The Shepherd of Hermas

I said to him: I hope, Sir, that I shall please them so that they may ever willingly dwell in my house. And just as lie, to whom you handed me over, finds no fault m me, so they also shall find no fault in me.

He said to the shepherd: I know that the servant of God wishes to live, and will keep these commandments, and will provide for the maidens in purity.

When he had said this he handed me over again to the shepherd, and called the maidens and said to them: Since I see that you willingly dwell in his house I commend him and his house to you, that you depart not at all from his house. But they heard these words willingly.