The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

And again he says himself, But I am a worm and no man, a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

All they who saw me mocked me, they spoke with their .lips, they shook their heads; He hoped on the Lord, let him deliver him, let him save him, for he hath pleasure in him.

You see. Beloved, what is the example which is given to us; for if the Lord was thus humble-minded, what shall we do, who through him have come under the yoke of his grace?

Let us also be imitators of those who went[*](Humility in the Old Testament) about in the skins of goats and sheep, heralding the coming of Christ; we mean Elijah and Elisha, and moreover Ezekiel, the prophets, and in addition to them the famous men of old.

Great fame was given to Abraham, and he was called the Friend of God,[*](Abraham) and he, fixing his gaze in humility on the Glory of God, says But I am dust and ashes.

Moreover it is also written thus concerning Job:—Now Job[*](Job) was righteous and blameless, true, a worshipper of God, and kept himself from all evil.

But he accuses himself, saying, No man is clean from defilement, not even if his life be but for a single day.