1 YE see, therefore, my children, how great things patience worketh, and prayer with fasting. (T12) 2 So ye too, if ye follow after chastity and purity with patience and prayer, with fasting in humility of heart, the Lord will dwell among you because He loveth chastity. (T12) 3 And wheresoever the Most High dwelleth, even though envy, or slavery, or slander befalleth a man, the Lord who dwelleth in him, for the sake of his chastity not only delivereth him from evil, but also exalteth him even as me. (T12)
Testament of Joseph 2:1–3
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