4.3 the widows, being sober-minded regarding the faith of the Lord, interceding without ceasing for all, being far from all slander, evil-speaking, false witness, love of money, and every kind of evil; knowing that they are an altar of God, and that all things are inspected for blemishes, and that nothing escapes Him, neither of reasonings nor of thoughts nor any of the secret things of the heart.

5.1 Knowing therefore that God is not mocked, we ought to walk worthily of His commandment and glory. 5.2 Likewise deacons must be blameless in the presence of His righteousness, as deacons of God and Christ and not of men; not slanderers, not double-tongued, not lovers of money, temperate in all things, compassionate, diligent, walking according to the truth of the Lord, who became a deacon of all; whom if we please in this present age, we will receive also the age to come, just as He promised us to raise us from the dead, and that if we live our lives worthily of Him, we shall also reign with Him, if indeed we believe. 5.3 likewise also the younger men must be blameless in all things, being especially mindful of purity and bridling themselves from every evil. for it is good to be cut off from the desires that are in the world, because every desire wars against the Spirit and neither fornicators, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind shall inherit the kingdom of God, nor those who do what is improper. therefore it is necessary to abstain from all these things, being subject to the presbyters and deacons as to God and Christ; the virgins to walk in a blameless and pure conscience.

6.1 And the presbyters also must be compassionate, merciful to all, turning back those who have gone astray, visiting all the sick, not neglecting a widow or an orphan or a poor person; but providing always for that which is good in the sight of God and of men, abstaining from all anger, partiality, unjust judgment, being far from all love of money, not quick to believe anything against anyone, not abrupt in judgment, knowing that we are all debtors of sin. 6.2 if therefore, we ask the Lord to forgive us, we also ought to forgive; for we are before the eyes of the Lord and God, and we must all stand before the judgment seat of Christ, and each must give an account of himself. 6.3 let us therefore serve Him in this way with fear and all reverence, as He Himself commanded, and the apostles who evangelized us, and the prophets who proclaimed beforehand the coming of our Lord; being zealous for what is good, abstaining from offenses and from the false brethren and from those who bear the name of the Lord in hypocrisy, who lead empty men astray.

7.1 For everyone who does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is an antichrist; and whoever does not confess the testimony of the cross is of the devil; and whoever perverts the oracles of the Lord to his own desires and says that there is neither a resurrection nor a judgment, this one is the firstborn of Satan. 7.2 Therefore, leaving the vanity of the many and the false teachings, let us return to the word which was delivered to us from the beginning, being sober for prayers and constant in fastings, asking in our petitions the all-seeing God not to lead us into temptation, as the Lord said: The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

8.1 Let us therefore persevere unceasingly in our hope and the pledge of our righteousness, who is Christ Jesus, who bore our sins in His own body on the tree, who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth; but for our sake, that we might live in Him, He endured all things. 8.2 let us therefore become imitators of the endurance <αὐτοῦ>, and if we suffer for His name's sake, let us glorify Him. for He set this example for us through Himself, and we have believed this.

9.1 I exhort you all, therefore, to be obedient to the word of righteousness and to practice all endurance, which you also saw before your eyes not only in the

4.3 τὰς χήρας σωφρονούσας περὶ τὴν τοῦ κυρίου πίστιν, ἐν- τυγχανούσας ἀδιαλείπτως περὶ πάντων, μακρὰν οὔσας πάσης διαβολῆς, καταλαλιᾶς, ψευδομαρτυρίας, φιλαργυρίας καὶ παντὸς κακοῦ· γινω- σκούσας, ὅτι εἰσὶ θυσιαστήριον θεοῦ καὶ ὅτι πάντα μωμοσκοπεῖται, καὶ λέληθεν αὐτὸν οὐδὲν οὔτε λογισμῶν οὔτε ἐννοιῶν οὔτε τι τῶν κρυπτῶν τῆς καρδίας.

5.1 Εἰδότες οὖν, ὅτι θεὸς οὐ μυκτηρίζεται, ὀφείλομεν ἀξίως τῆς ἐντολῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ δόξης περιπατεῖν. 5.2 ὁμοίως διάκονοι ἄμεμπτοι κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὡς θεοῦ καὶ Χριστοῦ διάκονοι καὶ οὐκ ἀνθρώπων· μὴ διάβολοι, μὴ δίλογοι, ἀφιλάργυροι, ἐγκρατεῖς περὶ πάντα, εὔσπλαγχνοι, ἐπιμελεὶς, πορευόμενοι κατὰ τὴν ἀλήθειαν τοῦ κυρίου, ὃς ἐγένετο διάκονος πάντων· ᾧ ἐὰν εὐαρεστήσωμεν ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι, ἀποληψόμεθα καὶ τὸν μέλλοντα, καθὼς ὑπέσχετο ἡμῖν ἐγεῖραι ἡμᾶς ἐκ νεκρῶν, καὶ ὅτι ἐὰν πολιτευσώμεθα ἀξίως αὐτοῦ, καὶ συμ- βασιλεύσομεν αὐτῷ, εἴγε πιστεύομεν. 5.3 ὁμοίως καὶ νεώτεροι ἄμεμ- πτοι ἐν πᾶσιν, πρὸ παντὸς προνοοῦντες ἁγνείας καὶ χαλιναγωγοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ. καλὸν γὰρ τὸ ἀνακόπτεσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν τῶν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, ὅτι πᾶσα ἐπιθυμία κατὰ τοῦ πνεύματος στρατεύεται καὶ οὔτε πόρνοι οὔτε μαλακοὶ οὔτε ἀρσενοκοῖται βα- σιλείαν θεοῦ κληρονομήσουσιν, οὔτε οἱ ποιοῦντες τὰ ἄτοπα. διὸ δέον ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ πάντων τούτων, ὑποτασσομένους τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις καὶ διακόνοις ὡς θεῷ καὶ Χριστῷ· τὰς παρθένους ἐν ἀμώμῳ καὶ ἁγνῇ συνειδήσει περιπατεῖν.

6.1 Καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι δὲ εὔσπλαγχνοι, εἰς πάντας ἐλεήμονες, ἐπι- στρέφοντες τὰ ἀποπεπλανημένα, ἐπισκεπτόμενοι πάντας ἀσθενεῖς, μὴ ἀμελοῦντες χήρας ἢ ὀρφανοῦ ἢ πένητος· ἀλλὰ προνοοῦντες ἀεὶ τοῦ καλοῦ ἐνώπιον θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων, ἀπεχόμενοι πάσης ὀργῆς, προσ- ωποληψίας, κρίσεως ἀδίκου, μακρὰν ὄντες πάσης φιλαργυρίας, μὴ ταχέως πιστεύοντες κατά τινος, μὴ ἀπότομοι ἐν κρίσει, εἰδότες, ὅτι πάντες ὀφειλέται ἐσμὲν ἁμαρτίας. 6.2 εἰ οὖν δεόμεθα τοῦ κυρίου, ἵνα ἡμῖν ἀφῇ, ὀφείλομεν καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφιέναι· ἀπέναντι γὰρ τῶν τοῦ κυρίου καὶ θεοῦ ἐσμὲν ὀφθαλμῶν, καὶ πάντας δεῖ παραστῆναι τῷ βήματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἕκαστον ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ λόγον δοῦναι. 6.3 οὕτως οὖν δουλεύσωμεν αὐτῷ μετὰ φόβου καὶ πάσης εὐλαβείας, καθὼς αὐτὸς ἐνετείλατο καὶ οἱ εὐαγγελισάμενοι ἡμᾶς ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ προφῆται, οἱ προσκηρύξαντες τὴν ἔλευσιν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν· ζηλωταὶ περὶ τὸ καλόν, ἀπεχόμενοι τῶν σκανδάλων καὶ τῶν ψευδαδέλφων καὶ τῶν ἐν ὑποκρίσει φερόντων τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου, οἵτινες ἀποπλανῶσι κενοὺς ἀνθρώπους.

7.1 Πᾶς γάρ, ὃς ἂν μὴ ὁμολογῇ, Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθέναι, ἀντίχριστός ἐστιν· καὶ ὃς ἂν μὴ ὁμολογῇ τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ σταυροῦ, ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου ἐστίν· καὶ ὃς ἂν μεθοδεύῃ τὰ λόγια τοῦ κυρίου πρὸς τὰς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας καὶ λέγῃ μήτε ἀνάστασιν μήτε κρίσιν, οὗτος πρωτότοκός ἐστι τοῦ σατανᾶ. 7.2 διὸ ἀπολιπόντες τὴν μαται- ότητα τῶν πολλῶν καὶ τὰς ψευδοδιδασκαλίας ἐπὶ τὸν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἡμῖν παραδοθέντα λόγον ἐπιστρέψωμεν, νήφοντες πρὸς τὰς εὐχὰς καὶ προσκαρτεροῦντες νηστείας, δεήσεσιν αἰτούμενοι τὸν παντεπόπτην θεὸν μὴ εἰσενεγκεῖν ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ κύριος· Τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα πρόθυμον, ἡ δὲ σὰρξ ἀσθενής.

8.1 Ἀδιαλείπτως οὖν προσκαρτερῶμεν τῇ ἐλπίδι ἡμῶν καὶ τῷ ἀρραβῶνι τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἡμῶν, ὅς ἐστι Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς, ὃς ἀνήνεγ- κεν ἡμῶν τὰς ἁμαρτίας τῷ ἰδίῳ σώματι ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον, ὃς ἁμαρ- τίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν, οὐδὲ εὑρέθη δόλος ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ· ἀλλὰ δι' ἡμᾶς, ἵνα ζήσωμεν ἐν αὐτῷ, πάντα ὑπέμεινεν. 8.2 μιμηταὶ οὖν γενώμεθα τῆς ὑπομονῆς <αὐτοῦ>, καὶ ἐὰν πάσχομεν διὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, δοξάζωμεν αὐτόν. τοῦτον γὰρ ἡμῖν τὸν ὑπογραμμὸν ἔθηκε δι' ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς τοῦτο ἐπιστεύσαμεν.

9.1 Παρακαλῶ οὖν πάντας ὑμᾶς πειθαρχεῖν τῷ λόγῳ τῆς δικαιο-σύνης καὶ ὑπομένειν πᾶσαν ὑπομονήν, ἣν καὶ εἴδατε κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς οὐ μόνον ἐν τοῖς