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or even desired to hear. This is the spiritual temple built by the Lord.
Barnabas 17
1 So far as it is possible for me to show you these things with simplicity, my mind and soul hopeth that I
have not omitted any of the things that pertain unto salvation;
2 for if I write unto you concerning the things that are at hand, or the things that will be hereafter, ye
would not be able to understand them, because they are couched in parables. These things, therefore, are
thus.
Barnabas 18
1 Let us pass on now to another kind of knowledge and instruction. There are two paths of instruction
and authority  the one that of light, and the other that of darkness. But there is a great difference
between the two paths. For over the one are appointed as illuminators the angels of God, over the other
the angels of Satan;
2 on the one side is he who is Lord from everlasting to everlasting, on the other is the ruler of the world
that now lieth in wickedness.
Barnabas 19
1 Now, the path of life is this: If any one wishes to travel to the appointed place, let him hasten by means
of his works. Now, the knowledge of walking in it that is given unto us is of this kind:
2 Thou shalt love him that made thee, thou shalt fear him that formed thee, thou shalt glorify him that
redeemed thee from death. Thou shalt be simple in heart, and rich in spirit; thou shalt not cleave unto
them that go in the path of death. Thou shalt hate whatever is not pleasing unto God; thou shalt hate all
hypocrisy; thou shalt not abandon the commandments of the Lord;
3 thou shalt not exalt thyself; thou shalt be humble in all things; thou shalt not take glory unto thyself;
thou shalt not take evil counsel against thy neighbour; thou shalt not take audacity into thy soul.
4 Thou shalt not commit fornication, thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not pollute thyself with
mankind: let not the word of God go forth from thee in corruption. Thou shalt not accept the person of
any to reprove any man for transgression. Thou shalt be gentle, thou shalt be quiet; thou shalt tremble at
the words that thou hast heard; thou shalt not bear malice against thy brother;
5 thou shalt not doubt whether a thing shall be or not; thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain.
Thou shalt love thy neighbour beyond thine own soul; thou shalt not kill a child by abortion, neither
shalt thou destroy it after it is born. Thou shalt not remove thy hand from thy son or thy daughter, but
shalt teach them from their youth the fear of the Lord.
6 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods; thou shalt not be an extortioner; thou shalt not cleave with
thy soul unto the proud, but thou shalt have thy conversation with the lowly and the just. Receive as
blessings the troubles that come unto thee, knowing that without God nothing happens.
7 Thou shalt not be double-minded nor double-tongued, for to be double-tongued is the snare of death.
Thou shalt submit thyself to thy masters as to the image of God, with shame and fear. Thou shalt not
give commands with bitterness to thy servant and thy handmaid, who hope in the same God as thou dost,
lest, perchance, thou cease to fear God, who is over both. For he came not to call men with respect of
persons, but to call those whom the Spirit had prepared.
8 Thou shalt communicate in all things with thy neighbour, and shalt not say that things are thine own.
For if ye be partners in that which is incorruptible, how much more in the things that are corruptible?
Thou shalt not be hasty of speech, for the mouth is a snare of death. As far as thou art able, thou shalt be
pure concerning thy soul.
9 Be not a stretcher forth of thy hand in receiving, and a drawer back of it in giving. Thou shalt love, as
the apple of thine eye, every one that speaketh unto thee the word of the Lord.
10 Thou shalt remember the day of judgment by night and by day; and thou shalt seek out every day the
persons of the saints.
11 Thou shalt not doubt to give, nor shalt thou murmur in giving. Give to every one that asketh thee, and
thou shalt know who is the good recompenser of the reward. Thou shalt take care of that which thou hast
received, neither adding thereto, nor taking therefrom. Thou shalt hate the evil man unto the end, and
shalt judge justly.
12 Thou shalt not make a schism, but shalt make peace by bringing adversaries together. Thou shalt
make confession of thy sins. Thou shalt not go unto prayer with an evil conscience. This is the way of
life, either labouring by means of the word and proceeding to exhort, and practising to save the soul by
the word, or thou shalt work by thy hands for the redemption of thy sins.
Barnabas 20
1 But the path of darkness is crooked and full of cursing, for it is the path of eternal death and
punishment, in which way are the things that destroy the soul. Idolatry, boldness, the pride of power,
hypocrisy, double-heartedness, adultery, murder, rape, haughtiness, transgression, deceit, malice, self- [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]