¹⁶ for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

¹⁴ if by any means I shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall save some of them,

²² I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous `is' a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls `is' wise.

¹⁰ `So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

¹⁶ take heed to thyself, and to the teaching; remain in them, for this thing doing, both thyself thou shalt save, and those hearing thee.

¹⁹ Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back,

²⁰ let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

¹ In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

² having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,