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Epistle of Clement to James

Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter 10

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Author: Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter X.—“Whatsoever Things are Honest.”

“Let the brethren who have causes to be settled not be

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judged

by

the

secular

authorities

;

but

let

them

by

all

means

be

reconciled

by

the

elders

of

the

church

,

yielding

ready

obedience

to

them

.

Moreover

,

also

,

flee

avarice

,

inasmuch

as

it

is

able

,

under

pretext

of

temporal

gain

,

to

deprive

you

of

eternal

blessings

.

Carefully

keep

your

balances

,

your

measures

,

your

weights

,

and

the

things

belonging

to

your

traffic

,

just

.

Be

faithful

with

respect

to

your

trusts

.

Moreover

,

you

will

persevere

in

doing

these

things

,

and

things

similar

to

these

,

until

the

end

,

if

you

have

in

your

hearts

an

ineradicable

remembrance

of

the

judgment

that

is

from

God

.

For

who

would

sin

,

being

persuaded

that

at

the

end

of

life

there

is

a

judgment

appointed

of

the

righteous

God

,

who

only

now

is

long

-

suffering

and

good

,

that

the

good

may

in

future

enjoy

for

ever

unspeakable

blessings

;

but

the

sinners

being

found

as

evil

,

shall

obtain

an

eternity

of

unspeakable

punishment

.

And

,

indeed

,

that

these

things

are

so

,

it

would

be

reasonable

to

doubt

,

were

it

not

that

the

Prophet

of

the

truth

has

said

and

sworn

that

it

shall

be

.

Notes

1
The common reading would give “who alone is now long-suffering;” but the change of a letter gives the reading which we have adopted.