1 Wherefore let us be obedient unto His excellent and glorious will; and presenting ourselves as suppliants of His mercy and goodness, let us fall down before Him and betake ourselves unto His compassions, forsaking the vain toil and the strife and the jealousy which leadeth unto death. (1CL) 2 Let us fix our eyes on them that ministered perfectly unto His excellent glory. (1CL) 3 Let us set before us Enoch, who being found righteous in obedience was translated, and his death was not found. (1CL) 4 Noah, being found faithful, by his ministration preached regeneration unto the world, and through him the Master saved the living creatures that entered into the ark in concord. (1CL)
1 Clement 9:1–4
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1 Clement 37:1–2
1 Let us therefore enlist ourselves, brethren, with all earnestness in His faultless ordinances. (1CL) 2 Let us mark the soldiers that are enlisted under our rulers, how exactly, how readily, how submissively, they execute the orders given them. (1CL)
1 Clement 33:7–8
7 We have seen that all the righteous were adorned in good works. Yea, and the Lord Himself having adorned Himself with worlds rejoiced. (1CL) 8 Seeing then that we have this pattern, let us conform ourselves with all diligence to His will; let us with all our strength… (1CL)
1 Clement 34:4–6
4 He exhorteth us therefore to believe on Him with our whole heart, and to be not idle nor careless unto every good work. (1CL) 5 Let our boast and our confidence be in Him: let us submit ourselves to His will; let us mark the whole host of His angels, how they stand by… (1CL)
1 Clement 46:1–2
1 To such examples as these therefore, brethren, we also ought to cleave. (1CL) 2 For it is written; Cleave unto the saints, for they that cleave unto them shall be sanctified . (1CL)
1 Clement 29:1–2
1 Let us therefore approach Him in holiness of soul, lifting up pure and undefiled hands unto Him, with love towards our gentle and compassionate Father who made us an elect portion unto Himself. (1CL) 2 For thus it is written: When the Most High divided the nations, wh… (1CL)
Odes of Solomon 13:2–3
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Testament of Benjamin 1:22–24
22 See ye, therefore, my children, the end of the good man? (T12) 23 Be followers of his compassion, therefore, with a good mind, that ye also may wear crowns of glory. (T12) 24 For the good man hath not a dark eye; for he showeth mercy to all men, even though they be sinners. (T12)
2 Clement 18:1–2
1 Therefore let us also be found among those that give thanks, among those that have served God, and not among the ungodly that are judged. (2CL) 2 For I myself too, being an utter sinner and not yet escaped from temptation, but being still amidst the engines of the dev… (2CL)
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