Book V - Snyder Bible

The Preaching of Simeon Kefa 211
is good, though it be done by those who are in error; and evil
is evil, though it be done by those who follow the truth. Or
shall we be so foolish, that if we see a worshipper of idols to
be sober, we shall refuse to be sober, lest we should seem to
do the same things as he does who worships idols? It is not so.
But let this be our study, that if those who err do not commit
murder, we should not even be angry; if they do not commit
adultery, we should not even covet anothers wife; if they love
their neighbors, we should love even our enemies; if they lend
to those who have the means of paying, we should give to
those from whom we do not hope to receive anything. And in
all things, we who hope for the inheritance of the eternal
world ought to excel those who know only the present world;
knowing that if their works, when compared with our works,
be found like and equal in the day of judgment, there will be
confusion to us, because we are found equal in our works to
those who are condemned on account of ignorance and had no
hope of the world to come.
Chapter XIV: Knowledge Enhances Responsibility.
portion, if we have done no
more than those who are inferior to us in knowledge. But if it
be confusion to us to be found merely equal to them in works,
what shall become of us if the examination that is to take place
find us inferior and worse than they are? Hear, therefore, how
our True Prophet has taught us concerning these things; for,
with respect to those who neglect to hear the words of wisdom,
He speaks thus: The queen of the south shall rise in
judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because
she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of
Shlomo (Solomon); and, behold, a greater than Shlomo is here,
and they hear Him not. efused
to repent of their evil deeds, He spoke thus: `The men of
Nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and
shall condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Yonah
(Jonah); and, behold, a greater than Yonah is here. You see,
therefore, how He condemned those who were instructed out