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Didache
Chapter 11
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Didache 11:1
Whosoever then comes and teaches you all these things aforesaid, receive him.
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Didache 11:2
But if the teacher himself be perverted and teach another doctrine to destroy these things, do not listen to him, but if his teaching be for the increase of righteousness and knowledge of the Lord, receive him as the Lord.
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Didache 11:3
And concerning the Apostles and Prophets, act thus according to the ordinance of the Gospel.
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Didache 11:4
Let every Apostle who comes to you be received as the Lord,
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Didache 11:5
but let him not stay more than one day, or if need be a second as well; but if he stay three days, he is a false prophet.
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Didache 11:6
And when an Apostle goes forth let him accept nothing but bread till he reach his night's lodging; but if he ask for money, he is a false prophet.
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Didache 11:7
Do not test or examine any prophet who is speaking in a spirit, "for every sin shall be forgiven, but this sin shall not be forgiven."
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Didache 11:8
But not everyone who speaks in a spirit is a prophet, except he have the behaviour of the Lord. From his behaviour, then, the false prophet and the true prophet shall be known.
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Didache 11:9
And no prophet who orders a meal in a spirit shall eat of it: otherwise he is a false prophet.
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Didache 11:10
And every prophet who teaches the truth, if he do not what he teaches, is a false prophet.
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Didache 11:11
But no prophet who has been tried and is genuine, though he enact a worldly mystery of the Church, if he teach not others to do what he does himself, shall be judged by you: for he has his judgment with God, for so also did the prophets of old.
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Didache 11:12
But whosoever shall say in a spirit 'Give me money, or something else,' you shall not listen to him; but if he tell you to give on behalf of others in want, let none judge him.
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Didache - Kirsopp Lake historical English (1912; 1919 reprint transcription)
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