2 For this is the recompense which we are able to pay to God who created us, if he that speaketh and heareth both speak and hear with faith and love. (2CL) 3 Let is therefore abide in the things which we believed, in righteousness and holiness, that we may with boldness as of God who saith, Whiles thou art still speaking I will say, Behold, I am here. (2CL) 4 For this word is the token of a great promise: for the Lord saith of Himself that He is more ready to give than he that asketh to ask. (2CL)
2 Clement 15:2–4
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