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[nor (ouc)*)] the grind-stone; for
life of the flesh (<rapxixd$)
[it is] the soul (^v.)- The
it is which is brought forth by
the wheel and the mill ((Avixotvy). These then , said he, take
not to pledge; for he (from whom they are taken) giveth
a soul (^y%ty) to pledge. For if the mill-stone [
( 80) *
]
1
as ($) [the vessels ?] vowed (-xvMiwoi) which B. XXII.
are in his keeping, knowing (plur.) that their lord shall seek
them at his hands more than the holy vessels (trxsvy) ; for
they are His image (slxuv) and His likeness [ j
give her (?) to him with [ ],
so that he be not
condemned (xar&$ix&%a) for a robber (us hyrrfc). For (ysip)
it is good for him, even if (x&v) he be not crowned as a
virgin (us TrapQ.), that he should yet (SJ) not perish as (u?)
a thief. [
( 8l) *
] steward (? olxovoftoc) and they (shall) give
thee [what thou] shalt receive for their needs (%pelx). For
(yp) the glory of the whole city (TTG A/C) is the church (ex.).
For (yap) Paul doth 2
[ ], He that [spared] not
His own soul (^y;^) to give it for His sheep whom He hath
entrusted unto thee. 3 The steward (olx.) then hath [
unto B. XVIl/>
( 87)] it, having made many more naked of their raiment N. p. 177.
which they have taken. Or (%) they say, A church (exxh.) will
we build and will give offerings (irpo(r(p.). Thou shalt find that
they do give it from the goods of the poor. (For)
such then
as these there remaineth no sacrifice (6u<rix) for sin. 4 But
(#AAtf) God doth rather counsel (TTSI&U) to give the goods of
the poor man unto him (sc. the poor) who hath need thereof,
rather than that there should be built for Him many altars
so that thou mayest know (that), when Moses
(6v<r.). And
1 The sequence of recto and verso are decided, with some hesitation, by
the form of the fragment compared with that of those next it, irrespective
here of the direction of the fibres.
2 [Rom. X. 1 8]; cf. Arab.
4 Hebr. X. 26.
3 Or unto him. Cf. Joh. X. n.