The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

Thou hast done these things and I kept silent; thou didst suppose, O wicked one, that I shall be like unto thee.

I will reprove thee and set thyself before thy face.[*](The Syriac reads Set thy sins before thy face. This is no doubt a guess, but it gives the meaning.)

Understand then these things, ye who forget God, lest he seize you as doth a lion, and there be none to deliver.

The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me, and therein is a way in which I will show to him the salvation of God.

This is the way, beloved, in which we found[*](The reward is given through Christ) our salvation, Jesus Christ, the high priest of our offerings, the defender and helper of our weakness.

Through him we fix our gaze on the heights of heaven, through him we see the reflection of his faultless and lofty countenance, through him the eyes of our hearts were opened, through him our foolish and darkened understanding blossoms towards the light, through him the Master willed that we should taste the immortal knowledge; who, being the brightness of his majesty is by so much greater than angels as he hath inherited a more excellent name.

For it is written thus Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.

But of his son the Master said thus Thou art my son: to-day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.