I advise you of these things, beloved, knowing that you also are of this mind. But I guard you beforehand against beasts in human form, whom you must not only refuse to receive, but, if possible, not even meet. Only pray for them, in case they somehow repent, though this is difficult. But Jesus Christ, our true life, has authority over this.
For if these things were done by our Lord only in appearance, I too am bound only in appearance. Why, then, have I given myself over to death, to fire, to sword, to wild beasts? But near the sword, near God; among wild beasts, among God. Only in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to suffer with him, I endure all things, as he himself—the perfect man—strengthens me.