{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">It is well, therefore,<a id=\"r730\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f730\"><sup>[730]</sup></a> that he who has learned the judgments\r\nof the Lord, as many as have been written, should\r\nwalk in them. For he who keepeth these shall be glorified\r\nin the kingdom of God; but he who chooseth other things<a id=\"r731\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f731\"><sup>[731]</sup></a>\r\nshall be destroyed with his works. On this account there\r\nwill be a resurrection,<a id=\"r732\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f732\"><sup>[732]</sup></a> on this account a retribution. I\r\nbeseech you who are superiors, if you will receive any counsel\r\nof my good-will, have among yourselves those to whom you\r\nmay show kindness: do not forsake them. For the day is at\r\nhand on which all things shall perish with the evil [one].\r\nThe Lord is near, and His reward. Again, and yet again,\r\nI beseech you: be good lawgivers<a id=\"r733\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f733\"><sup>[733]</sup></a> to one another; continue\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_135\">135</span>faithful counsellors of one another; take away from among\r\nyou all hypocrisy. And may God, who ruleth over all the\r\nworld, give to you wisdom, intelligence, understanding, knowledge\r\nof His judgments,<a id=\"r734\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f734\"><sup>[734]</sup></a> with patience. And be ye<a id=\"r735\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f735\"><sup>[735]</sup></a> taught\r\nof God, inquiring diligently what the Lord asks from you;\r\nand do it that ye may be safe in the day of judgment.<a id=\"r736\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f736\"><sup>[736]</sup></a> And\r\nif you have any remembrance of what is good, be mindful of\r\nme, meditating on these things, in order that both my desire\r\nand watchfulness may result in some good. I beseech you,\r\nentreating this as a favour. While yet you are in this fair\r\nvessel,<a id=\"r737\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f737\"><sup>[737]</sup></a> do not fail in any one of those things,<a id=\"r738\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f738\"><sup>[738]</sup></a> but unceasingly\r\nseek after them, and fulfil every commandment; for\r\nthese things are worthy.<a id=\"r739\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f739\"><sup>[739]</sup></a> Wherefore I have been the more\r\nearnest to write to you, as my ability served,<a id=\"r740\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f740\"><sup>[740]</sup></a> that I might\r\ncheer you. Farewell, ye children of love and peace. The\r\nLord of glory and of all grace be with your spirit. Amen.<a id=\"r741\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f741\"><sup>[741]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS.","THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS.","Chap. xxi.—Conclusion."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-186"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"9beffddcacbd72b8ff3e944a866e0ed7576e63aba13c6f1f8e91b065c7acdcee","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f739","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f739","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f739\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r739\">739</a>. </span>Corrected in Cod. Sin. to, “it is worthy.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f739","text_sha256":"7ef77c53d22e5502f19daceda8c824ef3b687dfa8946d2eab1f1dce1abbbf235","verified":false,"work_id":null}