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which He did in silence are worthy of the Father. He who possesses the word of Jesus, is truly able to hear even His very silence, that he may be perfect, and may both act as he speaks, and be recognised by his silence. There is nothing which is hid from God, but our very secrets are near to Him. Let us therefore do all things as those who have Him dwelling in us, that we may be His temples,[1] and He may be in us as our God, which indeed He is, and will manifest Himself before our faces. Wherefore we justly love Him.
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For he who shall both "do and teach, the same shall be great in the kingdom."[2] Our Lord and God, Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, first did and then taught, as Luke testifies, "whose praise is in the gospel through all the churches."[3] There is nothing which is hid from the Lord, but our very secrets are near to Him. Let us therefore do all things as those who have Him dwelling in us, that we may be His temples,[1] and He may be in us as God. Let Christ speak in us, even as He did in Paul. Let the Holy Spirit teach us to speak the things of Christ in like manner as He did.
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Chap. xvi.—The fate of false teachers.
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Do not err, my brethren.[4] Those that corrupt families shall not inherit the kingdom of God.[5] If, then, those who do this as respects the flesh have suffered death, how much more shall this be the case with any one who cor-
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Do not err, my brethren.[4] Those that corrupt families shall not inherit the kingdom of God.[5] And if those that corrupt mere human families are condemned to death, how much more shall those suffer everlasting punishment who endeavour to corrupt the church of Christ, for which the Lord Jesus, the only-begotten Son of God,
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