Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long.
Everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if is received with thanksgiving: for then it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
Train yourself in godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
Let love of the brethren continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
For which of you desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
God created man incorruptible, and made him in the image of his own nature, but through the devil’s envy, death came into the world.