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The Epistles of Clement
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians.
[3998] According to I, the title is “Clement’s (Epistle) to the Corinthians.” A includes in a Table of Contents of the New Testament after the Apocalypse:
“Clement’s Epistle I.”
“Clement’s Epistle II.”
The space for the title for the 1st Epistle is mutilated, and we find only “.…Corinthians I.;” the 2d Epistle has no title.
On the authority of Eusebius, Jerome, Georgius Syncellus, the earlier editions give the titles, “First Epistle of Saint Clement, Bishop of Rome, to the Corinthians, written in name of the Church of Rome,” “Second Epistle of Saint Clement, Bishop of Rome, to the Corinthians.”
Chapter I.—The Salutation. Praise of the Corinthians Before the Breaking Forth of Schism Among Them.
[3999] I, περιστάσεις (critical experiences).
[4000] Literally “is greatly blasphemed.”
[4001] Literally, “did not prove your all-virtuous and firm faith.”
Chapter II.—Praise of the Corinthians Continued.
[4002] Eph. v. 21; 1 Pet. v. 5.
[4004] I. Χρῖστοῦ (Christ). In the monophysite controversy, the theologians of Alexandria preferred to call the Lord “God” rather than “Christ.”
[4005] Literally, “ye embraced it in your bowels.”
[4007] I. δέους (fear).
[4008] So in the ms., but many have suspected that the text is here corrupt. Perhaps the best emendation is that which substitutes συναισθήσεως “compassion,” for συνειδήσεως “conscience.”
[4011] Literally, “enlargement.”
[4013] It seems necessary to refer αὐτοῦ to God, in opposition to the translation given by Abp. Wake and others.
[4014] Literally, “Christ;” comp. 2 Cor. i. 21; Eph. iv. 20.
[4015] Wisd. ii. 24.
Chapter IV.—Many Evils Have Already Flowed from This Source in Ancient Times.
[4016] Gen. iv. 3-8. The writer here, as always, follows the reading of the Septuagint, which in this passage both alters and adds to the Hebrew text. We have given the rendering approved by the best critics; but some prefer to translate, as in our English version, “unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.” See, for an ancient explanation of the passage, Irenæus, Adv. Hær., iv. 18, 3.
[4017] Gen. xxvii. 41, etc.
[4022] 1 Kings xviii. 8, etc.
[4023] Literally, “those who have been athletes.”
[4024] I. ἔριν (strife).
[4025] I. ἕως θανάτου ἤθλησαν (contended unto death).
[4026] Literally “good.”
[4027] I. ἔδειξεν (displayed).
[4028] Seven imprisonments of St. Paul are not referred to in Scripture.
[4029] I. φυγαδευθείς (having become a fugitive). Archbishop Wake here reads “scourged.” We have followed the most recent critics in filling up the numerous lacunæ in this chapter.
[4030] I. punctuates ἔλαβε δικαιοσύνην, (received righteousness, having taught).
[4031] Some think Rome, others Spain, and others even Britain, to be here referred to.
[4032] That is, under Tigellinus and Sabinus, in the last year of the Emperor Nero; but some think Helius and Polycletus referred to; and others, both here and in the preceding sentence, regard the words as denoting simply the witness borne by Peter and Paul to the truth of the gospel before the rulers of the earth.
Chapter VI.—Continuation. Several Other Martyrs.
[4033] Some suppose these to have been the names of two eminent female martyrs under Nero; others regard the clause as an interpolation.
[4034] Literally, “have reached to the stedfast course of faith.”
[4036] I. κατέσκαψεν (razed to the ground).
Chapter VII.—An Exhortation to Repentance.
[4037] I. τῆς παραδόσεως ἡμῶν (of our tradition).
[4038] I. τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ τῷ θεῷ (to His Father God).
[4039] I. ἐπήνεγκεν (conferred).
[4040] I. διέλθωμεν (traverse, trace).
[4041] Gen. vii; 1 Pet. iii. 20; 2 Pet. ii. 5.
Chapter VIII.—Continuation Respecting Repentance.
[4045] Comp. Isa. i. 18.
[4046] These words are not found in Scripture, though they are quoted again by Clem. Alex. (Pædag. i. 10) as from Ezekiel.
Chapter IX.—Examples of the Saints.
[4048] Some read ματαιολογίαν, vain talk.
[4049] Gen. v. 24; Heb. xi. 5. Literally, “and his death was not found.”
Chapter X.—Continuation of the Above.
[4050] Isa. xli. 8; 2 Chron. xx. 7; Judith viii. 19; James ii. 23.
[4053] Gen. xv. 5-6; Rom. iv. 3.
[4054] Gen. xii. 22; Heb. xi. 17.
Chapter XI.—Continuation. Lot.
[4055] Gen. xix; comp. 2 Pet. ii. 6-9.
[4056] So Joseph., Antiq., i. 11. 4; Irenæus, Adv. Hær., iv. 31.
[4057] Literally, “become a judgment and sign.”
Chapter XII.—The Rewards of Faith and Hospitality. Rahab.
[4059] Others of the fathers adopt the same allegorical interpretation, e. g., Justin Mar., Dial. c. Tryph., n. 111; Irenæus, Adv. Hær., iv. 20.
Chapter XIII.—An Exhortation to Humility.
[4060] Jer. ix. 23-24; 1 Cor. i. 31; 2 Cor. x. 17.
[4061] Comp. Matt. vi. 12-15, vii. 2; Luke vi. 36-38.
Chapter XIV.—We Should Obey God Rather Than the Authors of Sedition.
[4063] I. εἰς αἱρέσεις (sects).
[4065] Ps. xxxvii. 35-37. “Remnant” probably refers either to the memory or posterity of the righteous.
Chapter XV.—We Must Adhere to Those Who Cultivate Peace, Not to Those Who Merely Pretend to Do So.
[4066] Isa. xxix. 13; Matt. xv. 8; Mark vii. 6.
[4068] I. ἔψεξαν (blamed).
[4071] These words within brackets are not found in the ms., but have been inserted from the Septuagint by most editors.
Chapter XVI.—Christ as an Example of Humility.
[4073] The Latin of Cotelerius, adopted by Hefele and Dressel, translates this clause as follows: “I will set free the wicked on account of His sepulchre, and the rich on account of His death.”
[4074] The reading of the ms., is τῆς πληγῆς, “purify, or free Him, from stripes.” We have adopted the emendation of Junius.
[4075] Wotton reads, “If He make.”
[4076] Or, “fill Him with understanding,” if πλῆσαι should be read instead of πλάσαι as Grabe suggests.
[4077] Isa. liii. The reader will observe how often the text of the Septuagint, here quoted, differs from the Hebrew as represented by our authorized English version.
Chapter XVII.—The Saints as Examples of Humility.
[4083] Num. xii. 7; Heb. iii. 2.
[4084] I. ὑπηρεσίας (service).
[4086] This is not found in Scripture.
Chapter XVIII.—David as an Example of Humility.
[4087] Or, as some render “to whom.”
[4089] “Wash me.…” and following verses omitted in I.
[4090] Or, “when Thou judgest.”
[4091] Literally, “in my inwards.”
[4092] Literally, “bloods.”
Chapter XIX.—Imitating These Examples, Let Us Seek After Peace.
[4094] Literally, “Becoming partakers of many great and glorious deeds, let us return to the aim of peace delivered to me from the beginning.” Comp. Heb. xii. 1.
Chapter XX.—The Peace and Harmony of the Universe.
[4095] Or, “collections.”
[4097] I. μεταπροδιδόασι (transfer from one to another).
[4098] Or “stations.”
Chapter XXI.—Let Us Obey God, and Not the Authors of Sedition.
[4100] I. omits “Christ.”
[4101] Comp. Heb. xiii. 17; 1 Thess. v. 12-13.
[4102] Or, “the presbyters.”
[4103] I. σιγῆς (silence).
[4104] I. προσκλήσεις (summonses). Comp. 1 Tim. v. 21.
[4105] Some translate, “who turn to Him.”
[4106] I. omits rest of quotation as far us “Many,” etc.
Chapter XXIII.—Be Humble, and Believe that Christ Will Come Again.
[4109] Or, as some render, “neither let us have any doubt of.”
[4110] Some regard these words as taken from an apocryphal book, others as derived from a fusion of James 1.8; 2 Pet. 3.3-4.
[4111] I. omits.
[4112] Hab. ii. 3; Heb. x. 37.
Chapter XXIV.—God Continually Shows Us in Nature that There Will Be a Resurrection.
[4114] I. omits “Christ.”
[4115] Comp. 1 Cor. xv. 20; Col. i. 18.
[4116] I. κατὰ καιρόν (in due season).
[4117] I. λάβωμεν (let us take).
[4118] Comp. Luke viii. 5.
[4119] I. adds ἓκαστον τῶν σπερμάτων (the seeds severally.)
Chapter XXV.—The Phœnix an Emblem of Our Resurrection.
[4120] I. διανύει (accomplishes its journey).
[4121] I. omits ἐπιπτὰς (on the wing, flying).
[4122] This fable respecting the phœnix is mentioned by Herodotus (ii. 73), and by Pliny (Nat. Hist., x. 2). and is used as above by Tertullian (De Resurr., § 13), and by others of the fathers.
Chapter XXVI.—We Shall Rise Again, Then, as the Scripture Also Testifies.
[4123] Literally, “the mightiness of His promise.”
[4124] Ps. xxviii. 7, or from some apocryphal book.
[4125] Comp. Ps. iii. 6.
Chapter XXVII.—In the Hope of the Resurrection, Let Us Cleave to the Omnipotent and Omniscient God.
[4127] Comp. Tit. i. 2; Heb. vi. 18.
[4128] Or “majesty.”
[4129] Wisd. xii. 12, xi. 21.
[4130] Comp. Matt. xxiv. 35.
[4131] Literally, “if the heavens,” etc.
[4132] I. omits.
[4133] Ps. xix. 1-3. I. omits Ps. xix. 2-4, with the exception of the concluding words, ἀκούονται αἱ φωναὶ αὐτῶν (their voices are heard), which are connected with the opening words of the following chapter.
Chapter XXVIII.—God Sees All Things: Therefore Let Us Avoid Transgression.
[4134] I. βλαβεράς (hurtful).
[4135] Literally, “abominable lusts of evil deeds.”
[4136] I. σὺ ἐκεῖ εἶ (Thou art there).
Chapter XXIX.—Let Us Also Draw Near to God in Purity of Heart.
[4138] Literally, “has made us to Himself a part of election.”
[4139] Literally, “sowed abroad.”
[4141] Formed apparently from Num. 18.27; 2 Chron. 31.14. Literally, the closing words are, “the holy of holies.”
[4142] I. ἅγια μέρη (holy parts.)
[4143] Some translate, “youthful lusts.”
[4144] Prov. iii. 34; James iv. 6; 1 Pet. v. 5.
[4145] I. omits.
[4146] Job xi. 2, 3. The translation is doubtful.
[4147] I. omits.
[4148] I. ἐδόθη (was given).
Chapter XXXI.—Let Us See by What Means We May Obtain the Divine Blessing.
[4149] Literally, “what are the ways of His blessing.”
[4150] Literally, “unroll.”
[4151] Comp. James ii. 21.
[4152] Some translate, “knowing what was to come.”
[4154] So Jacobson: Wotton reads, “fleeing from his brother.”
Chapter XXXII.—We are Justified Not by Our Own Works, But by Faith.
[4155] The meaning here is very doubtful. Some translate, “the gifts which were given to Jacob by Him,” i.e. God.
[4156] ms. αὐτῶν, referring to the gifts: we have followed the emendation αὐτοὔ, adopted by most editors. Some refer the word to God, and not Jacob.
[4157] Comp. Rom. ix. 5.
[4158] I. τάξει (rank).
[4159] Gen. xxii. 17, xxviii. 4.
[4160] I. omits.
[4161] I. ἐροῦμιν (shall we say).
[4162] Or, “commandment.”
[4163] I. προετοιμάσας (having previously prepared).
[4164] Or, “in addition to all.”
[4167] Or, “let us consider.”
[4168] Or, “labourer.”
[4169] Isa. xl. 10, lxii. 11; Rev. xxii. 12.
[4170] I. πιστεύοντας (believing).
[4171] The text here seems to be corrupt. Some translate, “He warns us with all His heart to this end, that,” etc.
[4173] I. γῆ (earth).
[4175] I. ἀγαπῶσιν (love).
Chapter XXXV.—Immense is This Reward. How Shall We Obtain It?
[4177] Some translate, “in liberty.”
[4178] Or, “of the ages.”
[4179] I. ὁ δημιοῦργος τῶν αἰώνων καὶ ποτὴρ πανάγιος (the Creator Eternal and Father All-Holy.)
[4180] I. τὰ ἀγαθά (good things) added.
[4181] I. πονηρίαν (wickedness).
[4182] I. omits πλεονεξία (covetousness).
[4183] The reading is doubtful: some have ἀφιλοξενίαν, “want of a hospitable spirit.”
[4185] Literally, “didst run with.”
[4186] Literally, “did weave.”
[4187] Or, “layest a snare for.”
[4188] I. omit “σὺ δὲ ἐμίσησας...ὁ ῥυόμενος Ps. l. 17-22, and connects by ἐν τῶ τέλει (in the end).
[4189] Ps. l. 16-23. The render will observe how the Septuagint followed by Clement differs from the Hebrew.
Chapter XXXVI.—All Blessings are Given to Us Through Christ.
[4190] Literally, “that which saves us.”
[4191] Or, “rejoices to behold.”
[4192] Or, “knowledge of immortality.”
[4195] Some render, “to the Son.”
[4196] Ps. ii. 7-8; Heb. i. 5.
[4198] Some read, “who oppose their own will to that of God.”
Chapter XXXVII.—Christ is Our Leader, and We His Soldiers.
[4199] I. ἑκτικῶς (habitually).
[4200] Literally, “in these there is use.”
[4201] 1 Cor. xii. 12, etc.
[4202] Literally, “all breathe together.”
[4203] Literally, “use one subjection.”
[4204] I. omits “Jesus.”
[4205] Literally, “according as he has been placed in his charism.”
[4206] I. τημελείτω (attend to).
[4207] Comp. Prov. xxvii. 2.
[4208] The ms. is here slightly torn, and we are left to conjecture.
[4209] Comp. Ps. cxxxix. 15.
Chapter XXXIX.—There is No Reason for Self-Conceit.
[4210] I omits καὶ ἀσύνετοι (and without understanding).
[4211] Literally, “and silly and uninstructed.”
[4212] Literally, “a breath.”
[4213] Or, “has perceived.”
[4214] Some render, “they perished at the gates.”
[4215] Job iv. 16-18, 19-21, v. 1-5, xv. 15.
Chapter XL.—Let Us Preserve in the Church the Order Appointed by God.
[4216] Some join κατὰ καιροὺς τεταγμένους, “at stated times,” to the next sentence.
[4217] Literally, “to His will.”
Chapter XLI.—Continuation of the Same Subject.
[4218] I. εὐαρεστείτω (be well-pleasing).
[4219] Or, “consider.”
Chapter XLII.—The Order of Ministers in the Church.
[4220] Or, “by the command of.”
[4221] A. “the Christ,” I. “Christ.”
[4222] I. omits.
[4223] Literally, “both things were done.”
[4224] Or, “confirmed by.”
[4225] Or, “having tested them in spirit.”
[4226] Or, “overseers.”
[4227] Or, “servants.”
[4228] Isa. lx. 17, Sept.; but the text is here altered by Clement. The LXX. have, “I will give thy rulers in peace, and thy overseers in righteousness.”
Chapter XLIII.—Moses of Old Stilled the Contention Which Arose Concerning the Priestly Dignity.
[4229] Num. xii. 10; Heb. iii. 5.
[4230] Literally, “every tribe being written according to its name.”
[4232] Literally, “on account of the title of the oversight ” Some understand this to mean, “in regard to the dignity of the episcopate;” and others simply, “on account of the oversight.” I. for ἐπινομή gives ἐπιδομή Bryennius conjectures ἐπιδοχή, which perhaps, may be rendered “Succession” (διαδοχή).
[4233] The meaning of this passage is much controverted. Some render, “left a list of other approved persons;” while others translate the unusual word έπινομὴ, which causes the difficulty, by “testamentary direction,” and many others deem the text corrupt. We have given what seems the simplest version of the text as it stands.
[4234] i.e. the apostles.
[4235] Or, “oversight.”
[4236] Literally, “presented the offerings.”
Chapter XLV.—It is the Part of the Wicked to Vex the Righteous.
[4237] Or, “Ye perceive.”
[4238] Or, “For.”
[4241] Literally, “worshipped.”
[4242] Literally, “serve.”
[4243] Or, “lifted up.” I. ἔγγραφοι (inscribed).
Chapter XLVI.—Let Us Cleave to the Righteous: Your Strife is Pernicious.
[4244] Literally, “to such examples it is right that we should cleave.”
[4245] Not found in Scripture.
[4246] Literally, “be.”
[4247] Or, “thou wilt overthrow.”
[4249] Or, “war.” Comp. James iv. 1.
[4250] Comp. Eph. iv. 4-6.
[4252] This clause is wanting in the text.
[4253] This clause is wanting in the text.
[4254] Comp. Matt. xviii. 6, xxvi. 24; Mark ix. 42; Luke xvii. 2.
Chapter XLVII.—Your Recent Discord is Worse Than the Former Which Took Place in the Times of Paul.
[4255] Literally, “in the beginning of the gospel.”
[4256] Or, “spiritually.”
[4257] 1 Cor. iii. 13, etc.
[4258] Or, “inclinations for one above another.” I. προσκλήσεις (summonses) throughout for προσκλίσεις.
[4259] Literally, “of conduct in Christ.” I. ἀγάπη (love).
[4260] Or, “aliens from us,” i.e. the Gentiles.
Chapter XLVIII.—Let Us Return to the Practice of Brotherly Love.
[4261] Literally, “remove.”
[4262] Literally, “becoming merciful.”
Chapter XLIX—The Praise of Love.
[4264] James v. 20; 1 Pet. iv. 8.
[4265] Comp. 1 Cor. xiii. 4, etc.
Chapter L.—Let Us Pray to Be Thought Worthy of Love.
[4266] I. gives indicative mood.
[4267] I. εὑρεθῶμεν (may be found).
[4268] Literally, “visitation.”
[4269] I. θεοῦ (God).
[4270] Or, “good.”
Chapter LI.—Let the Partakers in Strife Acknowledge Their Sins.
[4273] Or, “look to.”
[4274] Or, “righteously.”
[4275] I. ἄνθρωπον (man).
[4276] Num. xvi. I θάνατος ποιμανεῖ αὐτούς—“Death shall feed on them,” Ps. xlix. 14 A.V.—should be, “Death shall tend them.”
Chapter LII.—Such a Confession is Pleasing to God.
[4278] I. omits from Ps. lxix. 31, 32 the word following “bullock.”
[4280] Or, “sacrifice.”
[4281] Ps. l. 14, l5. I. omits Ps. l. 15.
Chapter LIII.—The Love of Moses Towards His People.
[4283] Ex. xxxii. 7, etc.; Deut. ix. 12, etc.
[4284] Ex. xxxii. 9, etc.
[4286] Or, “mighty.”
[4287] I. δεσπότης (master).
[4288] Literally, “be wiped out.”
Chapter LIV.—He Who is Full of Love Will Incur Every Loss, that Peace May Be Restored to the Church.
[4289] Literally, “the multitude.”
[4290] I. ἐν Χριστῷ (in Christ).
[4291] Or, “receive.”
[4292] Ps. xxiv. 1; 1 Cor. x. 26, 28.
Chapter LV.—Examples of Such Love.
[4293] I. ὑπομνήματα (memorials).
[4294] Literally, “and having received their prices, fed others.”
[4295] Judith viii. 30.
[4296] I. omits δεσπότην (Lord).
[4297] Esther vii., viii.
Chapter LVI.—Let Us Admonish and Correct One Another.
[4298] Literally, “there shall be to them a fruitful and perfect remembrance, with compassions both towards God and the saints.”
[4299] Or “they unite.”
[4301] Prov. iii. 12; Heb. xii. 6.
[4302] I. κύριος (Lord).
[4304] Literally, “hand.”
[4305] Literally, “err” or “sin.”
[4307] I. βλέπετε πόσος (ye see how great).
[4308] I. (δεσπότου) πατὴρ γὰρ ἀγαθὸς ὤν (being a good father).
[4309] I. ἐλεηθῆναι (be pitied).
Chapter LVII.—Let the Authors of Sedition Submit Themselves.
[4310] Literally, “to be found small and esteemed.”
[4311] Literally, “His hope.”
[4312] I. adds οτενοχωρία (straits).
[4313] Here begins the lacuna in the old text referred to in the Introduction. The newly discovered portion of the Epistle extends from this point to the end of Chap. lxiii.
Chapter LIX.—Warning Against Disobedience. Prayer.
[4318] Job v. 11; Ezek. xvii. 24.
[4321] Numb. xvi. 22, xxvii. 16; Jer. xxxii. 27.
[4322] I. gives ἀσεβεῖς (ungodly) where ἀσθενεῖς (sick) is substituted.
[4323] σωζομένοις is the emendation of Harnack for ὁρωμένοις (seen).
Chapter LXII.—Summary and Conclusory—Concerning Godliness.
[4324] εὐαριστεῖν is emendation for εὐχαριστεῖν (give thanks).
Chapter LXIV.—Blessings Sought for All that Call Upon God.
[4325] Comp. Tit. ii. 14.
[4326] Literally, “an eternal throne.”
[4327] Literally, “from the ages to the ages of ages.”
The Second Epistle of Clement.
[4328] No title, not even a letter, is preserved in A. I. inserts “Clement’s (Epistle) to the Corinthians II.”
Chapter I.—We Ought to Think Highly of Christ.
[4329] Literally, “holy things.”
[4330] Comp. Ps. cxvi. 12.
[4331] Literally, “lame.” I. πονηροί (wicked).
[4332] Literally, “of men.”
[4333] Literally, “being full of such darkness in our sight.”
[4334] Literally, “having beheld in us much error and destruction.”
[4335] Comp. Hos. ii. 23; Rom. iv. 17, ix. 25.
[4336] Literally, “willed us from not being to be.”
Chapter II.—The Church, Formerly Barren, is Now Fruitful.
[4337] Isa. liv. 1; Gal. iv. 27.
[4338] Some render, “should not cry out, like women in travail.” The text is doubtful. I. ἐκκακῶμεν (faint).
[4339] It has been remarked that the writer here implies he was a Gentile.
[4340] Matt. ix. 13; Luke v. 32.
[4341] I. Κύριος (Lord).
[4342] Comp. Matt. xviii. 11.
[4343] Literally, “already perishing.”
Chapter III.—The Duty of Confessing Christ.
[4344] I. omits.
[4345] I. τῆς ἀληθείας (of truth).
[4346] Literally, “what is the knowledge which is towards Him.”
[4348] Comp. Matt. xxii. 37.
Chapter IV.—True Confession of Christ.
[4350] Matt. vii. 21, loosely quoted.
[4351] Some read, “God.”
[4352] Or, “with me.”
[4353] The first part of this sentence is not found in Scripture; for the second comp., Matt. vii. 23; Luke xiii. 27.
Chapter V.—This World Should Be Despised.
[4355] No such conversation is recorded in Scripture.
[4356] Or, “Let not the lambs fear.”
[4357] Matt. x. 28; Luke xii. 4-5.
[4358] Or, “know.”
[4359] The text and translation are here doubtful.
Chapter VI.—The Present and Future Worlds are Enemies to Each Other.
[4360] Matt. vi. 24; Luke xvi. 13.
[4361] Matt. xvi. 26. I. omits ὅλον (whole).
[4362] Literally, “speaks of.”
[4363] Or, “enjoy. ”
[4364] The ms. has, “we reckon.”
[4366] Literally, “with what confidence shall we.”
[4367] Wake translates “kingdom,” as if the reading had been βασιλείαν; but the ms. has βασίλειον, “palace.”
Chapter VII.—We Must Strive in Order to Be Crowned.
[4368] Literally, “that many set sail for corruptible contests,” referring probably to the concourse at the Isthmian games.
[4369] Or, “Let us place before us.”
[4370] Or, “set sail.”
[4371] Literally, “know.”
[4372] Literally, “if he be found corrupting.”
[4373] Baptism is probably meant.
Chapter VIII.—The Necessity of Repentance While We are on Earth.
[4375] Comp. Luke xvi. 10-12.
[4376] ms. has “we,” which is corrected by all editors as above. I. ἀπολάβητε.
[4377] Some have thought this a quotation from an unknown apocryphal book, but it seems rather an explanation of the preceding words.
Chapter IX.—We Shall Be Judged in the Flesh.
[4378] Literally, “looked up.”
[4379] The ms. has εἷς, “one,” which Wake follows, but it seems clearly a mistake for ὡς.
[4380] I. λόγος (word).
Chapter X.—Vice is to Be Forsaken, and Virtue Followed.
[4382] Literally, “rather.”
[4383] Literally, “malice, as it were, the precursor of our sins.” Some deem the text corrupt.
[4384] Literally, according to the ms., “it is not possible that a man should find it who are”—the passage being evidently corrupt.
[4385] I. ἀνάπαυσιν (rest).
Chapter XI.—We Ought to Serve God, Trusting in His Promises.
[4386] I. πάλαι (long ago).
[4387] The same words occur in Clement’s first epistle, chap. xxiii.
Chapter XII.—We are Constantly to Look for the Kingdom of God.
[4389] These words are quoted (Clem. Alex., Strom., iii. 9, 1.) from the Gospel according to the Egyptians, no longer extant.
[4390] Here the piece formerly broke off. From this point to the end the text of Gebhardt, Harnack, Zahn has been followed.
[4391] Comp. 1 Cor. vii. 29.
Chapter XIII.—God’s Name Not to Be Blasphemed.
[4393] Luke vi. 32sqq.
Chapter XIV.—The Church Spiritual.
[4395] Comp. 1 Pet. ii., iv. sqq.
[4396] Gen. i. 27; comp. Eph. v. 22-23.
[4397] i.e., The Old Testament.
Chapter XV.—He Who Saves and He Who is Saved.
Chapter XVI.—Preparation for the Day of Judgment.
[4403] 2 Pet. ii. 9, iii. 5-10.
Chapter XVII.—Same Subject Continued.
[4405] i.e., Presbyters.
[4406] This passage proves this so-called Epistle to be a homily.
Chapter XIX.—Reward of the Righteous, Although They May Suffer.
[4409] Indicative of the approaching close.
[4410] Bryennius interprets this to refer to the Scripture-lesson.
[4411] Either the Scripture-lesson or the homily.
Chapter XX.—Godliness, Not Gain, the True Riches.
[4412] Some take the aorist here used to be the iterative aorist of proverbs and, therefore, translated by the present tense.
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