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 see, brethren, that the more knowledge we have been entrusted with, the greater risk do we incur.

The Apostles received the Gospel for us from[*](The Apostolic foundation of church organisation) the Lord Jesus Christ, Jesus the Christ was sent from

God.

The Christ therefore is from God and the Apostles from the Christ. In both ways,[*](ἀμφότεραboth is probably adverbial rallior than the subject of ἐγένοντο.) then, they were in accordance with the appointed order of God’s will.

Having· therefore received their commands, and being fully assured by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with faith confirmed by the word of God, they went forth in the assurance of the Holy Spirit preaching the good news that the Kingdom of God is coming.

They preached from district to district, and from city to city, and they appointed their first converts, testing them by the Spirit, to be bishops and deacons of the future believers.