⁷ And Abraham got up and gave honour to the children of Heth, the people of that land.

² And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

¹ And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.

²⁴ There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

¹⁷ Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.

¹⁸ As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.

¹⁴ Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

⁸ Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride: