2 We know that many among ourselves have delivered themselves to bondage, that they might ransom others. Many have sold themselves to slavery, and receiving the price paid for themselves have fed others. (1CL) 3 Many women being strengthened through the grace of God have performed many manly deeds. (1CL) 4 The blessed Judith, when the city was beleaguered, asked of the elders that she might be suffered to go forth into the camp of the aliens. (1CL)
1 Clement 55:2–4
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