Chapter 4 — Exhortations.

2Let not widows be neglected.

3Be thou, after the Lord, their protector and friend.

4Let nothing be done without thy consent; neither do thou anything without the approval of God, which indeed thou dost not, inasmuch as thou art stedfast.

5Let your assembling together be of frequent occurrence: seek after all by name.

6Do not despise either male or female slaves, yet neither let them be puffed up with conceit, but rather let them submit themselves the more, for the glory of God, that they may obtain from God a better liberty.

7Let them not long to be set free from slavery at the public expense, that they be not found slaves to their own desires.

8Let not the widows be neglected.

9Be thou, after the Lord, their protector and friend.

10Let nothing be done without thy consent; neither do thou anything without the approval of God, which indeed thou doest not.

11Be thou stedfast.

12Let your assembling together be of frequent occurrence: seek after all by name.

13Do not despise either male or female slaves, yet neither let them be puffed up with conceit, but rather let them submit themselves the more, for the glory of God, that they may obtain from God a better liberty.

14Let them not wish to be set free from slavery at the public expense, that they be not found slaves to their own desires.