Clement of Rome, The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, ed. Kirsopp Lake, 7

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[1] Ταῦτα, ἀγαπητοί, οὐ μόνον ὑμᾶς νουθετοῦντες ἐπιστέλλομεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑαυτοὺς ὑπομιμνήσκοντες: ἐν γὰρ τῷ αὐτῷ ἐσμὲν σκάμματι, καὶ ὁ αὐτὸς ἡμῖν ἀγὼν ἐπίκειται.

[2] διὸ ἀπολίπωμεν τὰς κενὰς καὶ ματαίας φροντίδας, καὶ ἔλθωμεν ἐπὶ τὸν εὐκλεῆ καὶ σεμνὸν τῆς παραδόσεως ἡμῶν κανόνα,

[3] καὶ ἴδωμεν, τί καλὸν καὶ τί τερπνὸν καὶ τί προσδεκτὸν ἐνώπιον τοῦ ποιήσαντος ἡμᾶς.

[4] ἀτενίσωμεν εἰς τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ γνῶμεν, ὡς ἔστιν τίμιον τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, ¹ ὅτι διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν ἐκχυθὲν παντὶ τῷ κόσμῳ μετανοίας χάριν ὑπήνεγκεν.

[5] διέλθωμεν εἰς τὰς γενεὰς πάσας, καὶ καταμάθωμεν ὅτι ἐν γενεᾷ καὶ γενεᾷ ² μετανοίας τόπον ἔδωκεν ὀ δεσπότης τοῖς βουλομένοις ἐπιστραφῆναι ἐπ̓ αὐτόν.

[6] Νῶε ἐκήρυξεν ³μετάνοιαν, καὶ οἱ ὑπακούσαντες ἐσώθησαν.

[7] Ἰωνᾶς Νινευΐταις καταστροφὴν ἐκήρυξεν: οἱ δὲ μετανοήσαντες ἐπὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτήμασιν αὐτῶν ἐξιλάσαντο τὸν θεὸν ἱκετεύσαντες καὶ ἔλαβον σωτηρίαν, καίπερ ἀλλότριοι τοῦ θεοῦ ὄντες.

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.) — 7 focus

[1] We are not only writing these things to you,¹ beloved, for your admonition, but also to remind ourselves; for we are in the same arena, and the same struggle is before us.

[2] Wherefore let us put aside empty and vain cares, and let us come to the glorious and venerable rule of our tradition,

[3] and let us see what is good and pleasing and acceptable in the sight of our Maker.

[4] Let us fix our gaze on the Blood of Christ, and let us know that it is precious to his Father,² because it was poured out for our salvation, and brought the grace of repentance to all the world.

[5] Let us review all the generations, and let us learn that in generation after generation the Master has given a place of repentance to those who will turn to him.

[6] Noah preached repentance and those who obeyed³ were saved.

[7] Jonah foretold destruction to the⁴ men of Nineveh, but when they repented they received forgiveness of their sins from God in answer to their prayer, and gained salvation, though they were aliens to God.

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The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

1. tw=| qew=| kai\ patri\ au)tou= A, tw=| patri\ au)tou= tw=| qew=| C. The text is found in SLK.

2. Wisd 12, 10 Gen.7

3. Jon. 3; Mt. 12, 41

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