And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
Who `is' the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good?
A wise son -- the instruction of a father, And a scorner -- he hath not heard rebuke.
Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.
my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you,
My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,