1 I am a priest of the Lord, and to Him I do priestly service: and to Him I offer the sacrifice of His thought. (ODE) 2 For His thought is not like the thought of the world nor the thought of the flesh, nor like them that serve carnally. (ODE) 3 The sacrifice of the Lord is righteousness, and purity of heart and lips. (ODE) 4 Present your reins before Him blamelessly: and let not thy heart do violence to heart, nor thy soul to soul. (ODE) 5 Thou shalt not acquire a stranger by the price of thy silver, neither shalt thou seek to devour thy neighbour, (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 20:1–5
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