2 Enoch 51

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.

1Stretch out your hands to the poor according to your strength.

2Hide not your silver in the earth.

3Help the faithful man in affliction, and affliction will not find you in the time of your trouble.

4And every grievous and cruel yoke that come upon you bear all for the sake of the Lord, and thus you will find your reward in the day of judgment.

5It is good to go morning, midday, and evening into the Lord's dwelling, for the glory of your creator.

6Because every breathing (thing) glorifies him, and every creature visible (physical) and invisible (spiritual) returns him praise.

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.