If thou abide in my way, thou shalt know the truth, and the truth shall deliver thee, and thou shalt attain to life everlasting.
2. If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. Luke ix.
[USCCB: Matthew xix. 17. "If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.">[
If thou wilt know the truth, believe me: If thou wilt be perfect, sell all:
It thou wilt be my disciple, deny thyself:
If thou wilt possess a blessed life, despise this present life:
If thou wilt be exalted in heaven, humble thyself in this world:
If thou wilt reign with me, bear the cross with me:
For none but the servants of the cross find the way of bliss and of true light.
3. Lord Jesus, forasmuch as thy way is narrow, and despised by the world; grant that I may follow thee, and be despised by the world: