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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 XLIX—The Praise of Love.
Let him who has love in Christ keep the commandments of Christ. Who can describe the [blessed] bond of the love of God? What man is able to tell the excellence of its beauty, as it ought to be told? The height to which love exalts is unspeakable. Love unites us to God. Love covers a multitude of sins.267 James v. 20; 1 Pet. iv. 8. Love beareth all things, is long-suffering in all things.268 Comp. 1 Cor. xiii. 4, etc. There is nothing base, nothing arrogant in love. Love admits of no schisms: love gives rise to no seditions: love does all things in harmony. By love have all the elect of God been made perfect; without love nothing is well-pleasing to God. In love has the Lord taken us to Himself. On account of the love He bore us, Jesus Christ our Lord gave His blood for us by the will of God; His flesh for our flesh, and His soul for our souls.
ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ ΜΘ’. Ὁ ἔχων ἀγάπην ἐν Χριστῷ ποιησάτω τὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ παραγγέλματα. Τὸν δεσμὸν τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ θεοῦ τίς δύναται ἐξηγήσασθαι; τὸ μεγαλεῖον τῆς καλλονῆς αὐτοῦ τίς ἀρκετὸς ἐξειπεῖν; Τὸ ὕψος, εἰς ὃ ἀνάγει ἡ ἀγάπη, ἀνεκδιήγητόν ἐστιν. Ἀγάπη κολλᾷ ἡμᾶς τῷ θεῷ, «ἀγάπη καλύπτει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν», ἀγάπη πάντα ἀνέχεται, πάντα μακροθυμεῖ· οὐδὲν βάναυσον ἐν ἀγάπῃ, οὐδὲν ὑπερήφανον· ἀγάπη σχίσμα οὐκ ἔχει, ἀγάπη οὐ στασιάζει, ἀγάπη πάντα ποιεῖ ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ· ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐτελειώθησαν πάντες οἱ ἐκλεκτοὶ τοῦ θεοῦ· δίχα ἀγάπης οὐδὲν εὐάρεστόν ἐστιν τῷ θεῷ. Ἐν ἀγάπῃ προσελάβετο ἡμᾶς ὁ δεσπότης· διὰ τὴν ἀγάπην, ἣν ἔσχεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν ἐν θελήματι θεοῦ, καὶ τὴν σάρκα ὑπὲρ τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν.