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Clement of Rome, The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
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The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians.
Chapter I.—The Salutation. Praise of the Corinthians Before the Breaking Forth of Schism Among Them.
Chapter II.—Praise of the Corinthians Continued.
Chapter IV.—Many Evils Have Already Flowed from This Source in Ancient Times.
Chapter VI.—Continuation. Several Other Martyrs.
Chapter VII.—An Exhortation to Repentance.
Chapter VIII.—Continuation Respecting Repentance.
Chapter IX.—Examples of the Saints.
Chapter X.—Continuation of the Above.
Chapter XI.—Continuation. Lot.
Chapter XII.—The Rewards of Faith and Hospitality. Rahab.
Chapter XIII.—An Exhortation to Humility.
Chapter XIV.—We Should Obey God Rather Than the Authors of Sedition.
Chapter XV.—We Must Adhere to Those Who Cultivate Peace, Not to Those Who Merely Pretend to Do So.
Chapter XVI.—Christ as an Example of Humility.
Chapter XVII.—The Saints as Examples of Humility.
Chapter XVIII.—David as an Example of Humility.
Chapter XIX.—Imitating These Examples, Let Us Seek After Peace.
Chapter XX.—The Peace and Harmony of the Universe.
Chapter XXI.—Let Us Obey God, and Not the Authors of Sedition.
Chapter XXIII.—Be Humble, and Believe that Christ Will Come Again.
Chapter XXIV.—God Continually Shows Us in Nature that There Will Be a Resurrection.
Chapter XXV.—The Phœnix an Emblem of Our Resurrection.
Chapter XXVI.—We Shall Rise Again, Then, as the Scripture Also Testifies.
Chapter XXVII.—In the Hope of the Resurrection, Let Us Cleave to the Omnipotent and Omniscient God.
Chapter XXVIII.—God Sees All Things: Therefore Let Us Avoid Transgression.
Chapter XXIX.—Let Us Also Draw Near to God in Purity of Heart.
Chapter XXXI.—Let Us See by What Means We May Obtain the Divine Blessing.
Chapter XXXII.—We are Justified Not by Our Own Works, But by Faith.
Chapter XXXV.—Immense is This Reward. How Shall We Obtain It?
Chapter XXXVI.—All Blessings are Given to Us Through Christ.
Chapter XXXVII.—Christ is Our Leader, and We His Soldiers.
Chapter XXXIX.—There is No Reason for Self-Conceit.
Chapter XL.—Let Us Preserve in the Church the Order Appointed by God.
Chapter XLI.—Continuation of the Same Subject.
Chapter XLII.—The Order of Ministers in the Church.
Chapter XLIII.—Moses of Old Stilled the Contention Which Arose Concerning the Priestly Dignity.
Chapter XLV.—It is the Part of the Wicked to Vex the Righteous.
Chapter XLVI.—Let Us Cleave to the Righteous: Your Strife is Pernicious.
Chapter XLVII.—Your Recent Discord is Worse Than the Former Which Took Place in the Times of Paul.
Chapter XLVIII.—Let Us Return to the Practice of Brotherly Love.
Chapter XLIX—The Praise of Love.
Chapter L.—Let Us Pray to Be Thought Worthy of Love.
Chapter LI.—Let the Partakers in Strife Acknowledge Their Sins.
Chapter LII.—Such a Confession is Pleasing to God.
Chapter LIII.—The Love of Moses Towards His People.
Chapter LIV.—He Who is Full of Love Will Incur Every Loss, that Peace May Be Restored to the Church.
Chapter LV.—Examples of Such Love.
Chapter LVI.—Let Us Admonish and Correct One Another.
Chapter LVII.—Let the Authors of Sedition Submit Themselves.
Chapter LVIII.—Submission the Precursor of Salvation.
Chapter LIX.—Warning Against Disobedience. Prayer.
Chapter LXI.—Prayer Continued—For Rulers and Governors. Conclusion.
Chapter LXII.—Summary and Conclusory—Concerning Godliness.
Chapter LXIII.—Hortatory, Letter Sent by Special Messengers.
Chapter XV.—We Must Adhere to Those Who Cultivate Peace, Not to Those Who Merely Pretend to Do So.
Let us cleave, therefore, to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it. For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, “This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.”69 Isa. xxix. 13; Matt. xv. 8; Mark vii. 6. And again: “They bless with their mouth, but curse with their heart.”70 Ps. lxii. 4. And again it saith, “They loved Him with their month, and lied71 I. ἔψεξαν (blamed). to Him with their tongue; but their heart was not right with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.”72 Ps. lxxviii. 36, 37. “Let the deceitful lips become silent,73 Ps. xxxi. 18. [and “let the Lord destroy all the lying lips,74 These words within brackets are not found in the ms., but have been inserted from the Septuagint by most editors.] and the boastful tongue of those who have said, Let us magnify our tongue: our lips are our own; who is lord over us? For the oppression of the poor, and for the sighing of the needy, will I now arise, saith the Lord: I will place him in safety; I will deal confidently with him.”75 Ps. xii. 3–5.
ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ ΙΕ’. Τοίνυν κολληθῶμεν τοῖς μετ' εὐσεβείας εἰρηνεύουσιν, καὶ μὴ τοῖς μεθ' ὑποκρίσεως βουλομένοις εἰρήνην. Λέγει γάρ που· «Oὗτος ὁ λαὸς τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἄπεστιν ἀπ' ἐμοῦ.» Καὶ πάλιν· «Τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν εὐλογοῦσαν, τῇ δὲ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν κατηρῶντο.» Καὶ πάλιν λέγει· «Ἠγάπησαν αὐτὸν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῶν ἐψεύσαντο αὐτόν, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν οὐκ εὐθεῖα μετ' αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἐπιστώθησαν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ αὐτοῦ.» ∆ιὰ τοῦτο «ἄλαλα γενηθήτω τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια τὰ λαλοῦντα κατὰ τοῦ δικαίου ἀνομίαν». Καὶ πάλιν· «Ἐξολεθρεύσαι κύριος πάντα τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια, γλῶσσαν μεγαλορήμονα, τοὺς εἰπόντας· Τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡμῶν μεγαλυνοῦμεν, τὰ χείλη ἡμῶν παρ' ἡμῖν ἐστίν· τίς ἡμῶν κύριός ἐστιν; Ἀπὸ τῆς ταλαιπωρίας τῶν πτωχῶν καὶ τοῦ στεναγμοῦ τῶν πενήτων νῦν ἀναστήσομαι, λέγει κύριος· θήσομαι ἐν σωτηρίῳ, παρρησιάσομαι ἐν αὐτῷ.»