1If, therefore, ye also have a good mind, then will both wicked men be at peace with you, and the profligate will reverence you and turn unto good; and the covetous will not only cease from their inordinate desire, but even give the objects of their covetousness to them that are afflicted.
2If ye do well, even the unclean spirits will flee from you; and the beasts will dread you.
3For where there is reverence for good works and light in the mind, even darkness fleeth away from him.
4For if any one does violence to a holy man, he repenteth; for the holy man is merciful to his reviler, and holdeth his peace.
5And if any one betrayeth a righteous man, the righteous man prayeth: though for a little he be humbled, yet not long after he appeareth far more glorious, as was Joseph my brother.