[24] This antipathy to the Roman government finds biting expression in the Apocalypse of John.
[25] There seems to be no definite reference even to the Lord’s prayer, or to any of the parables, in the books named above.
[26] For instance, that of ‘love’ in 1 Cor. xiii, and of ‘faith’ in Hebrews xi.
[27] For the conflict between St Paul and the church at Jerusalem, see below, § [480]; for his tone towards those who differed from him, see Galatians i 8 and 9; Col. ii 4; 1 Tim. i 20, vi 3 to 5; Titus i 10. A gentle expostulation as to this style of controversy is found in the epistle of James, see note 39.
[28] ‘With such zeal do the inhabitants [of Tarsus] study philosophy and literature, that they surpass Athens, Alexandria, and all other schools of learning.... Rome knows well how many men of letters issue from this city, for her streets swarm with them’ Strabo xiv p. 673.
[29] Juv. Sat. iii 117 and 118; and see above, § [25], note 65.
[30] Romans viii 20 and 21.
[31] Romans vi 17, 1 Cor. i 10.
[32] 2 Cor. xii 2 to 5.
[33] ‘a knowledge of the conduct which the Law requires is engraven on the hearts [of the Gentiles]’ Rom. ii 15.