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and of the curse, and of the places of pain, and you will depart, where pain and sorrow have fled away, where there is much joy, and peace, and love, and delight and gladness; where life is eternal, and glory is unspeakable, and beauty is inexpressible; where the tents are eternal, and the glory of the king is secret, and those good things, Which eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and have not entered into the heart of man; where the spiritual bridal chamber is and the heavenly inner chambers, and the virgins who have their bright lamps, and those who have the wedding garment; where the palaces of the Master exist, and the royal treasuries. Have you seen how great are the prizes, and how many things he has shown through a single saying, and how he has brought everything together? So also by unfolding each of the following sayings, we will find a great abundance and a boundless sea.

Let us not then delay, nor hesitate to have mercy on those in need; do not, I beseech you; but even if it be necessary to cast everything away, even to be thrown into fire, even to dare the sword, even to leap against knives, even to suffer anything whatever; let us bear all things with ease, that we may obtain the garment of the kingdom of heaven, and that unspeakable glory; which may we all attain, by the grace and loving-kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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καὶ τῆς κατάρας, καὶ τῶν τῆς ὀδύνης χωρίων, καὶ ἀπελεύσῃ, ἔνθα ἀπέδρα ὀδύνη καὶ λύπη, ἔνθα πολλὴ ἡ χαρὰ, καὶ εἰρήνη, καὶ ἀγάπη, καὶ τρυφὴ καὶ εὐφροσύνη· ἔνθα ζωὴ αἰώνιος, καὶ δόξα ἄῤῥητος, καὶ κάλλος ἄφραστον· ἔνθα αἰώνιοι σκηναὶ, καὶ ἡ δόξα τοῦ βασιλέως ἡ ἀπόῤῥητος, καὶ τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἐκεῖνα, Ἃ ὀφθαλμὸς οὐκ εἶδε, καὶ οὖς οὐκ ἤκουσε, καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἀνέβη· ἔνθα ὁ νυμφὼν ὁ πνευματικὸς καὶ αἱ παστάδες τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ αἱ παρθένοι αἱ τὰς φαιδρὰς ἔχουσαι λαμπάδας, καὶ οἱ τὸ ἔνδυμα τοῦ γάμου ἔχοντες· ἔνθα παλάτια ὑπάρχει τοῦ ∆εσπότου, καὶ τὰ ταμιεῖα τὰ βασιλικά. Εἶδες ἡλίκα τὰ ἔπαθλα, καὶ ὅσα διὰ μιᾶς ῥήσεως ἐπεδείξατο, καὶ πῶς πάντα συνεφόρησεν; Οὕτω καὶ τῶν ἑξῆς ῥήσεων ἑκάστην ἀναπτύξαντες, πολλὴν εὑρήσομεν τὴν περιουσίαν καὶ πέλαγος ἀχανές.

Μὴ οὖν ἀναβαλώμεθα, καὶ ὀκνήσωμεν ἐλεεῖν τοὺς δεομένους· μὴ, παρακαλῶ· ἀλλὰ κἂν πάντα ῥῖψαι δέῃ, κἂν εἰς πῦρ ἐμβληθῆναι, κἂν ξίφους κατατολμῆσαι, κἂν κατὰ μαχαιρῶν ἅλλεσθαι, κἂν ὁτιοῦν παθεῖν· πάντα φέρωμεν εὐκόλως, ἵνα τοῦ ἐνδύματος ἐπιτύχωμεν τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ τῆς δόξης ἐκείνης τῆς ἀῤῥήτου· ἧς γένοιτο πάντας ἡμᾶς ἐπιτυχεῖν, χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.