25 [ 102 ]: 2 apostles and teachers, who preached unto the whole world, and who taught the word
of the Lord in soberness and purity, and kept back no part at all for evil desire, but walked
always in righteousness and truth, even as also they received the Holy Spirit. Such therefore shall
have their entrance with the angels.
26 [ 103 ]: 1 "And from the ninth mountain, which was desert, which had [the] reptiles and wild
beasts in it which destroy mankind, they that believed are such as these;
26 [ 103 ]: 2 they that have the spots are deacons that exercised their office ill, and plundered the
livelihood of widows and orphans, and made gain for themselves from the ministrations which
they had received to perform. If then they abide in the same evil desire, they are dead and there is
no hope of life for them; but if they turn again and fulfill their ministrations in purity, it shall be
possible for them to live.
26 [ 103 ]: 3 But they that are mildewed, these are they that denied and turned not again unto their
Lord, but having become barren and desert, because they cleave not unto the servants of God but
remain alone, they destroy their own souls.
26 [ 103 ]: 4 For as a vine left alone in a hedge, if it meet with neglect, is destroyed and wasted by
the weeds, and in time becometh wild and is no longer useful to its owner, so also men of this
kind have given themselves up in despair and become useless to their Lord, by growing wild.
26 [ 103 ]: 5 To these then repentance cometh, unless they be found to have denied from the heart;
but if a man be found to have denied from the heart, I know not whether it is possible for him to
live.
26 [ 103 ]: 6 And this I say not in reference to these days, that a man after denying should receive
repentance; for it is impossible for him to be saved who shall now deny his Lord; but for those
who denied Him long ago repentance seemeth to be possible. If a man therefore will repent, let
him do so speedily before the tower is completed; but if not, he shall be destroyed by the women
and put to death.
26 [ 103 ]: 7 And the stunted, these are the treacherous and backbiters; and the wild beasts which
thou sawest on the mountain are these. For as wild beasts with their venom poison and kill a
man, so also do the words of such men poison and kill a man.
26 [ 103 ]: 8 These then are broken off short from their faith through the conduct which they have
in themselves; but some of them repented and were saved; and the rest that are of this kind can
be saved, if they repent; but if they repent not, they shall meet their death from those women of
whose power they are possessed.
27 [ 104 ]: 1 "And from the tenth mountain, where were trees sheltering certain sheep, they that
believed are such as these;
27 [ 104 ]: 2 bishops, hospitable persons, who gladly received into their houses at all times the
servants of God without hypocrisy. [These bishops] at all times without ceasing sheltered the
needy and the widows in their ministration and conducted themselves in purity at all times.
27 [ 104 ]: 3 These [all] then shall be sheltered by the Lord for ever. They therefore that have done
these things are glorious in the sight of God, and their place is even now with the angels, if they
shall continue unto the end serving the Lord.
27 [ 104 ]: 1 "And from the eleventh mountain, where were trees full of fruit, decked with divers
kinds of fruits, they that believed are such as these;
27 [ 104 ]: 2 they that suffered for the Name [of the Son of God], who also suffered readily with
their whole heart, and yielded up their lives."
ron
(Ron)
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