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Apocrypha · Chapter 14 of 20

2 Clement 14

Ancient Sermon

Therefore, brethren, doing the will of the Father and keeping the flesh pure.

2And observing the commandments of the Lord, we shall receive eternal life.

3For the Lord says in the gospel: If you did not keep what is small, who will give you what is great?

4For I tell you: he who is faithful in very little is also faithful in much.

5This, therefore, he means: keep the flesh pure and the seal unstained, that we may receive eternal life.

6And let none of you say that this flesh is not judged nor rises again.

7Understand: in what were you saved, in what did you recover your sight, if not in this flesh?

8Therefore, we must keep the flesh as the temple of God.

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About 2 Clement

An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. Published here from a public-domain translation, edited for continuous reading.