My LORD’s Bible2 Clement 5
1Wherefore, brethren, leaving [willingly] our sojourn in this present world, let us do the will of Him that called us, and not fear to depart out of this world. For the Lord saith, “Ye shall be as lambs in the midst of wolves.” And Peter answered and said unto Him, “What, then, if the wolves shall tear in pieces the lambs?” Jesus said unto Peter, “The lambs have no cause after they are dead to fear the wolves; and in like manner, fear not ye them that kill you, and can do nothing more unto you; but fear Him who, after you are dead, has power over both soul and body to cast them into hell-fire.” And consider, brethren, that the sojourning in the flesh in this world is but brief and transient, but the promise of Christ is great and wonderful, even the rest of the kingdom to come, and of life everlasting. By what course of conduct, then, shall we attain these things, but by leading a holy and righteous life, and by deeming these worldly things as not belonging to us, and not fixing our desires upon them? For if we desire to possess them, we fall away from the path of righteousness.
Ν. “Ὅθεν, ἀδελφοί, καταλείψαντες τὴν παροικίαν τοῦ κόσμου τούτου ποιήσωμεν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ καλέσαντος ἡμᾶς, καὶ μὴ φοβηθῶμεν ἐξελθεῖν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου. λέγει γὰρ ὃ Ἰζύριος" "Ececée ὡς dpnia ἐν mécq λήκων: ἀποκριθεὶς ? The Gos- . ¢ , δ. » πὶ ο ἡ : of the δὲ ὁ Πέτρος αὐτῷ λέγει" "Edn on Atacttapazwcin οἱ λύκοι τὰ ar al dpnia; εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῷ Πέτρφ' Mi goBeicOwcan τὰ ἀρνίδ τοὺς AyKoyc μετὰ τὸ ἀποθδνεῖν ayTd. καὶ ὑμεῖς MH Φο- BeicOe τοὺς AMOKTENNONTOC YMAC KAI μηδὲν ὑμῖν λγνὰμένογς ποιεῖν, ἀλλὰ φοθδεῖςθε τὸν μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν ὑμᾶς ἔχοντδ ἐξογείδν ψυχῆς Kal camaToc, TOY βδλεῖν εἰς γέεννδν πγρός. Καὶ γινώσκετε, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι ἡ ἐπιδημία ἡ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ τῆς σαρκὸς ταύτης μικρά ἐστιν καὶ ὀλυγοχρόνιος" ἡ δὲ ὀπαγγελία τοῦ Χριστοῦ μογάλη καὶ θαυμαστή ἐστιν, καὶ ἀνάπαυσις τῆς μελλούσης βασιλείας καὶ ζωῆς αἰωνίου. τί οὖν ἐστὶν ποιήσαντας ἐπιτυχεῖν αὐτῶν, εἰ μὴ τὸ ὁσίως καὶ δικαίως ἀναστρέφεσθαε, καὶ τὰ κοσμικὰ ταῦτα ὡς ἀλλό- τρια ἡγεῖσθαι καὶ μὴ ἐπιθυμεῖν αὐτῶν; ἐν γὰρ τῷ ἐπι- θυμεῖν ἡμᾶς κτήσασθαι ταῦτα ἀποπίπτομεν τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς δικαίας.