1Chapter 2 — Exhortations.
2If thou lovest the good disciples, no thanks are due to thee on that account; but rather seek by meekness to subdue the more troublesome.
3Every kind of wound is not healed with the same plaster.
4Mitigate violent attacks of disease by gentle applications.
5Be in all things "wise as a serpent, and harmless as a dove".
6For this purpose thou art composed of both flesh and spirit, that thou mayest deal tenderly with those evils that present themselves visibly before thee.
7And as respects those that are not seen, pray that God would reveal them unto thee, in order that thou mayest be wanting in nothing, but mayest abound in every gift.
8The times call for thee, as pilots do for the winds, and as one tossed with tempest seeks for the haven, so that both thou and those under thy care may attain to God.
9Be sober as an athlete of God: the prize set before thee is immortality and eternal life, of which thou art also persuaded.
10In all things may my soul be for thine, and my bonds also, which thou hast loved.
11If thou lovest the good disciples, no thanks are due to thee on that account; but rather seek by meekness to subdue the more troublesome.
12Every kind of wound is not healed with the same plaster.
13Mitigate violent attacks of disease by gentle applications.
14Be in all things "wise as a serpent, and harmless always as a dove".
15For this purpose thou art composed of both soul and body, art both fleshly and spiritual, that thou mayest correct those evils that present themselves visibly before thee; and as respects those that are not seen, mayest pray that these should be revealed to thee, so that thou mayest be wanting in nothing, but mayest abound in every gift.
16The times call upon thee to pray.
17For as the wind aids the pilot of a ship, and as havens are advantageous for safety to a tempest-tossed vessel, so is also prayer to thee, in order that thou mayest attain to God.
18Be sober as an athlete of God, whose will is immortality and eternal life; of which thou art also persuaded.
19In all things may my soul be for thine, and my bonds also, which thou hast loved.