1Brethren, we ought so to think of Yahusha HaMashiach (Jesus Christ), as of Elohim (God), as of the Judge of quick and dead. And we ought not to think mean things of our Salvation: for when we think mean things of Him, we expect also to receive mean things. And they that listen as concerning mean things do wrong; and we ourselves do wrong, not knowing whence and by whom and unto what place we were called, and how many things Yahusha HaMashiach (Jesus Christ) endured to suffer for our sakes. What recompense then shall we give unto Him? Or what fruit worthy of His own gift to us? And how many mercies do we owe to Him! For He bestowed the light upon us; He spake to us, as a father to his sons; He saved us, when we were perishing. What praise then shall we give to Him? Or what payment of recompense for those things which we received? We who were maimed in our understanding, and worshipped stocks and stones and gold and silver and bronze, the works of men; and our whole life was nothing else but death. While then we were thus wrapped in darkness and oppressed with this thick mist in our vision, we recovered our sight, putting off by His will the cloud wherein we were wrapped. For He had mercy on us, and in His compassion saved us, having beheld in us much error and perdition, even when we had no hope of salvation, save that which came from Him. For He called us, when we were not, and from not being He willed us to be.
2Rejoice, thou barren that barest not. Break out and cry, thou that travailest not; for more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband . In that He said Rejoice, thou barren that barest not , He spake of us: for our Church was barren, before that children were given unto her. And in that He said, Cry aloud, thou that travailest not , He meaneth this; Let us not, like women in travail, grow weary of offering up our prayers with simplicity to Elohim (God). Again, in that He said, For the children of the desolate are more than of her that hath the husband , He so spake, because our people seemed desolate and forsaken of Elohim (God), whereas now, having believed, we have become more than those who seemed to have Elohim (God). Again another scripture saith, I came not to call the righteous, but sinners . He meaneth this; that it is right to save them that are perishing. For this indeed is a great and marvelous work, to establish, not those things which stand, but those which are falling. So also Messiah (Christ) willed to save the things which were perishing And He saved many, coming and calling us when we were even now perishing.