1 Let us therefore serve God in a pure heart, and we shall be righteous; but if we serve Him not, because we believe not the promise of God, we shall be wretched. (2CL) 2 For the word of prophecy also saith: Wretched are the double-minded, that doubt in their heart and say, These things we heard of old in the days of our fathers also, yet we have waited day after day and seen none of them. (2CL) 3 Ye fools! compare yourselves unto a tree; take a vine. First it sheds its leaves, then a shoot cometh, after this a sour berry, then a full ripe grape. (2CL)
2 Clement 11:1–3
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1 Clement 23:2–4
2 Therefore let us not be double-minded, neither let our soul indulge in idle humors respecting His exceeding and glorious gifts. (1CL) 3 Let this scripture be far from us where He saith Wretched are the double-minded, Which doubt in their soul and say, These things we… (1CL) 4 … (1CL)
Visions 23:5–6
5 Go therefore, and declare to the elect of the Lord His mighty works, and tell them that this beast is a type of the great tribulation which is to come. If therefore ye prepare yourselves beforehand, and repent (and turn) unto the Lord with your whole heart, y… (HER)
Sirach 2:11–13
11 For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. He forgives sins and saves in time of affliction. (WEB) 12 Woe to fearful hearts, to faint hands, and to the sinner who goes two ways! (WEB) 13 Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe. Therefore it won’t be defended. (WEB)
Acts 13:39–41
39 Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses. 40 Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you: 41 ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in yo…
2 Enoch 18:5–7
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2 Baruch 32:1–2
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Book of Enoch 98:13–15
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Wisdom of Solomon 16:28–29
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