My LORD’s BibleDidache 4
1My child, thou shalt remember both night and day him that speaketh unto thee the Word of God; thou shalt honour him as thou dost the Lord, for where the teaching of the Lord is given, there is the Lord; thou shalt seek out day by day the favour of the saints, that thou mayest rest in their words; thou shalt not desire schism, but shalt set at peace them that contend; thou shalt judge righteously; thou shalt not accept the person of any one to convict him of transgression; thou shalt not doubt whether a thing shall be or not. Be not a stretcher out of thy hand to receive, and a drawer of it back in giving. If thou hast, give by means of thy hands a redemption for thy sins. Thou shalt not doubt to give, neither shalt thou murmur when giving; for thou shouldest know who is the fair recompenser of the reward. Thou shalt not turn away from him that is in need, but shalt share with thy brother in all things, and shalt not say that things are thine own; for if ye are partners in what is immortal, how much more in what is mortal? Thou shalt not remove thine heart from thy son or from thy daughter, but from their youth shalt teach them the fear of God. Thou shalt not command with bitterness thy servant or thy handmaid, who hope in the same God as thyself, lest they fear not in consequence the God who is over both; for he cometh not to call with respect of persons, but those whom the Spirit hath prepared. And do ye servants submit yourselves to your masters with reverence and fear, as being the type of God. Thou shalt hate all hypocrisy and everything that is not pleasing to God; thou shalt not abandon the commandments of the Lord, but shalt guard that which thou hast received, neither adding thereto nor taking therefrom; thou shalt confess thy transgressions in the church, and shalt not come unto prayer with an evil conscience. This is the path of life.
Τέκνον μου, τοῦ λδλοῦντός coi τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ MNHCOHCH γυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας" τιμήσεις δὲ αὐτὸν ὡς Κύριον" ᾿ ὅθεν γὰρ ἡ κυριότης λαλεῖται, ἐκεῖ Κύριός ἐστιν. ἐκζητή- σεις δὲ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν τὰ πρόσωπα τῶν ἁγίων, ἵνα ἐπαναπαῇς τοῖς λόγοις αὐτῶν. οὐ ποιήσεις σχίσμα, εἰρηνεύσεις δὲ μαχομένους. κρινεῖς δικαίως, οὐ λήψῃ πρόσωπον ἐλέγξαι ἐπὶ παραπτώμασιν. οὐ διψυχήσεις, πότερον ἔσται ἣ ov. μὴ γίνου πρὸς μὲν τὸ AaBein ἐκτείνων τὰς χεῖρας, πρὸς Δὲ τὸ Aofnal εγοπῶν᾽ ἐὰν ἄχῃς διὰ τῶν χειρῶν σου, δώσεις δ΄ λύτρωσιν ἁμαρτιῶν σου. οὐ διστάσεις δοῦναι οὐδὲ διδοὺς γογγύσεις᾽ γνώσῃ γὰρ τίς ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ μισθοῦ καλὸς ἀνταπο- δότης. ova ἀποστραφήσῃ τὸν ἐνδεόμενον, συγκοινωνήσεις δὲ πάντα τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου καὶ οὐκ ἐρεῖς ida einar εἰ γὰρ ἐν τῷ ἀθανάτῳ κοινωνοί ἐστε, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ἐν τοῖς θνητοῖς; > οὐκ ἀρεῖς τὴν χεῖρά gov ἀπὸ τοῦ viod σον ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς θυγατρός σου, ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ νεότητος διδάξεις τὸν φόβον τοῦ Θεοῦ. ᾿1ο. οὐκ ἐπιτάξεις δούλῳ σου ἣ παιδίσκῃ, τοῖς ἐπὶ τὸν αὐτὸν Θεὸν ἐλπίζουσιν, ἐν πικρίᾳ σου, μήποτε οὐ μὴ φοβηθή- σονται τὸν ἐπ᾽ ἀμφοτέροις Θεόν: οὐ γὰρ ἔρχεται κατὰ πρόσ- ὡπον καλέσαι, ἀλλ᾽ ἐφ᾽ obs τὸ πνεῦμα ἡτοίμασεν. ὑμεῖς δὲ οἱ δοῦλοι ὑποταγήσεσθε τοῖς κυρίοις ὑμῶν ὡς τύπῳ Θεοῦ ἐν αἰσχύνῃ καὶ φόβῳ. μισήσεις πᾶσαν ὑπόκρισιν καὶ πᾶν ὃ μὴ ἀρεστὸν τῷ Κυρίῳ. οὐ μὴ ἐγκαταλέπῃς ἐντολὰς Kuplou, φυλάξεις δὲ ἃ παρέλαβες, μήτε προστιθεὶς μήτε ἀφαιρῶν. ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐξομολογήσῃ τὰ παραπτώ- ματά σου, καὶ οὐ προσελεύσῃ ἐπὶ προσευχήν σου ἐν συνει- δήσει πονηρᾷ: αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ὁδὸς τῆς ζωῆς.