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CHAPTER 2
2:1 For when ye are obedient to the bishop as to Jesus
Christ, it is evident to me that ye are living not after
men but after Jesus Christ, who died for us, that
believing on His death ye might escape death.
2:2 It is therefore necessary, even as your wont is,
that ye should do nothing without the bishop; but be ye
obedient also to the presbytery, as to the Apostles of
Jesus Christ our hope; for if we live in Him, we shall
also be found in Him.
2:3 And those likewise who are deacons of the
mysteries of Jesus Christ must please all men in all
ways. For they are not deacons of meats and drinks but
servants of the Church of God. It is right therefore
that they should beware of blame as of fire.