3 What then, think ye, are the things preparing for them that patiently await Him? The Creator and Father of the ages, the All holy One Himself knoweth their number and their beauty. (1CL) 4 Let us therefore contend, that we may be found in the number of those that patiently await Him, to the end that we may be partakers of His promised gifts. (1CL)
1 Clement 35:3–4
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2 Clement 12:1–2
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2 Baruch 83:3–5
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2 Baruch 14:12–13
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