4 For He bestowed the light upon us; He spake to us, as a father to his sons; He saved us, when we were perishing. (2CL) 5 What praise then shall we give to Him? Or what payment of recompense for those things which we received? (2CL) 6 We who were maimed in our understanding, and worshipped stocks and stones and gold and silver and bronze, the works of men; and our whole life was nothing else but death. While then we were thus wrapped in darkness and oppressed with this thick mist in our vision, we recovered our sight, putting off by His will the cloud wherein we were wrapped. (2CL)
2 Clement 1:4–6
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