The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

And again, They blessed with their mouth, but cursed in their hearts.

And again it says they loved him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongue, and their heart was not right with him, nor were they faithful in his covenant.

Therefore let the deceitful lips be dumb which speak iniquity against the righteous. And again, May the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, a tongue that speaketh great things, those who say. Let us magnify our tongue, our lips are our own, who is lord over us?

For the misery of the poor and groaning of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will place him in safety,

I will deal boldly with him.

For Christ is of those who are humble-minded,[*](The humility of Christ) not of those who exalt themselves over His flock.

The sceptre of the greatness of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, came not with the pomp of pride or of arrogance, for all his power, but was humble-minded, as the Holy Spirit spake concerning him. For it says,

Lord, who has believed our report, and to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed? We declared him before the Lord as a child, as a root in thirsty ground; there is no form in him, nor glory, and we saw him, and he had neither form nor beauty, but his form was without honour, less than the form of man, a man living among stripes and toil, and acquainted with the endurance of weakness; for his face was turned away, he was dishonoured, and not esteemed.

He it is who beareth our sins, and is pained for us, and we regarded him as subject to pain, and stripes and affliction,

but he was wounded for our sins and he has suffered for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him; with his bruises were we healed.

All we like sheep went astray, each man went astray in his path;

and the Lord delivered him up for our sins, and he openeth not his mouth because of his affliction. As a sheep he was brought to the slaughter, and as a lamb dumb before its shearer, so he openeth not his mouth. In humiliation his judgment was taken away.