15 But you, our god, are gracious and true,

patient, and in mercy ordering all things.

2 Because even if we sin, we are yours, knowing your dominion;

but we will not sin, knowing that we have been accounted yours.

3 Because to be acquainted with you is[fn] perfect righteousness,

and to know your dominion is the root of immortality.

4 Because we weren’t led astray by any evil plan of men’s,

nor yet by painters’ fruitless labour,

a form stained with varied colours,

5 the sight of which leads fools into[fn] lust.

Their desire is for the breathless form of a dead image.

6 Lovers of evil things, and worthy of such hopes,

are those who make, desire, and worship them.