My LORD’s Bible2 Clement 10
1Wherefore, my brethren, let us do the will of the Father who called us, that we may live; and let us earnestly follow after virtue, but forsake every wicked tendency which would lead us into transgression; and flee from ungodliness, lest evils overtake us. For if we are diligent in doing good, peace will follow us. On this account, such men cannot find it [_i.e._ peace] as are influenced by human terrors, and prefer rather present enjoyment to the promise which shall afterwards be fulfilled. For they know not what torment present enjoyment incurs, or what felicity is involved in the future promise. And if, indeed, they themselves only did such things, it would be [the more] tolerable; but now they persist in imbuing innocent souls with their pernicious doctrines, not knowing that they shall receive a double condemnation, both they and those that hear them.
“Ὥστε, ἀδελφοί μου, ποιήσωμεν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρὸς οὔ καλέσαντος ἡμᾶς, ἵνα ζήσωμεν, καὶ διώξωμεν μᾶλλον τὴν ἰρετήν, τὴν δὲ κακίαν καταλείψωμεν ὡς προοδοιπόρον τῶν ἱμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ φύγωμεν τὴν ἀσέβειαν, μὴ ἡμᾶς κατα- \aBn κακά. ἐὰν γὰρ σπουδάσωμεν ἀγαθοποιεῖν, διώξεται mas εἰρήνη. Διὰ ταύτην γὰρ τὴν αἰτίαν οὐκ ἔστιν tevpeivt ἄνθρωπον, οἵτινες wapayoves φόβους ἀνθρωπίνους, προμρη- μένοι μᾶλλον τὴν ἐνθάδε ὀπόλαυσιν ἣ τὴν μέλλουσαν ἐπωγγε- λίαν. ἀγνοοῦσιν γὰρ ἡλίκην ἔχει βάσανον ἡ ἐνθάδε ς. καὶ εἰ μὲν αὐτοὶ μόνοι ταῦτα ὄπρασσον, ὠνεκτὸν ἦν" νῦν δὲ ἐπιμένουσιν κακοδιδασκαλοῦντες τὸς ἀναιτίους ψυχάς, οὐκ εἰδότες ὅτι δισσὴν ἕξουσιν τὴν κρίσιν, αὐτοί τε καὶ οἱ ἀκού- ovres αὐτῶν.