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.

You were sincere and innocent, and bore no malice to one another.

All sedition and all schism was abominable to you. You mourned over the transgressions of your neighbours; you judged their shortcomings as your own.

You were without regret in every act of kindness, ready unto every good work.

You were adorned by your virtuous and honourable citizenship and did all things in the fear of God.[*](God is found only in L; the other authorities have his fear, but the meaning is plain.) The commandments and ordinances of the Lord were written on the tables of your heart.