¹ This refers to the first volume only of the original series.

¹ In the only known ms. of this Epistle, the title is thus given at the close.

² [Note the fact that the Corinthians asked this of their brethren, the personal friends of their apostle St. Paul. Clement's own name does not appear in this Epistle.]

³ Literally, "is greatly blasphemed."

⁴ Literally, "did not prove your all-virtuous and firm faith."

⁵ Eph. v. 21; 1 Pet. v. 5.

⁶ Acts xx. 35.

⁷ Literally, "ye embraced it in your bowels." [Concerning the complaints of Photius (ninth century) against Clement, see Bull's Defensio Fidei Nicaenae, Works, vol. v. p. 132.]

⁸ 1 Pet. ii. 17.

⁹ So, in the ms., but many have suspected that the text is here corrupt. Perhaps the best emendation is that which substitutes sunaisqhsewj, "compassion," for suneidhsewj, "conscience."

¹⁰ Tit. iii. 1.

¹¹ Prov. vii. 3.

¹² Literally, "enlargement"

¹³ Deut. xxxii. 15.

¹⁴ It seems necessary to refer autou to God, in opposition to the translation given by Abp. Wake and others.

¹⁵ Literally, "Christ;" comp. 2 Cor. i. 21, Eph. iv. 20.

¹⁶ Wisd. ii. 24.

Home | Bible versions | Bible Dictionary | Christian Classics | Christian Articles | Daily Devotions

Sister Projects: Wikichristian | WikiMD

BelieversCafe is a large collection of christian articles with over 40,000 pages

Our sponsors: