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Second Pseudo-Clement

Pseudo-Clementine writer

Chapter 1

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Author: Pseudo-Clementine writer

The Second Epistle of the Same Clement.

Chapter I.—He Describes the Circumspectness of His Intercourse with the Other Sex, and Tells How in His Journeys He Acts at Places Where There are Brethren Only.

I would

,

moreover

,

have

you

know

,

my

brethren

,

of

what

sort

is

our

conduct

in

Christ

,

as

well

as

that

of

all

our

brethren

,

in

the

various

places

in

which

we

are

.

And

if

so

be

that

you

approve

it

,

do

ye

also

conduct

yourselves

in

like

manner

in

the

Lord

.

Now

we

,

if

God

help

us

,

conduct

ourselves

thus

:

with

maidens

we

do

not

dwell

,

nor

have

we

anything

in

common

with

them

;

with

maidens

we

do

not

eat

,

nor

drink

;

and

,

where

a

maiden

sleeps

,

we

do

not

sleep

;

neither

do

women

wash

our

feet

,

nor

anoint

us

;

and

on

no

account

do

we

sleep

where

a

maiden

sleeps

who

is

unmarried

or

has

taken

the

vow

:

even

though

she

be

in

some

other

place

if

she

be

alone

,

we

do

not

pass

the

night

there

.

Moreover

,

if

it

chance

that

the

time

for

rest

overtake

us

in

a

place

,

whether

in

the

country

,

or

in

a

village

,

or

in

a

town

,

or

in

a

hamlet

,

or

wheresoever

we

happen

to

be

,

and

there

are

found

brethren

in

that

place

,

we

turn

in

to

one

who

is

a

brother

,

and

call

together

there

all

the

brethren

,

and

speak

to

them

words

of

encouragement

and

exhortation

.

And

those

among

us

who

are

gifted

in

speaking

will

speak

such

words

as

are

earnest

,

and

serious

,

and

chaste

,

in

the

fear

of

God

,

and

exhort

them

to

please

God

in

everything

,

and

abound

and

go

forward

in

good

works

,

and

“

be

free

from

anxious

care

in

everything

,

”

as

is

fit

and

right

for

the

people

of

God

.

Notes

1
Lit. “or is a daughter of the covenant.”
2
Beelen’s rendering, “we do not even pass the night,” seems not to be favoured either by the arrangement or the context.
3
Lit “dwelling-place.”
4
Or “consolation.” So παράκλησις in the N.T. has both senses.
5
Lit. “without.”
6
Phil. iv. 6.