The Didache Quotes

“First, you shall love God who made you; second, love your neighbor as yourself, and do not do to another what you would not want done to you.”
― Anonymous, The Didache

“thou shalt not kill a child by abortion, neither shalt thou slay it when born;”
― The Twelve Apostles, The Didache

“Accept whatever happens to you as good, knowing that nothing happens apart from God.”
― Anonymous, The Didache: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles

“You shall not exalt yourself, nor give over-confidence to your soul. Your soul shall not be joined with lofty ones, but with just and lowly ones shall it have its intercourse. Accept whatever happens to you as good, knowing that apart from God nothing comes to pass.”
― Anonymous, The Didache

“Accept whatever happens to you as good, knowing that apart from God nothing comes to pass.”
― The Twelve Apostles, The Didache: The Original Greek Text with Four English Translations

“Do not enter into prayer when your conscience is filled with evil thoughts and desires.”
― The Twelve Apostles, The Didache: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles

“Accept whatever happens to you as good, knowing that apart from God nothing comes to pass.”
― Anonymous, The Didache

“Let your alms sweat in your hands, until you know to whom you should give.”
― Anonymous, The Didache

“But let not any one who hath a quarrel with his companion join with you, until they be reconciled, that your sacrifice may not be polluted, for it is that which is spoken of by the Lord.”
― Anonymous, The Didache

“Thou shalt not turn away from him that is in need, but shalt share with thy brother in all things, and shalt not say that things are thine own; for if ye are partners in what is immortal, how much more in what is mortal?”
― The Twelve Apostles, The Didache

“Bless them that curse you, and pray for your enemies. Fast on behalf of those that persecute you; for what thank is there if ye love them that love you?”
― The Twelve Apostles, The Didache

“Woe to him who receives; for if one receives who has need, he is guiltless; but he who receives not having need shall pay the penalty, why he received and for what. And coming into confinement, he shall be examined concerning the things which he has done, and he shall not escape from there until he pays back the last penny. And also concerning this, it has been said, Let your alms sweat in your hands, until you know to whom you should give.”
― Anonymous, The Didache

“Thou shalt hate all hypocrisy and everything that is not pleasing to God; thou shalt not abandon the commandments of the Lord, but shalt guard that which thou hast received, neither adding thereto nor taking therefrom; thou shalt confess thy transgressions in the church, and shalt not come unto prayer with an evil conscience. This is the path of life.”
― The Twelve Apostles, The Didache

“Accept the things that happen to thee as good, knowing that without God nothing happens.”
― The Twelve Apostles, The Didache

“Bless those who curse you, and pray for your enemies, and fast for those who persecute you.”
― Anonymous, The Didache

“The Didache is the earliest known document outside the NT to identify the problem of settled faith communities in conflict with traveling, itinerant preachers and prophets. The Didachist does not doubt the validity of such persons, but recognizes that not all of them are worthy witnesses to the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Those who teach falsely for their own gain are identified as "Christ peddlars," a term known first from the Didache”
― Clayton N Jefford, Didache: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles