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1 Clement
J. B. Lightfoot · Translated text
1 Clem. 54
Who therefore is noble among you? Who is compassionate? Who is fulfilled with love?
Let him say; If by reason of me there be faction and strife and divisions, I retire, I depart, whither ye will, and I do that which is ordered by the people: only let the flock of Christ be at peace with its duly appointed presbyters.
He that shall have done this, shall win for himself great renown in Christ, and every place will receive him: for the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof.
Thus have they done and will do, that live as citizens of that kingdom of God which bringeth no regrets.
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