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Epistle of Clement to James

Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter 5

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Author: Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter V.—A Charge.

“However, I wish, in the presence of all,

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to

remind

you

,

for

the

sake

of

all

,

of

the

things

belonging

to

the

administration

.

It

becomes

you

,

living

without

reproach

,

with

the

greatest

earnestness

to

shake

off

all

the

cares

of

life

,

being

neither

a

surety

,

nor

an

advocate

,

nor

involved

in

any

other

secular

business

.

For

Christ

does

not

wish

to

appoint

you

either

a

judge

or

an

arbitrator

in

business

,

or

negotiator

of

the

secular

affairs

of

the

present

life

,

lest

,

being

confined

to

the

present

cares

of

men

,

you

should

not

have

leisure

by

the

word

of

truth

to

separate

the

good

among

men

from

the

bad

.

But

let

the

disciples

perform

these

offices

to

one

another

,

and

not

withdraw

you

from

the

discourses

which

are

able

to

save

.

For

as

it

is

wicked

for

you

to

undertake

secular

cares

,

and

to

omit

the

doing

of

what

you

have

been

commanded

to

do

,

so

it

is

sin

for

every

layman

,

if

they

do

not

stand

by

one

another

even

in

secular

necessities

.

And

if

all

do

not

understand

to

take

order

that

you

be

without

care

in

respect

of

the

things

in

which

you

ought

to

be

,

let

them

learn

it

from

the

deacons

;

that

you

may

have

the

care

of

the

Church

always

,

in

order

both

to

your

administering

it

well

,

and

to

your

holding

forth

the

words

of

truth

.