The Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)

Clement of Rome. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912.

must therefore guard the flesh as a temple of God,

for as you were called in the flesh, you shall also come in the flesh.

If Christ, the Lord who saved us, though he was originally spirit, became flesh and so called us, so also we shall receive our reward in this flesh.

Let us then love one another, that we may all attain to the kingdom of God.

While we have opportunity to be healed let[*](Call to repentance) us give ourselves to God, who heals us, giving him his recompense.

What recompense? Repentance from a sincere heart.

For he has knowledge of all things beforehand, and knows the things in our hearts.