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In 1 Clement, the author says Jesus himself invites the reader through the Holy Spirit and then quotes Psalm 34 in the Greek Septuagint translation, so that an old invitation to fear God and seek peace is heard as Jesus speaking to Corinth.
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LXX Psalms 33:12
Septuagint
12 Come, you children. Hear me. I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 13 What person is there who wants life and loves to see good days? 14 Stop your tongue from evil, and your lips to not speak guile. 15 Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it. 16 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears listen to their entreaty. 17 But the face of the Lord is against those doing evil things, to destroy utterly the memory of them from the earth. 18 The righteous ones cried aloud, and the Lord heard them. And he rescued them from all of their afflictions.
Clement of Rome, 1 Clement 22:1
First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Early Christian
1 Now all these things the faith which is in Christ confirms: for He Himself through the Holy Spirit thus invites us: “Come, my children, listen to Me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.” 2 “What man is he that desires life and loves to see good days.” 3 “Make your tongue to cease from evil, and your lips that they speak no guile.” 4 “Turn aside from evil and do good.” 5 “Seek peace and pursue it.” 6 “The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears are turned to their prayers. But the face of the Lord is upon those that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth.” 7 “The righteous cried out, and the Lord heard him, and delivered him from all his troubles. Many are the troubles of the righteous, and the Lord shall deliver him from them all.”
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Notes and References
“... Christ is of supreme importance for Clement (1 Clem. 13.1-2). The OT speaks of Christ (e.g., Is 53 in 1 Clem. 16.2; cf. 1 Clem. 17.1 of other prophets and the passages quoted in 1 Clem. 36); and Christ himself speaks in the OT, especially the Psalms (1 Clem. 16.15-16, quoting Ps 21:7–9; and 1 Clem. 22.1, “He himself through the Holy Spirit exhorted us,” followed by Ps 33:12–18 and 31:10 LXX). ...”
Martin, Ralph P.
Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments
(p. 1197) InterVarsity Press, 1997
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