And into that inheritance Christ is 'the way.' His life shows the law by which it is to be won. It was a current Christian saying—'a faithful saying'—'if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him; if we endure, we shall also reign with Him[[12]].' And whenever we are inclined to complain at anything we may have to suffer, there is one thought capable at once of quenching all murmuring, because of its indisputable reasonableness—'It is enough for the disciple that he be as his Master.'
[[1]] 1 John iii. 9.
[[2]] 'Ye received' (at a particular time), not 'ye have received'; cf. above, p. 214, note 1.
[[3]] Prov. xvii. 2.
[[4]] See Chase, Lord's Prayer in the Early Church ('Texts and Studies,' Cambridge), p. 23. Cf. Hort on 1 Pet. i. 17.
[[5]] xi. 2.
[[6]] S. and H., in loc.
[[7]] Cf. Vaughan and Gifford, in loc.
[[8]] 1 Cor. iii. 16.
[[9]] Isa. lx. 21.