⁵¹ Some understand by love in this passage, Christ Himself; others regard it as referring to the natural desires of the heart.

⁵² Comp. John iv. 14.

⁵³ Some refer this to Ignatius himself.

⁵⁴ Gal. ii. 20.

⁵⁵ Ps. cxvi. 12.

⁵⁶ Comp. 1 Cor. xv. 8, 9.

⁵⁷ Some refer this to the jurisdiction of Ignatius.

⁵⁸ i.e., the outward road he had to travel.

⁵⁹ Or, "have sent me forward;" comp. Tit. iii.13.

⁶⁰ Literally, "the name desired to me."

⁶¹ This clause is evidently an explanatory gloss which has crept into the text.

⁶² Literally, "the name desired to me."

¹ Or, "inseparably."

² Or, "inseparably."

³ Comp. Matt. vii. 25.

⁴ The bishop previously referred to.

⁵ Comp. Gal. i. 1.

⁶ Literally, "all."

⁷ Comp. Gal. i. 1.

⁸ Luke i. 6.

⁹ Comp. 2 Tim. iii. 6.

¹⁰ Jer. xxiii. 15.

¹¹ Comp. Matt. vii. 15.

¹² Comp. 2 Tim. iii. 6.

¹³ i.e., heretical.

¹⁴ 2 Tim. ii. 26.

¹⁵ i.e., heretical.

¹⁶ Comp. Song of Sol. ii. 15.

¹⁷ Comp. 1 Cor. v. 11.

¹⁸ Deut. xiii. 6, 18.

¹⁹ Ps. cxix. 21.

²⁰ 1 Thess.iv. 5.

²¹ 1 Tim. ii. 4.

²² Matt. v. 45.

²³ Matt. v. 48.

²⁴ Literally, "into."

²⁵ Eph. iv. 5.

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