Apocrypha · Chapter 31 of 114
Visions and Mandates
SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: Fear the Lord, he said, and keep his commandments. Therefore, keeping the commandments of God, you will be powerful in every action.
2Because fearing the Lord you will do all things well. This is the fear with which you must fear and be saved.
3But do not fear the devil. Because fearing the Lord, you will master the devil, for there is no power in him.
4And where there is no power, there is also no fear. But in whom there is glorious power, of him there is also fear.
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About The Shepherd of Hermas
Visions, commandments and parables received by a former slave in Rome, debating whether there is a second chance after grave sin. It was read as Scripture in several ancient churches.