6 Have we not one God and one Christ and one Spirit of grace that was shed upon us? And is there not one calling in Christ? (1CL) 7 Wherefore do we tear and rend asunder the members of Christ, and stir up factions against our own body, and reach such a pitch of folly, as to forget that we are members one of another? (1CL) 8 Remember the words of Jesus our Lord: for He said, Woe unto that man; it were good for him if he had not been born, rather than that at he should offend one of Mine elect. It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about him, and be cast into the sea, than that he should pervert one of Mine elect . (1CL)
1 Clement 46:6–8
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