The Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
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Let us, then, not merely call him Lord, for this
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will not save us.
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For he says, Not everyone that saith to me Lord, Lord, shall be saved, but he that doeth righteousness.
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So then, brethren, let us confess him in our deeds, by loving one another, by not committing adultery, nor speaking one against another, nor being jealous, but by being self-controlled, merciful, good; and we ought to sympathise with each other, and not to be lovers of money. By these deeds we confess him, and not by the opposite kind.
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And we must not fear men rather than God.
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For this reason, if you do these things, the Lord said,
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If ye be gathered together with me in my bosom, and do not my commandments, I will cast you out, and will say to you, Depart from me, I know not whence ye are, ye workers of iniquity.
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