Those who truly bear the name of Christian
And I do not yet speak of the other evils found among human beings, from which not even those who are reputed to be philosophers are readily free (for in philosophy too there are many counterfeits). Nor do I yet say that such evils abound among those who are neither Jews nor Christians, while among Christians they either do not exist at all, if you examine strictly who the Christian is, or, if they should be found, are certainly not found among those who meet together, come to the common prayers, and are not shut out from them; unless perhaps, on rare occasions, someone of that sort is found escaping notice among the many.
So we are not worms holding assembly, we who take our stand against the Jews on the basis of the writings they believe to be sacred, and who show that the one who was prophesied has come; that they have been forsaken because of their very great sins; and that we who have received the word have the best hopes with God, both from our faith in him and from a life that is able to make us, pure from all wickedness and vice, his own.
It is not, then, simply anyone who proclaims himself a Jew or a Christian who could say that God made the whole world and the motion of the heavens chiefly for us. But if someone is, as Jesus taught, pure “in heart” (Matthew 5:8), meek (Matthew 5:5), a peacemaker (Matthew 5:9), and one who readily endures dangers for the sake of piety (Matthew 5:10–11), such a person might with good reason have confidence in God; and, understanding the meaning of the prophecies as well, he might also say that God has shown all these things beforehand and announced them to us who believe.
Greek
Καὶ οὔπω λέγω τὰ λοιπὰ ἐν ἀνθρώποις κακὰ, ὧν οὐ ταχέως οὐδ᾿ οἱ φιλοσοφεῖν δοκοῦντες καθαρεύουσι (πολλοὶ γὰρ καὶ οἱ ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ νόθοι) οὐδέ φημι πὼ ὅτι πολλὰ μέν ἐστι τὰ τοιαῦτα παρὰ τοῖς μήτε Ἰουδαίοις μήτε Χριστιανοῖς· ἤτοι δὲ οὐδ᾿ ὅλως ὑπάρχει ἐν Χριστιανοῖς, εἰ κυρίως ἐξετάζοις, τίς ὁ Χριστιανὸς, ἢ εἰ καὶ εὑρεθείη, ἀλλ᾿ οὔτι γε ἐν τοῖς συνεδρεύουσι καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κοινὰς εὐχὰς ἐρχομένοις καὶ μὴ ἀποκλειομένοις ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν· εἰ μὴ ἄρα τις σπανίως λανθάνων ἐν τοῖς πολλοῖς εὑρίσκοιτο τοιοῦτος. οὐ σκώληκες οὖν ἐκκλησιάζοντές ἐσμεν οἱ πρὸς Ἰουδαίους ἱστάμενοι ἀπὸ τῶν πεπιστευμένων αὐτοῖς εἶναι γραμμάτων ἱερῶν καὶ δεικνύντες τόν τε προφητευόμενον ἐπιδεδημηκέναι καὶ διὰ τὰ μέγιστα ἁμαρτήματα ἐκείνους ἐγκαταλελεῖφθαι καὶ ἡμᾶς, τοὺς παραδεξαμένους τὸν λόγον, ἐλπίδας ἔχειν παρὰ θεῷ τὰς ἀρίστας ἔκ τε τῆς εἰς αὐτὸν πίστεως καὶ τοῦ δυναμένου ἡμᾶς οἰκειῶσαι αὐτῷ καθαροὺς ἀπὸ πάσης πονηρίας καὶ κακίας βίου. οὐχ ἁπλῶς οὖν, εἴ τις Ἰουδαῖον ἑαυτὸν ἢ Χριστιανὸν ἀναγορεύει, οὗτος λέγοι ἂν ὅτι τὸν πάντα κόσμον καὶ τὴν οὐράνιον φορὰν ἡμῖν μάλιστα πεποίηκεν ὁ θεός. ἀλλ᾿ εἴ τις, ὡς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐδίδαξε, καθαρός ἐστι „τῇ καρδίᾳ“ καὶ πρᾷος καὶ εἰρηνοποιὸς καὶ προθύμως ὑπομένων τοὺς διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν κινδύνους, εὐλόγως ἂν ὁ τοιοῦτος θαῤῥοίη τῷ θεῷ, συνιεὶς δὲ καὶ τὸν ἐν ταῖς προφητείαις λόγον φήσαι ἂν καὶ τό· πάντα ταῦτα ἡμῖν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ὁ θεὸς προδεδήλωκε καὶ κατήγγειλεν.