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Clement of Rome

1 Clement

First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

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A Call to Be Humble

Chapter 13

1 Let us therefore be humble, brothers and sisters, laying aside all arrogance and conceit and foolishness and anger, and let us do what is written. For the Holy Spirit says, “Let the wise man not boast in his wisdom, nor the strong in his strength, nor the rich in his riches; but let the one who boasts boast in the Lord,⁠ so that he may seek Him out and do justice and righteousness most of all remembering the words of the Lord Jesus which He spoke, teaching forbearance and patience.” 2 for this is how He spoke: “Have mercy, so that you may receive mercy; forgive, so that you may be forgiven. As you do, so it will be done to you. As you give, so it will be given to you. As you judge, so you will be judged. As you show kindness, so kindness will be shown to you. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you.”⁠ 3 Let us strengthen ourselves with this commandment and these precepts, so that we may walk in obedience to His holy words, in humility. 4 For the holy word says, “On whom shall I look, except on the one who is gentle and quiet and fears My oracles?”⁠

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Compare LXX Isaiah 66:2 and Clement of Rome, 1 Clement 13:4

Septuagint · Early Christian

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Summary

In 1 Clement, the author follows sayings of Jesus about mercy with Isaiah 66 in the Greek Septuagint translation, introduced as the holy word, so that a passage from the Jewish scriptures confirms the teaching of Jesus and is given the same authority.

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LXX Isaiah 66:2

Septuagint
1 Thus says the Lord, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of a house will you build me? and of what kind is to be the place of my rest? 2 For all these things my hand has made, and all these things are mine, says the Lord: and to whom will I look, but to the humble and quiet, and the man that trembles at my words? 3 But the transgressor that sacrifices a calf to me, is as he that kills a dog; and he that offers fine flour, as one that offers swine's blood; he that gives frankincense for a memorial, is as a blasphemer. Yet they have chosen their own ways, and their soul has delighted in their abominations.
100–1 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in LXX Isaiah

Clement of Rome, 1 Clement 13:4

Early Christian · First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
2 for this is how He spoke: “Have mercy, so that you may receive mercy; forgive, so that you may be forgiven. As you do, so it will be done to you. As you give, so it will be given to you. As you judge, so you will be judged. As you show kindness, so kindness will be shown to you. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you.” 3 Let us strengthen ourselves with this commandment and these precepts, so that we may walk in obedience to His holy words, in humility. 4 For the holy word says, “On whom shall I look, except on the one who is gentle and quiet and fears My oracles?”
90–100 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in Clement of Rome, 1 Clement

References

“... Of the apostolic fathers 1 Clement offers the fullest doctrine of Scripture. The sacred and authoritative character of the OT books is affirmed both by introductory formulas (“The Holy Spirit says,” 1 Clem. 13.1, quoting Jer 9:23–24; 1 Clem. 16.2, quoting Is 53:1–12) and by descriptions (“the holy word,” 1 Clem. 13.3, introducing Is 66:2, and 1 Clem. 56.3, introducing Ps 117:18 LXX; and “sacred Scriptures . . . and oracles of God,” 1 Clem. 53.1). ...”
Ralph P. Martin and Peter H. Davids, eds., Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1997), 1197.

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