Honor teachers, seek the saints, and keep the commandments
The anonymous teacher continues the Way of Life, addressing the hearer as 'my child' with commands about honoring those who speak God's word, seeking the saints, avoiding schism, giving without hesitation, and keeping the Lord's commandments.
My child, remember day and night the one who speaks the word of God to you, and honor him as you honor the Lord, for where the Lord's authority is proclaimed, there the Lord is. Seek out the presence of the holy ones every day, so that you may rest upon their words. Do not desire division, but make peace between those who quarrel. Judge justly, and do not show partiality when rebuking for transgressions. Do not be double-minded, wavering over whether it will be or not.
Do not stretch out your hands to receive and then draw them back when it is time to give. If you have something in your hands, give it as a ransom for your sins. Do not hesitate to give, and do not grumble when you give, for you will know who the good repayer of the wage is. Do not turn away from the one in need, but share everything with your brother, and do not say that anything is your own. For if you are partners in what is immortal, how much more are you partners in what is mortal?
Do not withhold your hand from your son or from your daughter, but from their youth teach them the fear of God. Do not give orders in your bitterness to your male or female slave, who hope in the same God, lest they surely not fear the God who is over you both. For he does not come to call according to outward appearance, but to those whom the Spirit has prepared. And you who are slaves, submit to your masters as to God's pattern, in shame and fear.
Hate all hypocrisy and everything that is not pleasing to the Lord. Do not abandon the commandments of the Lord, but guard what you have received, neither adding to it nor taking away. In the assembly confess your transgressions, and do not approach your prayer with an evil conscience. This is the way of life.
Greek
Τέκνον μου, τοῦ λαλοῦντός σοι τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ μνησθήσῃ νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας, τιμήσεις δὲ αὐτὸν ὡς κύριον: ὅθεν γὰρ ἡ κυριότης λαλεῖται, ἐκεῖ κύριός ἐστιν.
ἐκζητήσεις δὲ καθ̓ ἡμέραν τὰ πρόσωπα τῶν ἁγίων, ἵνα ἐπαναπαῇς τοῖς λόγοις αὐτῶν.
οὐ ποθήσεις σχίσμα, εἰρηνεύσεις δὲ μαχομένους: κρινεῖς δικαίως, οὐ λήψῃ πρόσωπον ἐλέγξαι ἐπὶ παραπτώμασιν.
οὐ διψυχήσεις, πότερον ἔσται ἢ οὔ.
Μὴ γίνου πρὸς μὲν τὸ λαβεῖν ἐκτείνων τὰς χεῖρας, πρὸς δὲ τὸ δοῦναι συσπῶν.
ἐὰν ἔχῃς διὰ τῶν χειρῶν σου, δώσεις λύτρωσιν ἁμαρτιῶν σου.
οὐ διστάσεις δοῦναι οὐδὲ διδοὺς γογγύσεις: γνώσῃ γάρ, τίς ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ μισθοῦ καλὸς ἀνταποδότης.
οὐκ ἀποστραφήσῃ τὸν ἐνδεόμενον, συγκοινωνήσεις δὲ πάντα τῷ ἀδελφῷ σοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐρεῖς ἴδια εἶναι: εἰ γὰρ ἐν τῷ ἀθανάτῳ κοινωνοί ἐστε, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ἐν τοῖς θνητοῖς;
Οὐκ ἀρεῖς τὴν χεῖρά σου ἀπὸ τοῦ υἱοῦ σου ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς θυγατρός σου, ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ νεότητος διδάξεις τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ.
οὐκ ἐπιτάξεις δούλῳ σου ἢ παιδίσκῃ, τοῖς ἐπὶ τὸν αὐτὸν θεὸν ἐλπίζουσιν, ἐν πικρίᾳ σου, μήποτε οὐ μὴ φοβηθήσονται τὸν ἐπ’ ἀμφοτέροις θεόν: οὐ γὰρ ἔρχεται κατὰ πρόσωπον καλέσαι, ἀλλ’ ἐφ̓ οὕς τὸ πνεῦμα ἡτοίμασεν.
ὑμεῖς δὲ οἱ δοῦλοι ὑποταγήσεσθε τοῖς κυρίοις ὑμῶν ὡς τύπῳ θεοῦ ἐν αἰσχύνῃ καὶ φόβῳ.
Μισήσεις πᾶσαν ὑπόκρισιν καὶ πᾶν ὃ μὴ ἀρεστὸν τῷ κυρίῳ.
οὐ μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς ἐντολὰς κυρίου, φυλάξεις δὲ ἃ παρέλαβες, μήτε προστιθεὶς μήτε ἀφαιρῶν.
ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐξομολογήσῃ τὰ παραπτώματά σου, καὶ οὐ προσελεύσῃ ἐπὶ προσευχήν σου ἐν συνειδήσει πονηρᾷ: αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ὁδὸς τῆς ζωῆς.