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Epistle of Clement to James

Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter 8

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Author: Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter VIII.—“Do Good Unto All?”

“Wherefore above all things be careful about chastity; for fornication

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has

been

marked

out

as

a

bitter

thing

in

the

estimation

of

God

.

But

there

are

many

forms

of

fornication

,

as

also

Clement

himself

will

explain

to

you

.

The

first

is

adultery

,

that

a

man

should

not

enjoy

his

own

wife

alone

,

or

a

woman

not

enjoy

her

own

husband

alone

.

If

any

one

be

chaste

,

he

is

able

also

to

be

philanthropic

,

on

account

of

which

he

shall

obtain

eternal

mercy

.

For

as

adultery

is

a

great

evil

,

so

philanthropy

is

the

greatest

good

.

Wherefore

love

all

your

brethren

with

grave

and

compassionate

eyes

,

performing

to

orphans

the

part

of

parents

,

to

widows

that

of

husbands

,

affording

them

sustenance

with

all

kindliness

,

arranging

marriages

for

those

who

are

in

their

prime

,

and

for

those

who

are

without

a

profession

,

the

means

of

necessary

support

through

employment

;

giving

work

to

the

artificer

,

and

alms

to

the

incapable

.