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covetousness which is the second idolatry, anger, wrath, fornication, adultery, and every defilement of the body; not practicing sorcery, or divination, or any incantation, but purifying himself night and day in order to partake blamelessly of the precious body and blood of Christ; caring for orphans, and likewise also for widows and proselytes; not turning away from one who asks, or one who wishes to borrow, but also tearing up every unjust contract; and if he holds a just one, not bringing it forward or showing it to any, being wholly of God, and having from God, if he has anything justly from Him, and offering to Him His own things, and seeking from God what is lacking, and glorifying those who glorify God, and honoring His servants; pitying the enemies of the faith on account of their blindness, and trying with all his power to convert them, but turning away from those who persist, and hating with a perfect hatred those who hate the Lord; conducting himself in all goodness, in all piety, in all purity, as having God wholly in himself, and being wholly of God, by the remembrance of Him and of His commandments always being moved, and stirred, and lying down, and rising up, and eating and drinking and spending the day, according to what is written: I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for He is on my right hand, that I should not be moved; and, Let all the earth be afraid, and let all the inhabitants of the world be moved by Him; not bearing grudges, because the ways of the grudge-bearers lead to death, 63.901 and he who has forgiven his neighbor's sin, his own sins are forgiven by God. For if we do not remember the sins which others have sinned against us, neither does God remember our sins, which we have sinned against him. But to judge justly in the fear of God. For the judgment is God's; not to condemn others in their sins, that is, to despise and abominate, and to watch for the evils of one's neighbor, and to justify oneself, and not seeing one's own beams, but the specks of one's neighbor, that is, to bring forth the small failings of our brethren; which greatly provokes God; for it is not just to judge another's servant; for every man is God's. But to judge and correct in love, and to deliver one who is wronged from the hand of the one wronging him, and to become a father to the helpless, and an eye for the blind, and a foot for the lame, according to what has been said, is pious and just when done with fitting admonition and exhortation; as the blessed Apostle says: For three years, night and day, I did not cease to admonish each one of you with tears; and for the Christian to flee shameful gains, and to be rather reverent and holy, and to attend to reading and to 63.902 exhortation and to admonition and to teaching according to what has been said: Teaching and admonishing (sic) one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord; honoring also those who have begotten us, that we may be long-lived upon the earth, and not to speak evil of father or mother, but to provide also for one's own, and especially for those of the household of faith. And not abandoning the ecclesiastical assemblies, that is, the common gatherings and prayers, but also publicly before all the people giving prayers to God, and not despising wise exhortations, or godly teachings; or judging as unbelievable or impossible the wonders and works of God, which are performed in every generation, not considering this. A person acting thus, and thus having God in his heart, in prudence, will inherit the kingdom prepared for the saints from the foundation of the world, which never has an end; which may it befall us all to attain, by the grace and loving-kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

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πλεονεξίαν τὴν δευτέραν εἰδωλολατρείαν, θυμὸν, ὀργὴν, πορνείαν, μοιχείαν, καὶ πᾶσαν ῥυπαρίαν σώματος· μὴ ποιῶν φαρμακείαν, ἢ μαντείαν, ἢ ἐπῳδήν τινα, ἀλλὰ ἁγνίζων ἑαυτὸν νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας πρὸς τὸ ἀμέμπτως μεταλαμβάνειν τοῦ τιμίου σώματος καὶ αἵματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ· προϊστάμενος ὀρφανῶν, ἔτι δὲ καὶ χηρῶν ὁμοίως καὶ προσηλύτων· μὴ ἀποστρεφόμενος ἐκ τοῦ αἰτοῦντος, ἢ τοῦ θέλοντος δανείσασθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ διασπῶν πᾶσαν ἄδικον συγγραφήν· εἰ δὲ καὶ δικαίαν κέκτηται, μὴ ἐπιφέρων ἢ ἐπιδεικνύμενός τισιν, ἅπας τοῦ Θεοῦ ὢν, καὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἔχων, εἴπερ τι ἔχει δικαίως ἐξ αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐτῷ παρέχων τὰ ἴδια, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ζητῶν τὸ ἐλλεῖπον, καὶ δοξάζων τοὺς δοξάζοντας τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ τιμῶν τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ· τοὺς ἐχθροὺς τῆς πίστεως ἐλεῶν διὰ τὴν τύφλωσιν, καὶ πάσῃ δυνάμει πειρώμενος ἐπιστρέφειν, τοὺς δὲ ἐπιμένοντας ἀποστρεφόμενος, καὶ τέλειον μῖσος μισῶν τοὺς μισοῦντας τὸν Κύριον· ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθοσύνῃ, ἐν πάσῃ εὐσεβείᾳ, ἐν πάσῃ ἁγνείᾳ ἀναστρεφόμενος, ὡς ὅλον ἔχων ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ ὅλος ὑπάρχων τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐκ τῆς μνήμης αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἐντολῶν αὐτοῦ ἀεὶ καὶ κινούμενος, καὶ σαλευόμενος, καὶ κοιταζόμενος, καὶ ἀνιστάμενος, καὶ ἐσθίων καὶ πίνων καὶ διημερεύων, κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον· Προωρώμην τὸν Κύριον ἐνώπιόν μου παραπαντὸς, ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἐστὶν, ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ· καὶ, Φοβηθήτω πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, ἀπ' αὐτοῦ δὲ σαλευθήτωσαν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν οἰκουμένην· μὴ μνησικακῶν, ὅτι ὁδοὶ μνησικάκων εἰς θάνατον, 63.901 καὶ ὁ ἀφεὶς τῷ πλησίον τὸ ἁμάρτημα, ἀφίεται ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰ ἁμαρτήματα αὐτοῦ. Ἐὰν γὰρ μὴ μνησθῶμεν τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ὧν εἰς ἡμᾶς ἥμαρτον ἕτεροι, οὐδὲ ὁ Θεὸς τῶν ἡμετέρων μέμνηται, ὧν εἰς αὐτὸν ἠμάρτομεν. Κρίνειν δὲ δικαίως ἐν φόβῳ Θεοῦ. Ἡ γὰρ κρίσις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστι· μὴ κατακρίνειν ἑτέρους ἐν ἁμαρτήμασιν, ἤγουν ἐξουδενοῦν καὶ βδελύσσεσθαι, καὶ ἐπιτηρεῖν τὰ τοῦ πλησίον κακὰ, καὶ ἑαυτοὺς δικαιοῦν, καὶ μὴ βλέποντας τὰς ἰδίας δοκοὺς, ἀλλὰ τὰ κάρφη τοῦ πλησίον, ἤγουν τὰ μικρὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν ἐλαττώματα προφέρειν· ὅπερ μεγάλως παροργίζει τὸν Θεόν· οὐ γὰρ δίκαιον κρίνειν ἀλλότριον οἰκέτην· τοῦ γὰρ Θεοῦ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος. Τὸ δὲ κρίνειν καὶ διορθοῦσθαι ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καὶ ἐξελέσθαι ἀδικούμενον ἐκ χειρὸς τοῦ ἀδικοῦντος αὐτὸν, καὶ γενέσθαι ἀδυνάτων πατέρα, καὶ ὀφθαλμὸν ἕνα τῶν τυφλῶν, καὶ πόδα τῶν χωλῶν, κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον, εὐσεβὲς καὶ δίκαιον μετὰ τῆς προσηκούσης νουθεσίας καὶ παραινέσεως γενόμενον· καθὼς ὁ μακάριος Ἀπόστολός φησι· Τριετίαν νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν οὐκ ἐπαυσάμην μετὰ δακρύων νουθετῶν ἕνα ἕκαστον ὑμῶν· φεύγειν δὲ τὸν Χριστιανὸν τὰ αἰσχρὰ κέρδη, καὶ εἶναι μᾶλλον εὐλαβῆ καὶ ὅσιον, καὶ προσέχειν τῇ ἀναγνώσει καὶ τῇ 63.902 παρακλήσει καὶ τῇ νουθεσίᾳ καὶ τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον· ∆ιδάσκων καὶ νουθετῶν (sic) ἑαυτοὺς ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ἐν χάριτι ᾄδοντες ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ· τιμῶντες καὶ τοὺς γεγεννηκότας ἡμᾶς, ἵνα γενώμεθα μακροχρόνιοι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ μὴ κακολογεῖν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα, ἀλλὰ προνοεῖσθαι καὶ τῶν ἰδίων, καὶ μάλιστα τῶν οἰκείων τῆς πίστεως. Καὶ ὁ μὴ ἀπολιμπανόμενος τῶν ἐκκλησιαστικῶν συλλόγων, ἤγουν τῶν κοινῶν συνάξεων καὶ εὐχῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ δημοσίως ἐναντίον παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ διδοὺς τῷ Θεῷ τὰς εὐχὰς, καὶ μὴ ἐξουδενῶν παραινέσεις σοφὰς, ἢ θεοσεβῆ διδάγματα· ἢ ἄπιστα κρίνων ἢ ἀδύνατα τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ θαύματα καὶ ἔργα, κατὰ γενεὰν ἐνεργούμενα, μὴ λογιζόμενος τοῦτο. Οὕτως ἄνθρωπος πράττων, καὶ οὕτως ἔχων τὸν Θεὸν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἐν φρονήσει, τὴν ἡτοιμασμένην κληρονομήσει τοῖς ἁγίοις βασιλείαν ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου, τὴν μηδέποτε τέλος ἔχουσαν· 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.