Two Things are Set Before Us

Έπεὶ οὖν τέλος τὰ πρὰγματα ἔχει, καὶ πρόκειται τὰ δύο ὁμοῦ, ὅ τε θάνατος καὶ ἡ ζωή, καὶ ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν ἴδιον τόπον μέλλει χωρεῖν. ὥσπερ γάρ ἐστιν νομίσματα δύο, ὅ μὲν θεοῦ, ο δε κόσμου, καὶ ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ἴδιον χαρακτῆρα ἐπικείμενον ἕχει, οἱ ἄπιστοι τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, οἱ δὲ πιστοὶ ἐν ἀγάπη χαρακτῆρα θεοῦ πατρὸς διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, δι’ οὖ ἐὰν μή αὐθαιρέτως ἔχωμεν τὸ ἀποθανεῖν εἰς τὸ αὐτοῦ πάθος, τὸ ζῆν αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐστιν ἐν ἡμῖν. Ἅγιος Ἰγνάτιος Ἀντιοχείας, Ἐπιστολή Μάγνησιευσιν

Since then everything has an end, two things likewise are set before us, death and life, and each shall go to his place; for it is as there are two coins, one of God and one of the world and each has its special character impressed on it. The faithless are of this world and the faithful have in love the character of God the Father through Jesus Christ, by whom if we are not ready to die in his suffering, his life is not in us. Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Magnesians