Scriptural text which shows that he swore when he was merely speaking and not writing. Nevertheless, the Lord says ‘not to swear at all.’ He has not granted that this privilege be given to persons who are engaged in writing. Because it is wrong to say that St. Paul was guilty of violating the Lord’s command, especially since his Epistles were written and circulated for the spiritual life and salvation of the people, then it must be understood that the ‘at all’ found in the precept was set there for