Prepare for the struggle

So prepare yourselves for the struggle, serve the Lord in fear and truth. Put aside empty talk and popular errors; your faith must be in Him who raised our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead and gave Him a share in His own glory and a seat at His right hand. To Him everything was made subject in heaven and on earth; all things obey Him, who will come as judge of the living and the dead. All who refuse to believe in Him must answer to God for the blood of His Son. - St. Polycarp, Letter to the Ephesians