Self-Control and Fidelity
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irreligion and unbelief influence others. Through them evil angels
work to mislead those who are brought in as apprentices. You should
obtain for apprentices those who are promising youth, those who love
God. But if you place them in connection with others who have no
love for God, they are in constant danger from the irreligious influence.
The halfhearted and worldly, those who are given to gossip, who dwell
on the faults of others, while neglecting their own, should be separated
from the work.
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