem eorum qui credituri sunt illi in vitam aeternam (I Tim. I, 15, 16). Item dicit: Unus enim Deus, unus et mediator Dei et hominum homo Christus Jesus, qui dedit semetipsum redemptionem pro omnibus (Id. II, 5, 6). In secunda etiam ad eumdem: Noli ergo, inquit, erubescere testimonium Domini nostri, neque me vinctum ejus: sed collabora Evangelio secundum virtutem Dei salvos nos facientis, et vocantis vocatione sua sancta; non secundum opera nostra, sed secundum suum propositum et gratiam, quae data est nobis in Christo Jesu ante saecula aeterna, manifestata autem nunc per adventum Domini nostri Jesu Christi, evacuantis quidem mortem, illuminantis autem vitam et incorruptionem per Evangelium (II Tim. I, 8-10).