And the king calleth for Jehoiada the head, and saith to him, 'Wherefore hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses, servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

and at his coming near to the den, to Daniel, with a grieved voice, he crieth. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, thy God, whom thou art serving continually, is He able to deliver thee from the lions?'

and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that is according to piety,

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome -- gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail!

Must

he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,

there having been, therefore, not a little dissension and disputation to Paul and Barnabas with them, they arranged for Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, to go up unto the apostles and elders to Jerusalem about this question,

for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --

not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

But

As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth them: Suckling ones He leadeth.

And I, Paul, myself, do call upon you -- through the meekness and gentleness of the Christ -- who in presence, indeed am humble among you, and being absent, have courage toward you,

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may cherish her own children,

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome -- gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

Apt

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

holding -- according to the teaching -- to the stedfast word, that he may be able also to exhort in the sound teaching, and the gainsayers to convict;

General references

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

He doth not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard, in the street.

'And My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern.

he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,

for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;