doctors of the Law is what they want to be, but they have no idea either of the meaning of the words they use or of the themes on which they harp.

he must keep in mind that no law is ever made for honest people but for the lawless and the insubordinate, for the impious and the sinful, for the irreverent and the profane, for parricides and matricides, murderers,

but with good deeds (as befits women who make a religious profession).

not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,

Their wives must be serious too; they must not be slanderers but temperate and absolutely trustworthy.

But in later days, the Spirit distinctly declares, certain people will rebel against the faith; they will listen to spirits of error and to the doctrines that daemons teach

The training of the body is of small service, but religion is of service in all directions; it contains the promise of life both for the present and for the future.

Let no one slight you because you are a youth, but set the believers an example of speech, behaviour, love, faith, and purity.

Besides, they become idle unconsciously by gadding about from one house to another ??and not merely idle but gossips and busybodies, repeating things they have no right to mention.

Some people's sins are notorious and call for judgment, but in some cases sin only comes out afterwards.

Charge the rich of this world not to be supercilious, and not to fix their hopes on so uncertain a thing as riches but on the living God who richly provides us with all the enjoyments of life;