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they who through faith conquered kingdoms, and wrought righteousness, and received promises, and shut the mouths of lions,

And they gave unto women their sons by the resurrection of the dead; and others in torments died, nor hoped to be delivered, that the better resurrection they might have.

nor to the voice of the trumpet, and the voice of words, which they who heard withdrew (from), that it might not be additionally spoken to them.

Unto strange and variable doctrines be not led away; for it is good that with grace we confirm our hearts, and not by meats, because they have not been helped who have walked in them.

Be persuaded by your leaders, and obey them; for they watch for your souls as men who must render an account of you, that with joy they may do this, and not with groans; for that is not profitable for you.

Ask for the peace of all your leaders, and of all the saints: they of Italia ask for your peace.

But you have despised the poor. Behold, are not the rich uprisen against you ? and do they not drag you to the house of judgment?

and they know not what shall be on the morrow: for what is our life, but a vapour which for a little while is seen, and vanisheth and endeth ?

For instead they should say, If the Lord will, and we live, we will do this or that.

and if he be sick, let him call for the presbyters of the church, and they will pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of our Lord.

And the prayer of faith shall make whole him who was sick, and our Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

them who are elected by the foreknowledge of Aloha the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, that they might be unto obedience, and unto the sprinkling of the blood of Jeshu Meshiha: grace and peace be multiplied with you.

12 And all that they searched was revealed to them; for not for themselves they inquired, but to us (and) of us [fn] they prophesied those (blessings) which now are revealed to you by them who have preached to you [fn] by the Spirit of Holiness which is sent from heaven; for into these themselves the angels also desire to look.

8 or a stone [fn] of stumbling, and they are offended at him in not obeying the word, because to this they are set.

And let your conversation be good before all men; and they who speak against you malicious words shall see your good deeds, and shall glorify Aloha in the day of the probation.

and to judges, because from him they are sent for the punishment of transgressors, and for the commendation of good works.

For they who on account of their offences suffer tribulations, what praise have they ? But when you do well and they afflict you, and you endure, then doth your praise become great with Aloha.

while they see that with reverence and with chastity you conduct yourselves.

AND you, men, dwell likewise with your wives with knowledge, and as feeble vessels in honour hold them; for they also with you inherit the gift of the life of eternity; that you be not hindered in your prayers.

Who then willeth life, And loveth good days to see ? Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak not guile.