5 Let us review all the generations in turn, and learn how from generation to generation the Master hath given a place for repentance unto them that desire to turn to Him. (1CL) 6 Noah preached repentance, and they that obeyed were saved. (1CL) 7 Jonah preached destruction unto the men of Nineveh; but they, repenting of their sins, obtained pardon of God by their supplications and received salvation, albeit they were aliens from God. (1CL)
1 Clement 7:5–7
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Wisdom of Solomon 9:17–18
17 Who gained knowledge of your counsel, unless you gave wisdom, and sent your holy spirit from on high? (WEB) 18 It was thus that the ways of those who are on earth were corrected, and men were taught the things that are pleasing to you. They were saved through wisdom.” (WEB)
Jonah 3:9–10
9 Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.” 10 When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
1 Clement 9:3–4
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2 Peter 2:4–6
4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; 5 if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preache…
2 Clement 16:1–2
1 Therefore, brethren, since we have found no small opportunity for repentance, seeing that we have time, let us turn again unto God that called us, while we have still One that receiveth us. (2CL) 2 For if we bid farewell to these enjoyments and conquer our soul in ref… (2CL)
Acts 17:29–31
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31 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment wi…
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