Hearken unto me now therefore, O you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
What man is he that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?
A wise son hears his father's instruction: but a scoffer hears not rebuke.
Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Hear me now therefore, O you children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
My little children, these things write I unto you, that you sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: