21 So then, my children, let all your works be done in order with good intent in the fear of God, and do nothing disorderly in scorn or out of its due season. (T12) 22 For if thou bid the eye to hear, it cannot; so neither while ye are in darkness can ye do the works of light. (T12) 23 Be ye, therefore, not eager to corrupt your doings through covetousness or with vain words to beguile your souls; because if ye keep silence in purity of heart, ye shall understand how to hold fast the will of God, and to cast away the will of Beliar. (T12)
Testament of Naphtali 1:21–23
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