1 Therefore let us cleave unto them that practice peace with godliness, and not unto them that desire peace with dissimulation. (1CL) 2 For He saith in a certain place This people honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me, (1CL)
1 Clement 15:1–2
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2 Clement 3:4–5
4 But wherein do we confess Him? When we do that which He saith and are not disobedient unto His commandments, and not only honor Him with our lips, but with our whole heart and with our whole mind . (2CL) 5 Now He saith also in Isaiah, This people honoreth me with thei… (2CL)
Matthew 15:7–9
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
Isaiah 29:12–14
12 Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.” 13 Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by… 14 …
1 Clement 35:6–8
6 For they that do these things are hateful to God; and not only they that do them, but they also that consent unto them. (1CL) 7 For the scripture saith, But unto the sinner said God, Wherefore dost thou declare Mine ordinances, and takest My covenant upon thy lips? (1CL) 8 Yet… (1CL)
Mark 7:5–7
5 So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.” 6 Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These peo…
1 Clement 30:2–4
2 For God , He saith, resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the lowly. (1CL) 3 Let us therefore cleave unto those to whom grace is given from God. Let us clothe ourselves in concord, being lowlyminded and temperate, holding ourselves aloof from all back biting and ev… (1CL)
Ignatius to the Philadelphians 2:1–2
1 As children therefore [of the light] of the truth, shun division and wrong doctrines; and where the shepherd is, there follow ye as sheep. (IGN) 2 For many specious wolves with baneful delights lead captive the runners in God's race; but, where ye are at one, they wil… (IGN)
Testament of Asher 1:19–21
19 For God in the tables of the commandments hath thus declared. (T12) 20 But do not ye, my children, wear two faces like unto them, of goodness and of wickedness; but cleave unto goodness only, for God hath his habitation therein, and men desire it. (T12) 21 But from wickedness fl… (T12)
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