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For if He had willed to make thee a god, He could have done so. Thou hast the example of the Logos. But if thou art desirous of also becoming a god, obey Him that has created thee, and resist not now, in order that, being found faithful in that which is small, you may be enabled to have entrusted to you also that which is great.

The Refutation of All Heresies, The Ante-Nicene Fathers 5:151
Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, eds., Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, MA, 1994

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