The Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
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Wherefore, my brethren, let us do the will of
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the father who called us, that we may live, and let us rather follow after virtue, but give up vice as the forerunner of our sins, and let us flee from ungodliness lest evil overtake us.
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For, if we are zealous to do good, peace will follow after us.
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For this cause it is not possible for a man to find it,
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when they bring in human fears, and prefer the pleasures
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of the present to the promises of the future.
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For they do not know how great torment the pleasures of the present entail, and what is the joy of the promised future.
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And if they did these things by themselves it could be endured, but, as it is, they are continuing in teaching evil to innocent souls, and do not know that they will incur a double judgment, both themselves and their hearers.