4 [ 47 ]: 6 Be ye converted, ye that walk after the commandments of the devil, (the commandments
which are so) difficult and bitter and wild and riotous; and fear not the devil, for there is no
power in him against you.
4 [ 47 ]: 7 For I will be with you, I, the angel of repentance, who have the mastery over him. The
devil hath fear alone, but his fear hath no force. Fear him not therefore; and he will flee from
you."
5 [ 48 ]: 1 I say to him, "Sir, listen to a few words from me." "Say what thou wilt," saith he. "Man,
Sir," I say, "is eager to keep the commandments of God, and there is no one that asketh not of the
Lord that he may be strengthened in His commandments, and be subject to them; but the devil is
hard and overmastereth them."
5 [ 48 ]: 2 "He cannot," saith he, "overmaster the servants of God, who set their hope on Him with
their whole heart. The devil can wrestle with them, but he cannot overthrow them. If then ye
resist him, he will be vanquished and will flee from you disgraced. But as many," saith he, "as
are utterly empty, fear the devil as if he had power.
5 [ 48 ]: 3 When a man has filled amply sufficient jars with good wine, and among these jars a few
are quite empty, he comes to the jars, and does not examine the full ones, for he knows that they
are full; but he examineth the empty ones, fearing lest they have turned sour. For empty jars soon
turn sour, and the taste of the wine is spoilt.
5 [ 48 ]: 4 So also the devil cometh to all the servants of God tempting them. As many then as are
complete in the faith, oppose him mightily, and he departeth from them, not having a place
where he can find an entrance. So he cometh next to the empty ones, and finding a place goeth
into them, and further he doeth what he willeth in them, and they become submissive slaves to
him.
6 [ 49 ]: 1 "But I, the angel of repentance, say unto you; Fear not the devil; for I was sent," saith he,
"to be with you who repent with your whole heart, and to strengthen you in the faith.
6 [ 49 ]: 2 Believe, therefore, on God, ye who by reason of your sins have despaired of your life,
and are adding to your sins, and weighing down your life; for if ye turn unto the Lord with your
whole heart, and work righteousness the remaining days of your life, and serve Him rightly
according to His will, He will give healing to your former sins, and ye shall have power to
master the works of the devil. But of the threatening of the devil fear not at all; for he is
unstrung, like the sinews of a dead man.
6 [ 49 ]: 3 Hear me therefore, and fear Him, Who is able to do all things, to save and to destroy, and
observe these commandments, and ye shall live unto God."
6 [ 49 ]: 4 I say to him, "Sir, now am I strengthened in all the ordinances of the Lord, because thou
art with me; and I know that thou wilt crush all the power of the devil, and we shall be masters
over him, and shall prevail over all his works. And I hope, Sir, that I am now able to keep these
commandments which thou hast commanded, the Lord enabling me."
6 [ 49 ]: 5 "Thou shalt keep them," saith he, "if thy heart be found pure with the Lord; yea, and all
shall keep them, as many as shall purify their hearts from the vain desires of this world, and shall
live unto God."
Parables Which He Spake With Me
Parable 1
1 [ 50 ]: 1 He saith to me; "Ye know that ye, who are the servants of God, are dwelling in a foreign
land; for your city is far from this city. If then ye know your city, in which ye shall dwell, why
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