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[1] Seeing, then, that he has shewn such mercy¹ towards us, first that we who are living do not sacrifice to the dead gods, and do not worship them, but through him know the father of truth, what is the true knowledge concerning him² except that we should not deny him through whom we knew him?

[2] And he himself also says, Whosoever confessed me before men, I will confess him before my Father;

[3] this then is our reward, if we confess him through whom we were saved.

[4] But how do we confess him? By doing what he says, and not disregarding his commandments, arid honouring him not only with our lips, but with all our heart and all our mind.

[5] And he says also in Isaiah, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

The Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. Clement of Rome. Kirsopp Lake (Translator). London. 1912.

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Epistula II ad Corinthios First1KGreek (Clement of Rome. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912.) — 3 focus

[1] Τοσοῦτον οὖν ἔλεος ποιήσαντος αὐτοῦ εἰς ἡμᾶς, πρῶτον μέν, ὅτι ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες τοῖς νεκροῖς θεοῖς οὐ θύομεν καὶ οὐ προσκυνοῦμεν αὐτοῖς, ἀλλὰ ἔγνωμεν δἰ αὐτοῦ τὸν πατέρα τῆς ἀληθείας: τίς ἡ γνῶσις ἡ πρὸς αὐτόν, ἢ τὸ μὴ ἀρνεῖσθαι δἰ ¹ οὖ ἔγνωμεν αὐτόν;

[2] λέγει δὲ καὶ αὐτός: Τὸν ὁμολογήσαντά με ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων. ² ὁμολογήσω αὐτὸν ἐνώπιον τοῦ πατρός μου.

[3] οὗτος οὖν ἐστὶν ὁ μισθὸς ἡμῶν, ἐὰν οὖν ὁμολογήσωμεν δἰ οὖ ἐσώθημεν.

[4] ἐν τίνι δὲ αὐτὸν ὁμολογοῦμεν; ἐν τῷ ποιεῖν ἃ λέγει καὶ μὴ παρακούειν αὐτοῦ τῶν ἐντολῶν, καὶ μὴ μόνον χείλεσιν αὐτὸν τιμᾶν, ἀλλὰ ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς διανοίας.

[5] λέγει ³ δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ Ἡσαΐᾳ: Ὁ λαὸς οὗτος τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἄπεστιν ἀπ̓ ἐμοῦ.

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The Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

1. Our duty to Christ

2. The Greek is as ambiguous as the English, but this him no doubt refers to the father of truth.

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