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Aristides closes by returning to accusation and conduct.
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He says that some Greeks accuse Christians of shameful sexual behavior while their own mythic traditions openly attribute such conduct to divine figures.
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Christians, he argues, are instead marked by piety, honesty, patience under mistreatment, and prayer even for those who persecute them.
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When an outsider turns from former behavior, that person confesses ignorance, seeks cleansing of the heart, and enters a new life.
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Aristides therefore calls the Christian people blessed because their teaching directs hearers toward the knowledge of the true Elohim.
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He urges slanderers to stop empty accusation and examine the teaching itself.
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The Christian proclamation is called a gateway of light and its words incorruptible.
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He ends with the warning that the whole race of Adam moves toward a coming Judgment through Yahushua the Anointed.
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Thus the Defense concludes: beginning from the Creator, testing worship by the nature of what is worshiped, and ending with a claim that truth must be judged by both teaching and fruit.