[The Prohibition of Malignity, Acceptation of Persons, Wrath, Malice, and Envy.]

V. Thou shalt not be an hypocrite, lest thy “portion be with them.”  52  Matt. xxi. 28, etc. Matt. xxi. 28, etc. Thou shalt not be ill-natured nor proud: for “God resisteth the proud.”  53  Matt. xxi. 35 Matt. xxi. 35 “Thou shalt not accept persons in judgment; for the judgment is the Lord’s.” “Thou shalt not hate any man; thou shalt surely reprove thy brother, and not become guilty on his account;”  54  Heb. xi. 37 Heb. xi. 37 and, “Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.”  55  Matt xxiii. 35 Matt xxiii. 35 Eschew all evil, and all that is like it: for says He, “Abstain from injustice, and trembling shall not come nigh thee.”  56  Matt. xxi. 39 Matt. xxi. 39 Be not soon angry, nor spiteful, nor passionate, nor furious, nor daring, lest thou undergo the fate of Cain, and of Saul, and of Joab: for the first of these slew his brother Abel, because Abel was found to be preferred before him with God, and because Abel’s sacrifice was preferred;  57  Matt. xxi. 42. Matt. xxi. 42. the second persecuted holy David, who had slain Goliah the Philistine, being envious of the praises of the women who danced;  58  Ps. xviii. 43, 44. Ps. xviii. 43, 44. the third slew two generals of armies—Abner of Israel, and Amasa of Judah.  59  This italicized passage does not occur in the mss., but is taken from Epiphanius. It is believed to be genuine, in which case what follows must be regarded as the work of the interpolator. [See Epiphanius, tom. iv. p. 29, ed. Oehler, 1861.] This italicized passage does not occur in the mss., but is taken from Epiphanius. It is believed to be genuine, in which case what follows must be regarded as the work of the interpolator. [See Epiphanius, tom. iv. p. 29, ed. Oehler, 1861.]

[5] Οὐκ ἔσῃ κακοήθης οὐδὲ ὑπερήφανος: »Ὑπερηφάνοις γὰρ Κύριος ἀντιτάσσεται.« Οὐ λήψῃ πρόσωπον ἐν κρίσει, ὅτι: »Τοῦ Κυρίου ἡ κρίσις.« Οὐ μισήσεις πάντα ἄνθρωπον. »Ἐλεγμῷ ἐλέγξεις τὸν ἀδελφόν σου καὶ οὐ λήψῃ δι' αὐτὸν ἁμαρτίαν.« Καὶ: »Ἔλεγχε σοφὸν καὶ ἀγαπήσει σε.« Φεῦγε ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ παντὸς ὁμοίου αὐτῷ: »Ἄπεχε γάρ, φησίν, ἀπὸ ἀδίκου, καὶ τρόμος οὐκ ἐγγιεῖ σοι.« Μὴ γίνου ὀργίλος μηδὲ βάσκανος μηδὲ ζηλωτὴς μηδὲ μανικὸς μηδὲ θρασύς, μὴ πάθῃς τὰ τοῦ Καῒν καὶ τὰ τοῦ Σαοὺλ καὶ τὰ τοῦ Ἰωάβ: ὅτι ὃς μὲν ἀπέκτεινεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἄβελ διὰ τὸ πρόκριτον αὐτὸν εὑρεθῆναι παρὰ Θεῷ καὶ διὰ τὸ προσδεχθῆναι τὴν θυσίαν αὐτοῦ, ὃς δὲ τὸν ὅσιον Δαυὶδ ἐδίωκεν νικήσαντα τὸν Γολιὰθ τὸν Φιλιστιαῖον, ζηλώσας ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν χορευτριῶν εὐφημίᾳ, ὃς δὲ τοὺς δύο στρατηλάτας ἀνεῖλεν, τὸν Ἀβεννὴρ τὸν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τὸν Ἀμεσσὰ τὸν τοῦ Ἰούδα.