3 Wherefore let us run in the straight course, the incorruptible contest. And let us resort to it in throngs and contend, that we may also be crowned. And if we cannot all be crowned, let us at least come near to the crown. (2CL) 4 We ought to know that he which contendeth in the corruptible contest, if he be found dealing corruptly with it, is first flogged. and then removed and driven out of the race course. (2CL) 5 What think ye? What shall be done to him that hath dealt corruptly with the contest of incorruption? (2CL) 6 For as concerning them that have not kept the seal, He saith, Their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be for a spectacle unto all flesh . (2CL)
2 Clement 7:3–6
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