Original sentence: Candidate may promise aid, or charity, to brethren and their families in times of need if he can do so without causing himself financial harm.Candidate may promise not to wrong, cheat nor defraud the lodge or the brothers.Content which may appear in at least one of the three obligations includes:.In many cases the first degree obligation is the simplest, with the second repeating much of the content and possibly adding additional material, the third then reiterates similar points and adds more to the content.The candidate may promise to attend his lodge if he is able.The candidate promises to act in a manner befitting a member of civilized society:.The candidate promises to obey the law of his Supreme Being.The candidate promises to obey the law of his sovereign state.Whilst no single obligation is representative of Freemasonry as a whole, a number of common themes appear when considering a range of potential texts