¹³¹ Comp. Rom. ix. 5.

¹³² Gen. xxii. 17, xxviii. 4.

¹³³ Or, "commandment."

¹³⁴ Or, "in addition to all."

¹³⁵ Gen. i. 26, 27.

¹³⁶ Gen. i. 28.

¹³⁷ Or, "let us consider."

¹³⁸ Or, "labourer."

¹³⁹ Isa. xl. 10, lxii. 11; Rev. xxii. 12.

¹⁴⁰ The text here seems to be corrupt. Some translate, "He warns us with all His heart to this end, that," etc.

¹⁴¹ Dan. vii. 10.

¹⁴² Isa. vi. 3.

¹⁴³ 1 Cor. ii. 9.

¹⁴⁴ Some translate, "in liberty."

¹⁴⁵ Or, "of the ages."

¹⁴⁶ The reading is doubtful: some have afilocenian, "want of a hospitable spirit." [So Jacobson.]

¹⁴⁷ Rom. i. 32.

¹⁴⁸ Literally, "didst run with."

¹⁴⁹ Literally, "didst weave."

¹⁵⁰ Or, "layest a snare for."

¹⁵¹ Ps. l. 16-23. The reader will observe how the Septuagint followed by Clement differs from the Hebrew.

¹⁵² Literally, "that which saves us."

¹⁵³ Or, "rejoices to behold."

¹⁵⁴ Or, "knowledge of immortality."

¹⁵⁵ Heb. i. 3, 4.

¹⁵⁶ Ps. civ. 4; Heb. i. 7.

¹⁵⁷ Some render, "to the Son."

¹⁵⁸ Ps. ii. 7, 8; Heb. i. 5.

¹⁵⁹ Ps. cx. i; Heb. i. 13.

¹⁶⁰ Some read, "who oppose their own will to that of God."

¹⁶¹ Literally, "in these there is use."

¹⁶² 1 Cor. xii. 12, etc.

¹⁶³ Literally, "all breathe together."

¹⁶⁴ Literally, "use one subjection."

¹⁶⁵ Literally, "according as he has been placed in his charism."

¹⁶⁶ Comp. Prov. xxvii. 2.

¹⁶⁷ The ms. is here slightly torn, and we are left to conjecture.

¹⁶⁸ Comp. Ps. cxxxix. 15.

¹⁶⁹ Literally, "and silly and uninstructed."

¹⁷⁰ Literally, "a breath."

¹⁷¹ Or, "has perceived."

¹⁷² Some render, "they perished at the gates."

¹⁷³ Job iv. 16-18, xv. 15, iv. 19-21, v. 1-5.

¹⁷⁴ Some join kata kairou" tetagmenou", "at stated times." to the next sentence. [1 Cor. xvi. 1, 2.]

¹⁷⁵ Literally, "to His will." [Comp. Rom. xv. 15, 16, Greek.]

¹⁷⁶ Or, "consider." [This chapter has been cited to prove the earlier date for this Epistle. But the reference to Jerusalem may be an ideal present.]

¹⁷⁷ Or, "by the command of."

¹⁷⁸ Or, "by the command of."

¹⁷⁹ Literally, "both things were done."

¹⁸⁰ Or, "confirmed by."

¹⁸¹ Or, "having tested them in spirit."

¹⁸² Or, "overseers."

¹⁸³ Or, "servants."

¹⁸⁴ Isa. lx. 17, Sept.; but the text is here altered by Clement. The LXX. have "I will give thy rulers in peace, and thy overseers in righteousness."

¹⁸⁵ Num. xii. 10; Heb. iii. 5.

¹⁸⁶ Literally, "every tribe being written according to its name."

¹⁸⁷ See Num. xvii.

¹⁸⁸ Literally, "on account of the title of the oversight." Some understand this to mean, "in regard to the dignity of the episcopate;" and others simply, "on account of the oversight."

¹⁸⁹ The meaning of this passage is much controverted. Some render, "left a list of other approved persons;" while others translate the unusual word epinomh, which causes the difficulty, by "testamentary direction," and many others deem the text corrupt. We have given what seems the simplest version of the text as it stands. [Comp. the versions of Wake, Chevallier, and others.]

¹⁹⁰ i.e., the apostles.

¹⁹¹ Or, "oversight."

¹⁹² Literally, "presented the offerings."

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