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title: "The Didache: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles"
author: "The Twelve Apostles (attributed)"
translator: "J. B. Lightfoot"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Church Fathers"
section: 12 of 16
url: https://scriptura.si/works/didache-lightfoot/12/
cite: "The Twelve Apostles (attributed), tr. J. B. Lightfoot, The Didache: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, section 12. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/didache-lightfoot/12/"
---

# The Didache: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles

*The Twelve Apostles (attributed), tr. J. B. Lightfoot*

A very early Christian manual on the two ways, baptism, the Eucharist and church order.

## 12. Chapter 12

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/didache-lightfoot/12/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/didache-lightfoot/12/#p-N

[¶0] But let every one that cometh in the name of the Lord be received; and then when ye have tested him ye shall know him, for ye shall have understanding on the right hand and on the left. If the comer is a traveller, assist him, so far as ye are able; but he shall not stay with you more than two or three days, if it be necessary. But if he wishes to settle with you, being a craftsman, let him work for and eat his bread. But if he has no craft, according to your wisdom provide how he shall live as a Christian among you, but not in idleness. If he will not do this, he is trafficking upon Christ. Beware of such men.