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Pleasant Words from the Gospel
To Use the Phrase: If God Wills ...................................244
The Unity of Believers ....................................................245
Entrusting to Reliable Men..............................................247
Ruling Justly ......................................................................248
Abstaining from Evil ........................................................252
Doing Good Deeds...........................................................254
Abstaining from Hypocrisy and Showing-off.................261
Cleansing the Lower Self, Abstaining
from Self-Centered Passions
of the Lower Self..............................................................263
Doing Good Works and Competing
to Do Good ......................................................................267
Obeying God's Commandments at the
Same Time as Advising Others to
Heed Them.......................................................................274
Respecting Devout Parents ............................................275
EXAMPLES OF THE MORAL VIRTUES
ADVISED IN THE GOSPEL .........................................276
To Be Humble and Avoid Arrogance ...........................277
To Be Generous and Avoid Parsimony .........................284
Being Alert and Self-Controlled
for God's Sake .................................................................289
To Be Rightheous and Truthful......................................296
Being Affectionate and Compassionate ........................303
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