Being Two-Faced

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.