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Love, Lust & Friendship
ReflectionsReflections
on the Role of Friendshipon the Role of Friendship
in Maintaining Chastity before Marriage,in Maintaining Chastity before Marriage,
based on Sirach 6:5-17based on Sirach 6:5-17
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5. A kind mouth multiplies friends,
and gracious lips prompt friendly greetings.
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6. Let your acquaintances be many,
but one in a thousand your confidant.
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7. When you gain a friend, first test him,
and be not too ready to trust him.
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8. For one sort of friend
is a friend when it suits him,
but he will not be with you
in time of distress.
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9. Another is a friend
who becomes an enemy,
and tells of the quarrel to your shame.
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10.Another is a friend, a boon companion,
who will not be with you
when sorrow comes.
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11. When things go well,
he is your other self,
and lords it over your servants.
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12.But if you are brought low,
he turns against you,
and avoids meeting you.
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13.Keep away from your enemies,
and be on guard with your friends.
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14.A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter;
he who finds one finds a treasure.
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15.A faithful friend is beyond price;
no sum can balance his worth.
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16.A faithful friend is a life-saving remedy,
such as he who fears God finds.
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17.For he who fears God
behaves accordingly,
and his friend
will be like himself.
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Postscript: John 15:14,17
Jesus said to His disciples, “You are My friends,if you do what I command you.”And what I command you is this:love one another.”
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