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Original / primary: Perseus Eng1
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2.1
But the second commandment of the teaching
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is this;
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2.2
Thou shalt do no murder; thou shalt not commit adultery; thou shalt not commit sodomy; thou shalt not commit fornication; thou shalt not steal; thou shalt not use magic; thou shalt not use philtres; thou shalt not procure abortion, nor commit infanticide; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s goods;
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2.3
thou shalt not commit perjury, thou shalt not bear false witness; thou shalt not speak evil; thou shalt not bear malice.
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2.4
Thou shalt not be double-minded nor double-tongued, for to be double-tongued is the snare of death.
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2.5
Thy speech shall not be false nor vain, but completed in action.
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2.6
Thou shalt not be covetous nor extortionate, nor a hypocrite, nor malignant, nor proud, thou shalt make no evil plan against thy neighbour.
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2.7
Thou shalt hate no man; but some thou shalt reprove,
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and for some shalt thou pray, and some thou shalt love more than thine own life.