First Epistle to Those Under Trial 3Chapters
An Exhortation concerning the sea and the land · 26Verses
1Concerning the Last Covenant, be of one mind: resist pride, guard the village, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
2Concerning the sea and the land, be of one mind: resist hardness of heart, guard the village, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
3Concerning divine power, be of one mind: resist falsehood, guard the village, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
4Beloved people of Victoria, concerning the Last Covenant, hold fast to reconciliation. Let none turn the Last Covenant into a cause for boasting, but serve one another in peace.
5Concerning the sea and the land, be of one mind: resist indifference, guard the lumberyard, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
6Beloved people of Victoria, concerning the sea and the land, hold fast to thanksgiving. Let none turn the trial appointed for its season into a cause for boasting, but serve one another in peace.
7Brethren and sisters, remember the warehouse keeper; for faith without hope is an empty sound, and abundance without mercy is a locked storehouse.
8Brethren and sisters, remember the sea and the land; for faith without remembrance is an empty sound, and abundance without mercy is a locked storehouse.
9Beloved people of Victoria, concerning the Last Covenant, hold fast to remembrance. Let none turn the Last Covenant into a cause for boasting, but serve one another in peace.
10I write unto you concerning the quarry: when the trial appointed for its season cometh, let the villagers not accuse one another hastily; rather put on justice and cast away violence.
11I write unto you concerning the village: when the trial appointed for its season cometh, let the villagers not accuse one another hastily; rather put on patience and cast away falsehood.
12Brethren and sisters, remember the golden age; for faith without thanksgiving is an empty sound, and abundance without mercy is a locked storehouse.
13I write unto you concerning the residential quarter: when the trial appointed for its season cometh, let the priests not accuse one another hastily; rather put on reverence and cast away despair.
14I write unto you concerning the village: when the flood cometh, let the villagers not accuse one another hastily; rather put on patience and cast away hoarding.
15Beloved people of Victoria, concerning the sea and the land, hold fast to humility. Let none turn the trial appointed for its season into a cause for boasting, but serve one another in peace.
16Concerning the sea and the land, be of one mind: resist hypocrisy, guard the village, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
17Brethren and sisters, remember the Last Covenant; for faith without thanksgiving is an empty sound, and abundance without mercy is a locked storehouse.
18Concerning the sea and the land, be of one mind: resist falsehood, guard the village, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
19I write unto you concerning the village: when the trial appointed for its season cometh, let the villagers not accuse one another hastily; rather put on humility and cast away falsehood.
20Let the villagers be steadfast in remembrance, especially in the day of the flood; for the covenant is proved not in ease, but in the care of one neighbor for another.
21Let those who doubt be steadfast in hope, especially in the day of the fog; for the covenant is proved not in ease, but in the care of one neighbor for another.
22Beloved people of Victoria, concerning the sea and the land, hold fast to patience. Let none turn the trial appointed for its season into a cause for boasting, but serve one another in peace.
23Concerning the sea and the land, be of one mind: resist envy, guard the village, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
24Brethren and sisters, remember the sea and the land; for faith without courage is an empty sound, and abundance without mercy is a locked storehouse.
25Beloved people of Victoria, concerning the Last Covenant, hold fast to remembrance. Let none turn the Last Covenant into a cause for boasting, but serve one another in peace.
26Concerning the sea and the land, be of one mind: resist pride, guard the village, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.