5 We cannot therefore be friends of the two, but must bid farewell to the one and hold companionship with the other. (2CL)
2 Clement 6:5
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1 Clement 15:1–2
1 Therefore let us cleave unto them that practice peace with godliness, and not unto them that desire peace with dissimulation. (1CL) 2 For He saith in a certain place This people honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me, (1CL)
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Mandates 36:8–10
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