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(:The pagans do good only because they are driven by fear of punishment.:) That is why Saint Paul warns the Christians: "Be good and beware lest you fall Into the hands of the pagans." No great harm is done when pagans sue pagans; they know no better way (:But when Chrlsi;lans commit some wrong and are tried In pagan courts, they appeal to pagan authority and con­fess that their faith Is Impotent to solve disputes. They are in fact renouncing the authority of Christ and expect a verdict from the authority of the sword; and this is to be avoided.:) 211*