The Two Ways

This then is the way of light: if anyone wants to travel the way to the appointed place, let him be eager in his works. The knowledge given us to walk in it is this: you shall love the one who made you; fear the one who formed you; glorify the one who redeemed you from death.

Be simple in heart and rich in spirit; do not join those who travel the way of death. Hate what does not please God; do not forsake the Lord’s commandments.

There are two ways, one of life and one of death, and there is a great difference between the two ways.

The way of life is this: first, you shall love the God who made you; second, your neighbor as yourself. Whatever you do not want to happen to you, do not do to another.

Our first preface shows the way to the one who wanders, and the good regard that comes when the world’s turning-point arrives — to become eternal, which ignorant hearts refuse to believe.

I myself wandered a long time the same way, chasing shrines, my parents not knowing better. Reading the Law finally pulled me out. I testify to the Lord: I grieve for the civic crowd that goes on perishing, seeking empty gods. So, taught at last, I instruct the ignorant in the truth.