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Clement of Rome
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The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
[2] In the only known ms. of this Epistle, the title is thus given at the close.
Chapter I.—The salutation. Praise of the Corinthians before the breaking forth of schism among them.
[3] [Note the fact that the Corinthians asked this of their brethren, the personal friends of their apostle St. Paul. Clement’s own name does not appear in this Epistle.]
[4] Literally, “is greatly blasphemed.”
[5] Literally, “did not prove your all-virtuous and firm faith.”
Chapter II.—Praise of the Corinthians continued.
[8] Literally, “ye embraced it in your bowels.” [Concerning the complaints of Photius (ninth century) against Clement, see Bull’s Defensio Fidei Nicænæ, Works, vol. v. p. 132.]
[10] 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.”
[13] Literally, “enlargement”
[15] It seems necessary to refer αὐτοῦ to God, in opposition to the translation given by Abp. Wake and others.
[16] Literally, “Christ;” comp. 2 Cor. i. 21, Eph. iv. 20.
[17] Wisdom ii. 24.
Chapter IV.—Many evils have already flowed from this source in ancient times.
[18] 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.
[19] Gen. xxvii. 41, etc.
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