Epistle to Diognetus

Below are some interesting quotes I found in the early Christian writing down as the Epistle to Diognetus:

Is not one of them (idols) stone, like that which we walk upon, and another bronze, no better than the utensils that have been forged for our use, and another wood, already rotted away, and another silver, which needs a watchman to guard it lest it be stolen, and another iron, corroded by rust, and another pottery, not a bit more attractive than that made for the most unmentionable use? Christians are not distinguished from the rest of humanity by country, language or custom. (They) follow the local customs in dress and food and other aspects of life...they live in their own countries, but only as aliens, they participate in everything as citizens, and endure everything as foreigners. Every foreign country is their fatherland, and every fatherland is foreign In a word, what the soul is to the body, Christians are to the world The soul dwells in the body, but is not of the body; Likewise Christians dwell in the world, but are not of the world...The soul is enclosed in the body, but it holds the body together; and though Christians are detained in the world as if in a prison, they in fact hold the world together But perhaps he (God) sent him (Son) as a man might suppose, to rule by tyranny, fear and terror? Certainly not! On the contrary, he sent him in gentleness and meekness, as a king might send his son who is a king; he sent him as God; he sent him as a man to men. When he did so he did as one who saves by persuasion, no compulsion, for compulsion is no attribute of God O the sweet exchange, O the incomprehensible work of God, O the unexpected blessings, that the sinfulness of many should be hidden in one righteous man, while the righteousness of one should justify many sinners