1 But if, as some godless people—that is, unbelievers—say, he only seemed to suffer (when they themselves are the ones who only seem to exist), then why am I in chains, and why do I even pray to fight wild beasts? In that case I’m dying for nothing. So then I’m lying about the Lord.
1 Ei δέ, ὥσπερ τινὲς ἄθεοι ὄντες, τουτέστιν ἄπιστοί, λέγουσιν, τὸ δοκεῖν πεπονθέναι αὐτόν, αὐτοὶ ὄντες τὸ δοκεῖν, ἐγὼ τί δέδεμαι, TL δὲ καὶ εὔχομαι θηριομαχῆσαι; δωρεὰν οὖν ἀποθνήσκω. ἄρα οὖν καταψεύδομαι τοῦ κυρίου. 1 κατὰ τὸ ὁμοίωμα ὃς καί G, qui et secundum similitudinem L. SA perhaps imply ὡς καὶ κατὰ τὸ ὁμοίωμα.