The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)
Clement of Rome. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912.
καὶ πάλιν λέγει: Ἠγάπησαν αὐτὸν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῶν ἐψεύσαντο αὐτόν, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν οὐκ εὐθεῖα μετ̓ αὐτοῦ, [*](Ps. 30, 19) οὐδὲ ἐπιστώθησαν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ αὐτοῦ.
διὰ τοῦτο ἄλαλα γενηθήτω τὰ χείηλ τὰ δόλια τὰ λαλοῦντα κατὰ τοῦ δικαίου ἀνομίαν. καὶ πάλιν: [*](Ps. 12, 3-5) Ἐξολεθρεύσαι κύριος πάντα τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια, [*](do/lia... do/lia are omitted by all the textual authorities (including Clem.) except S. It is probable that this is a primitive corruption in the text, and that the reading of S is a correct emendation, shich, it may be observed, sas independently made by Lightfoot before the discovery of S.) γλῶσσαν μεγαλορήμονα, τοὺς εἰπόντας: Τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡμῶν μεγαλυνοῦμεν, τὰ χείλη ἡμῶν παῤ ἡμῖν ἐστιν: τίς ἡμῶν κύριός ἐστιν;