The Didache, or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles · c. 90–150 AD
Chapter 12
Translated by Kirsopp Lake (1912)
1 Let everyone who comes in the Name of the Lord be received; but when you have tested him you shall know him, for you shall have understanding of true and false.
2 If he who comes is a traveller, help him as much as you can, but he shall not remain with you more than two days, or, if need be, three.
3 And if he wishes to settle among you and has a craft, let him work for his bread.
4 But if he has no craft provide for him according to your understanding, so that no man shall live among you in idleness because he is a Christian.
5 But if he will not do so, he is making traffic of Christ; beware of such.
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Fathers, The Apostolic. The Didache, or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, Chapter 12. Translated by Kirsopp Lake. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/didache-lake/11/.
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Fathers, The Apostolic. The Didache, or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, Chapter 12. Translated by Kirsopp Lake. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/didache-lake/11/.