1 Joy is of the saints! and who shall put it on, but they alone? (ODE) 2 Grace is of the elect! and who shall receive it except those who trust in it from the beginning? (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 23:1–2
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Book of Enoch 58:1–3
1 And I began to speak the third Parable concerning the righteous and elect. (ENO) 2 Blessed are ye, ye righteous and elect, For glorious shall be your lot. (ENO) 3 And the righteous shall be in the light of the sun, And the elect in the light of eternal life: The days of their… (ENO)
Odes of Solomon 32:1–2
1 To the blessed there is joy from their hearts, and light from Him that dwells in them: (ODE) 2 And words from the Truth, who was self-originate: for He is strengthened by the holy power of the Most High: and He is unperturbed for ever and ever. Hallelujah. (ODE)
Sirach 17:9–11
9 He gave them to glory in his marvellous acts for ever, that they might declare his works with understanding. (KJV) 10 And they will praise his holy name, that they may declare the majesty of his works. (WEB) 11 He added to them knowledge, and gave them a law of life for a herita… (WEB)
Odes of Solomon 8:11–13
11 Keep my secret, ye who are kept by it: (ODE) 12 Keep my faith, ye who are kept by it. (ODE) 13 And understand my knowledge, ye who know me in truth. (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 31:5–7
5 And His face was justified, for thus His holy Father had given to Him. (ODE) 6 Come forth, ye that have been afflicted and receive joy, and possess your souls by His grace; and take to you immortal life. (ODE) 7 And they made me a debtor when I rose up, me who had been a debto… (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 4:6–8
6 For one hour of thy Faith is more precious than all days and years. (ODE) 7 For who is there that shall put on thy grace, and be hurt? (ODE) 8 For thy seal is known: and thy creatures know it: and thy (heavenly) hosts possess it: and the elect archangels are clad with it. (ODE)
1 Clement 46:3–5
3 And again He saith in another place; With the guiltless man thou shalt be guiltless, and with the elect thou shalt be elect, and with the crooked thou shalt deal crookedly . (1CL) 4 Let us therefore cleave to the guiltless and righteous: and these are the elect of God. (1CL)
Polycarp to the Philippians 1:2–3
2 and that the steadfast root of your faith which was famed from primitive times abideth until now and beareth fruit unto our Lord Jesus Christ, who endured to face even death for our sins, whom God raised, having loosed the pangs of Hades; on whom, (POL) 3 though ye sa… (POL)
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