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Epistle of Clement to James

Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter 9

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Author: Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter IX.—“Let Brotherly Love Continue.”

“But I know that ye will do these things if you

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fix

love

into

your

minds

;

and

for

its

entrance

there

is

one

only

fit

means

,

viz

.

,

the

common

partaking

of

food

.

Wherefore

see

to

it

that

ye

be

frequently

one

another’s

guests

,

as

ye

are

able

,

that

you

may

not

fail

of

it

.

For

it

is

the

cause

of

well

-

doing

,

and

well

-

doing

of

salvation

.

Therefore

all

of

you

present

your

provisions

in

common

to

all

your

brethren

in

God

,

knowing

that

,

giving

temporal

things

,

you

shall

receive

eternal

things

.

Much

more

feed

the

hungry

,

and

give

drink

to

the

thirsty

,

and

clothing

to

the

naked

;

visit

the

sick

;

showing

yourselves

to

those

who

are

in

prison

,

help

them

as

ye

are

able

,

and

receive

strangers

into

your

houses

with

all

alacrity

.

However

,

not

to

speak

in

detail

,

philanthropy

will

teach

you

to

do

everything

that

is

good

,

as

misanthropy

suggests

ill

-

doing

to

those

who

will

not

be

saved

.

Notes

1
Literally, “of salt.”