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21:1 Beware, beloved, lest his many blessings come to be a condemnation to
all of us, unless, walking worthily of him, we do what is honourable and well
pleasing before him with oneness of mind.
21:2 For he saith in a certain place, The Spirit of the Lord is a candle,
searching out the secret places of the heart.
21:3 Let us see how near he is at hand, and how none of our thoughts and
reasonings do escape him.
21:4 It is right, therefore, that we should not desert from his will.
21:5 Let us offend against men who are foolish, and senseless, and puffed up
in the pride of their own speech, rather than against God.
21:6 Let us have respect to our Lord Jesus Christ, whose blood was given for
us. Let us reverence them that are over us.
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Let us honour our elders. Let us
instruct the young in the discipline of the fear of God.
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Let us direct our wives
to that which is good;
21:7 let them show forth the lovely habit of chastity, and exhibit the pure
disposition of meekness. Let them make manifest by their conversation the
government of their tongues; let them show love, not according to partiality,
but equally to all that fear the Lord in holiness.
21:8 Let your children be partakers of the discipline of Christ; let them
learn how much humility availeth before God; what power a pure love hath with
God; how his fear is honourable and great, preserving all who, with a pure mind,
walk in holiness before him.
21:9 For he is a searcher out of thoughts and counsels, his breath is in us,
and when he willeth he will take it away.