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So we also, instead of a cord, stretching out this saying which says: Whether you eat, or whether you drink, or whatever else you do, do all to the glory of God.

Whether we pray, or fast, or accuse, or forgive, or praise, or blame, or enter, or exit, or sell, or buy, or are silent, or converse, or do anything else whatever, let us do all to the glory of God, and if anything is not for the glory of God, let it neither be done nor spoken by us; but instead of a great staff, instead of a weapon and security, instead of unspeakable treasures, wherever we may be, let us carry this saying with us, having written it in our mind, so that having done and said and transacted all things to the glory of God, we may obtain glory from Him both here and after our departure from hence. For, He says, “Those who glorify me, I will glorify.” Let us not therefore glorify Him with words, but also through deeds continually with Christ our God, for to Him is due all glory, honor, and worship, now and always and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

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δὴ καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀντὶ σπαρτίου τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο τείναντες τὸ λέγον· Εἴτε ἐσθίετε, εἴτε πίνετε, εἴτε τι ἕτερον ποιεῖτε, πάντα εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ ποιεῖτε.

Ἄν τε εὐχώμεθα, ἄν τε νηστεύωμεν, ἄν τε ἐγκαλῶμεν, ἄν τε συγγινώσκωμεν, ἄν τε ἐπαινῶμεν, ἄν τε ψέγωμεν, ἄν τε εἰσίωμεν, ἄν τε ἐξίωμεν, ἄν τε πωλῶμεν, ἄν τε ἀγοράζωμεν, ἄν τε σιγῶμεν, ἄν τε διαλεγώμεθα, ἄν τε ἄλλο ὁτιοῦν πράττωμεν, εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ πάντα ποιῶμεν, κἂν μή τι εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ γίνηται, μηδὲ γινέσθω, μηδὲ λεγέσθω παρ' ἡμῶν· ἀλλ' ἀντὶ βακτηρίας μεγάλης, ἀνθ' ὅπλου καὶ ἀσφαλείας, ἀντὶ θησαυρῶν ἀφάτων, ὅπουπερ ἂν ὦμεν, τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο μεθ' ἑαυτῶν περιφέρωμεν, ἐγγράψαντες τῇ διανοίᾳ, ἵνα πάντα εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ καὶ ποιήσαντες καὶ εἰπόντες καὶ πραγματευσάμενοι, τῆς παρ' αὐτοῦ τύχωμεν δόξης καὶ ἐνταῦθα καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἐντεῦθεν ἀποδημίαν. Τοὺς γὰρ δοξάζοντάς με, φησὶ, δοξάσω. Μὴ τοίνυν ῥήμασιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τῶν πραγμάτων αὐτὸν δοξάζωμεν συνεχῶς σὺν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν, ὅτι αὐτῷ πρέπει πᾶσα δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.