2 Enoch 50

Related ancient text — scholarly reference

Extra-canonical text — not LDS scripture and not in the KJV Apocrypha. Provided as scholarly reference for parallel literature of the Second Temple period and the early Christian era. Read with discernment; the Apostle Jude quotes 1 Enoch and Paul knew this material, but inclusion here is for study, not doctrine.

1I have put every man's work in writing and none born on earth can remain hidden nor his works remain concealed.

2I see all things.

3Now therefore, my children, in patience and meekness spend the number of your days, that you inherit endless life.

4Endure for the sake of the Lord every wound, every injury, every evil word and attack.

5If ill-requitals befall you, return (them) not either to neighbour or enemy, because the Lord will return (them) for you and be your avenger on the day of great judgment, that there be no avenging here among men.

6Whoever of you spends gold or silver for his brother's sake, he will receive ample treasure in the world to come.

7Injure not widows nor orphans nor strangers, lest God's wrath come upon you.

Public-domain text (R.H. Charles 1913 and equivalents). These works are not canonical, but several were widely read in antiquity and one (1 Enoch) is quoted by name in Jude 1:14–15. Useful for understanding the doctrinal landscape from which the apostles and earliest saints taught.