“... 122a. [No one can] know when [the man] (p. 82) and his wife unite with one another, except them alone. For the marriage of this world is a mystery for those who have taken a wife. If the marriage of defilement is so secret, how much more is die undefiled marriage a tme mystery! It is not fleshly, but pure. It has nodiing to do with desire, but with die will. It does not belong to the darkness or the night, but to the day and the light. 122b. If a marriage has become (openly) exposed, it has become harlouy. And the bride has played the harlot not only if she has received the seed of another man, but even if she has left her bedchamber and been seen. She ought to show herself only to her father, her mother, die friend ofthe bridegroom'* and the children of the bridegroom.'^ 122c. To these it is permitted to enter every day into the wedding hall. But as for the others, let them desire at least to hear her (the bride's) voice and enjoy (the fragrance of) her ointment.*" And let them feed on the cmmbs that fall from the table, like the dogs*'. 122d. Bridegrooms and brides belong to the bridal chamber. No one can see the bridegroom and the bride, unless [he] become such a one. [...] 78. 74. Cf Lk. 10:34. 75. 1 Peter 4:8. 76. Cr Philostr. Vit. Ap. VI 40. 77. The manuscnpt has he' and 'whom'. 78. C f Jn. 3:29. 79.Cf. .Mk. 2:l9par, 80. Cf. Mt. 25:1-12. 81. Cf. Mk. 7:24-30 par. ...”