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Let not the widows be overlooked; on account of657 our Lord be thou their guardian,
and let nothing be done without thy will; also do thou nothing without the will of God, as
indeed thou doest not. Stand rightly. Let there be frequent658 assemblies: ask every man [to
them] by his name. Despise not slaves, either male or female; but neither let them be con-
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temptuous, but let them labour the more as for the glory of God, that they may be counted
worthy of a more precious freedom, which is of God. Let them not desire to be set free out
of the common [fund], lest they be found the slaves of lust.
657 The Greek has μετά, “after.”
658 Or, “constant,” “regular.”
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