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Epistle of Clement to James

Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter 18

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Author: Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter XVIII.—“As a Heathen Man and a Publican.”

“But some things also you ought of yourselves to consider,

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on

account

of

his

not

being

able

to

speak

openly

by

reason

of

the

plots

.

Such

as

:

if

he

be

hostile

to

any

one

,

do

not

wait

for

his

speaking

;

and

do

not

take

part

with

that

man

,

but

prudently

follow

the

bishop’s

will

,

being

enemies

to

those

to

whom

he

is

an

enemy

,

and

not

conversing

with

those

with

whom

he

does

not

converse

,

in

order

that

every

one

,

desiring

to

have

you

all

as

his

friends

,

may

be

reconciled

to

him

and

be

saved

,

listening

to

his

discourse

.

But

if

any

one

remain

a

friend

of

those

to

whom

he

is

an

enemy

,

and

speak

to

those

with

whom

he

does

not

converse

,

he

also

himself

is

one

of

those

who

would

waste

the

church

.

For

,

being

with

you

in

body

,

but

not

with

you

in

judgment

,

he

is

against

you

;

and

is

much

worse

than

the

open

enemies

from

without

,

since

with

seeming

friendship

he

disperses

those

who

are

within

.

”