CHAPTER 7

 7:1  For even though certain persons desired to

deceive me after the flesh, yet the spirit is not

deceived, being from God; for _it knoweth whence it

cometh and where it goeth,_ and it searcheth out the

hidden things. I cried out, when I was among you; I

spake with a loud voice, with God's own voice, Give ye

heed to the bishop and the presbytery and deacons.

 7:2  Howbeit there were those who suspected me of

saying this, because I knew beforehand of the division

of certain persons. But He in whom I am bound is my

witness that I learned it not from flesh of man; it

was the preaching of the Spirit who spake on this

wise; Do nothing without the bishop; keep your flesh

as a temple of God; cherish union; shun divisions; be

imitators of Jesus Christ, as He Himself also was of

His Father.