“I am greatly grieved for Valens, who was once a presbyter among you, because he so little understands the place that was given him [in the Church]. I exhort you, therefore, that ye abstain from covetousness, and that ye be chaste and truthful. "Abstain from every form of evil." For if a man cannot govern himself in su…”
Polycarp of Smyrna, 2th c. — Epistle to the Philippians 11
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22Abstain from all appearance of evil.
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20Despise not prophesyings.
21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
— 1 Thessalonians 5:22 —
23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.