My LORD’s BibleDidache 15
1Elect, therefore, for yourselves bishops and deacons worthy of the Lord, men who are meek and not covetous, and true and approved, for they perform for you the service of prophets and teachers. Do not, therefore, despise them, for they are those who are honoured among you, together with the prophets and teachers. Rebuke one another, not in wrath, but peaceably, as ye have commandment in the Gospel; and, but let no one speak to any one who walketh disorderly with regard to his neighbour, neither let him be heard by you until he repent. But your prayers and your almsgivings and all your deeds so do, as ye have commandment in the Gospel of our Lord. Watch concerning your life; let not your lamps be quenched or your loins be loosed, but be ye ready, for ye know not the hour at which our Lord cometh. But be ye gathered together frequently, seeking what is suitable for your souls; for the whole time of your faith shall profit you not, unless ye be found perfect in the last time. For in the last days false prophets and seducers shall be multiplied, and the sheep shall be turned into wolves, and love shall be turned into hate; and because iniquity aboundeth they shall hate each other, and persecute each other, and deliver each other up; and then shall the Deceiver of the world appear as the Son of God, and shall do signs and wonders, and the earth shall be delivered into his hands; and he shall do unlawful things, such as have never happened since the beginning of the world. Then shall the creation of man come to the fiery trial of proof, and many shall be offended and shall perish; but they who remain in their faith shall be saved by the rock of offence itself. And then shall appear the signs of the truth; first the sign of the appearance in heaven, then the sign of the sound of the trumpet; and thirdly, the resurrection of the dead—not of all, but as it has been said, The Lord shall come and all his saints with him; then shall the world behold the Lord coming on the clouds of heaven.
Χειροτονήσατε οὖν ἑαυτοῖς ἐπισκόπους καὶ διακό- vous ἀξίους τοῦ Κυρίου, ἄνδρας πραεῖς καὶ ἀφιλαργύρους καὶ ἀληθεῖς καὶ δεδοκιμασμένους᾽ ὑμῖν γὰρ λειτουργοῦσι καὶ αὐτοὶ τὴν λειτουργίαν τῶν προφητῶν καὶ διδασκάλων. μὴ οὖν ὑπερίδητε αὐτούς" αὐτοὶ γάρ εἰσιν οἱ τετιμημένοι ὑμῶν μετὰ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ διδασκάλων. Ἔλέγχετε δὲ ἀλλήλους μὴ ἐν ὀργῇ, GAN ἐν εἰρήνῃ, ὡς ἔχετε ἐν τῷ εὐωγγελίῳ᾽ καὶ παντὶ ἀστοχοῦντι κατὰ τοῦ ἑτέρου μηδεὶς λαλείτω μηδὲ παρ᾽ ὑμῶν ἀκουέτω, ἕως οὗ μετα- νοήσῃ. τὰς δὲ εὐχὰς ὑμῶν καὶ τὰς ἐλεημοσύνας καὶ πάσας τὰς πράξεις οὕτως ποιήσατε, ὡς ὄχετε ἐν τῷ εὐαγ- ᾿γελέῳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν. XVI. Γρηγορεῖτε ὑπὲρ τῆς ζωῆς ὑμῶν" οἱ λύχνοι ὑμῶν μὴ ςδεοθήτωςδν, κἀὶ al Ocyec ὑμῶν μὴ EKAYECOWCAN, ἀλλὰ ἔρχεται. πυκνῶς δὲ συναχθήσεσθε ζητοῦντες τὰ ἀνήκοντα ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν. οὐ γὰρ ὠφελήσει ὑμᾶς ὁ πᾶς χρόνος τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν, ἐὰν μὴ ἐν τῷ ἐσχάτῳ καιρῷ τελειωθῆτε. ἐν γὰρ ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις πληθυνθήσονται οἱ ψεγλο- προφῆτδι καὶ οἱ φθορεῖς, καὶ στραφήσονται τὰ πρόβατα εἰς λύκους, καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη στραφήσεται εἰς μῖσος" αὐξανούσης γὰρ τῆς ἀνομίας micticoyciIn ἀλλήλογς Kal λιώξογοιν Kal Trapa- λώεογει. Kal τότε φανήςετδλι ὃ κοσμοπλανὴς ὡς υἱὸς Θεοῦ καὶ ποιήςει CHMELA Kal Tépata, καὶ ἡ γῆ παραδοθήσεται εἰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ποιήσει ἀθέμιτα, ἃ οὐδέποτε γέγονεν ἐξ αἰῶνος. τότε ἥξει ἡ κτίσις τῶν ἀνθρώπων εἰς τὴν πύρωσιν τῆς δοκιμασίας, καὶ σκανδαλισθήσονται πολλοὶ καὶ ἀπολοῦνται, οἱ δὲ ὑπομείναντες ἐν τῇ πίστει αὐτῶν CWOHCONTA! ὕπ᾽ αὐτοῦ τοῦ καταθέματος. καὶ τότε danticeta! TA cHMEIA τῆς GAq- S. Matt. θείας" πρῶτον σημεῖον ἐκπετάσεως ἐν οὐρανῷ, εἶτα σημεῖον 5 φωνῆς σάλπιγγος, καὶ τὸ τρίτον ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν᾽ οὐ πάν- tov δέ, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἐρρέθη" Ἥξει ὁ Κύριος καὶ πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι μετ᾽ ayroy. τότε ὄψεται 6 κόσμος τὸν Κύριον ἐρχύμενον ἐπάνω © art. τῶν νεφελῶν τοῦ οΥ̓ΡΔΝΟΥ͂. χχίν. 30.