The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
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Now the faith which is in Christ confirms all
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these things, for he himself through his Holy Spirit calls us thus:—
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Come, Children, hearken to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
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Who is the man that desireth life, that loveth to see good days?
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Make thy tongue cease from evil, and thy lips that they speak no guile.
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Depart from evil, and do good.
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Seek peace, and pursue it.
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The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their petition; but the face of the Lord is against those that do evil, to destroy the memory of them from off the earth.
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The righteous cried, and the Lord heard him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions.The Editors (except Knopf) add as v. 8, Many are the afflictions of the righteous and out of them all will the Lord deliver him.
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Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy shall encompass those that hope on the Lord.