Second Pseudo-Clement — Chapter 5

1

Or “are set and fixed.”

2

1 Cor. x. 32, 33.

3

Rom. xiv. 15. [The Apostle’s noble and consistent counsel to the “strong” brethren at Rome is in sharp contrast with the use here made of it. Only one of the “weak” brethren could have written this epistle.—R.]

4

1 Cor. viii. 12, 13.

5

Lit. “near.”

Chapter 5

Chapter V.—Where There is Only One Woman, the Father Does Not Make a Stay; How Carefully Stumbling-Blocks Must Be Avoided.

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