You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours?

He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.

Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;