Chapter 5
On Chastity and Marriage According to the Lord
1 Flee evil practices; better still, preach against them.[1]
2 Speak to my sisters, urging them to love the Lord and to be content with their husbands in flesh and spirit.
3 In the same way, charge my brothers in the name of Jesus Christ to love their wives as «the Lord loves the Church».
4 If anyone is able to remain in purity, in honor of the flesh of the Lord, let him remain so without boasting.
5 If he boasts, he is lost; and if it becomes known apart from the bishop, he is ruined.
6 It is fitting for men and women who marry to enter into their union with the bishop’s approval, so that the marriage may be according to the Lord and not according to desire.
7 Let everything be done for the honor of God.