14 However, this very obedience will be acceptable to God and pleasing to all others only if they carry out what is commanded with no anxiety, no delay, in no way lukewarm, neither with murmuring nor with a show of unwillingness 15 because obedience offered to superiors is presented to God, for he himself has said:
Whoever hears you hears me. (Luke 10:16)
16 And the disciple ought to offer this obedience with good spirit because “God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Cor 9:7).
17 For, if the disciple obeys with ill will and murmurs not only with his mouth but also in his heart, 18 even though he fulfills the command, still it will not be accepted by God, who sees his murmuring heart. 19 For such a deed, he receives no reward. Rather, he incurs the punishment of murmurers, unless he makes satisfaction and changes.
