Letter 97: Chrysostom urges Hypatius not to be disturbed by sufferings endured for God's sake.

You yourself know, my most honored master, how much reward sufferings endured for God's sake bring you: what prizes, what crowns. Let none of what is happening disturb you, since the people who do evil are the ones who should be mourned. They are heaping countless punishments on their own heads. You, then, as is fitting for you, use the courage that belongs to you. Tear their devices and plots apart more easily than a spider's web, and write to us often with good news of your health. We will receive great comfort, even while living in a foreign land, when such letters come from your Honor.

Ζʹ. Ὑπατίῳ πρεσβυτέρῳ. Οἶδας καὶ αὐτὸς, κύριέ μου τιμιώτατε, ὅσον ὑμῖν φέρει μισθὸν τὰ διὰ τὸν Θεὸν παθήματα, ἡλίκα βραβεῖα, οἵους στεφάνους· μηδὲν οὖν σε θορυβείτω τῶν γινομένων, ἐπείπερ τοὺς ποιοῦντας κακῶς θρηνεῖν δεῖ. Ἐκεῖνοι γάρ εἰσιν οἱ μυρίαν κατὰ τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς ἐπισωρεύοντες κόλασιν. Αὐτὸς τοίνυν, καθώς σοι πρέπον ἐστὶ, τῇ προσηκούσῃ κεχρημένος ἀνδρείᾳ, ἀράχνης εὐτελέστερον διάσπα τὰ ἐκείνων μηχανήματα καὶ τὰς ἐπιβουλὰς, καὶ γράφε συνεχῶς ἡμῖν περὶ τῆς ὑγείας τῆς σῆς εὐαγγελιζόμενος. Πολλὴν γὰρ δεξόμεθα παράκλησιν, καὶ ἐν ἀλλοτρίᾳ διατρίβοντες, τοιαῦτα παρὰ τῆς τιμιότητός σου δεχόμενοι γράμματα.