Clement of Rome, The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, ed. Kirsopp Lake, 15

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[1] Τοίνυν κολληθῶμεν τοῖς μετ̓ εὐσεβείας εἰρηνεύουσιν, καὶ μὴ τοῖς μεθ̓ ὑποκρίσεως βουλομένοις ¹ εἰρήνην.

[2] λέγει γάρ που: Οὗτος ὁ λαὸς τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἄπεστιν ² ἀπ̓ ἐμοῦ.

[3] καὶ πάλιν: Τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν εὐλογοῦσιν, τῇ δὲ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν κατηρῶντο. ³

[4] καὶ πάλιν λέγει: Ἠγάπησαν αὐτὸν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῶν ἐψεύσαντο αὐτόν, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν οὐκ εὐθεῖα μετ̓ αὐτοῦ, ⁴ οὐδὲ ἐπιστώθησαν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ αὐτοῦ.

[5] διὰ τοῦτο ἄλαλα γενηθήτω τὰ χείηλ τὰ δόλια τὰ λαλοῦντα κατὰ τοῦ δικαίου ἀνομίαν. καὶ πάλιν: ⁵ Ἐξολεθρεύσαι κύριος πάντα τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια, ⁶ γλῶσσαν μεγαλορήμονα, τοὺς εἰπόντας: Τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡμῶν μεγαλυνοῦμεν, τὰ χείλη ἡμῶν παῤ ἡμῖν ἐστιν: τίς ἡμῶν κύριός ἐστιν;

[6] ἀπὸ τῆς ταλαιπωρίας τῶν πτωχῶν καὶ τοῦ στεναγμοῦ τῶν πενήτων νῦν ἀναστήσομαι, λέγει κύριος: θήσομαι ἐν σωτηρίῳ,

[7] παρρησιάσομαι ἐν αὐτῷ.

The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. Clement of Rome. ed. Kirsopp Lake. London. 1912.

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Epistula I ad Corinthios (Greek) (Clement of Rome. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912.)

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The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians Perseus (Clement of Rome. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912.) — 15 focus

[1] Moreover let us cleave to those whose¹ peacefulness is based on piety and not to those whose wish for peace is hypocrisy.

[2] For it says in one place: This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

[3] And again, They blessed with their mouth, but cursed in their hearts.

[4] And again it says they loved him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongue, and their heart was not right with him, nor were they faithful in his covenant.

[5] Therefore let the deceitful lips be dumb which speak iniquity against the righteous. And again, May the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, a tongue that speaketh great things, those who say. Let us magnify our tongue, our lips are our own, who is lord over us?

[6] For the misery of the poor and groaning of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will place him in safety,

[7] I will deal boldly with him.

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The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

1. Is. 29, 18; Mk. 7, 6

2. Ps. 61, 5

3. Ps. 77, 66. 37

4. Ps. 30, 19

5. Ps. 12, 3-5

6. do/lia... do/lia are omitted by all the textual authorities (including Clem.) except S. It is probable that this is a primitive corruption in the text, and that the reading of S is a correct emendation, shich, it may be observed, sas independently made by Lightfoot before the discovery of S.

Clement of Rome The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians 15

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