The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
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Let us consider, beloved, how the Master continually
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proves to us that there will be a future resurrection, of which he has made the first-fruits, by raising the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead.
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Let us look, beloved, at the resurrection which is taking place at its proper season.
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Day and night show us a resurrection. The night sleeps, the day arises: the day departs, night comes on.
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Let us take the crops: how and in what way does the sowing take place?
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The sower went forth and cast each of the seeds into the ground,, and they fall on to the ground, parched and bare, and suffer decay; then from their decay the greatness of the providence of the Master raises them up, and from one grain more grow and bring forth fruit.