Testament of Jacob

Testament of Jacob, Gaselee1927 Bohairic translation, printedpage 88

88 THE TESTAMENT OF JACOB and fasting (VTJaTeia), and remain ye in expectation, for these are the things that drive away (-8,wKetv) the devils (8aiµwv). My sons, keep yourselves from fornication (1Topve,a), and wrath, and adultery, and every evil thing; but (8e) especially violence and blasphemy and thieving; for there is no violence that shall inherit (-KA:'Jpovoµe,v) the kingdom of the heavens; nor (ov8e) shall any whoremonger (1Topvos), nor (oi,8.,) effeminate (µaJia1<os), nor (ov8e) he that defiles himself with men, nor (ov8e) blasphemer, nor (ov8e) covetous, nor (ou8.,) idolater, nor (ovoe) curser, nor (oi,8.,) impure person, or in short {a1T.\ws) of any of those that we have declared unto you, that shall inherit (-1<A.17povoµeiv) the kingdom of God. My sons, glorify the saints, for it is they who pray for you that your seed (a1TE:pµa) may multiply, (f. r89a) and that ye may inherit (-K>-.TJpovoµE:w) the earth in an everlasting inheritance (1<A17povoµ,a). My sons, be hospitable, that ye may obtain the portion of our father Abraham, the great Patriarch (1TaTp,apx:r,s). My sons, love the poor, that as thou doest unto the poor here, so may God give thee the bread of life for ever in the heavens, unto the end; he that shall give a poor man to eat of the bread that is here, God shall give him to eat from the tree of life. Clothe the poor man that is naked here upon earth, that He may put upon thee a robe (aTOATJ) of glory in the heavens, and that thou mayest become a son of our holy fathers the Patriarchs (1TaTpiap)(1Js) Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the heavens for ever. Have a care unto the word of God here and remember the saints that they may write their counsels (v1ToµVT]µa) and their