2 Ye have searched the scriptures, which are true, which were given through the Holy Ghost; (1CL) 3 and ye know that nothing unrighteous or counterfeit is written in them. Ye will not find that righteous persons have been thrust out by holy men. (1CL) 4 Righteous men were persecuted, but it was by the lawless; they were imprisoned, but it was by the unholy. They were stoned by transgressors: they were slain by those who had conceived a detestable and unrighteous jealousy. (1CL)
1 Clement 45:2–4
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