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1 Clement and 2 Peter each say Noah preached to his generation, a tradition not found in Genesis. Clement speaks of repentance where 2 Peter speaks of righteousness, so Clement likely knew this Jewish tradition about Noah apart from 2 Peter.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
Clement of Rome, 1 Clement 7:6
First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Early Christian
4 Let us fix our eyes on the blood of Christ and understand how precious it is to His Father, for by being shed for our salvation, it won for the whole world the grace of repentance. 5 Let us look back at all the generations in turn and learn how, from age to age, the Master has given a place for repentance to those who desire to turn to Him. 6 Noah preached repentance, and those who obeyed were saved. 7 Jonah preached destruction to the people of Nineveh, but they repented of their sins, obtained pardon from God through their supplications, and received salvation, even though they were strangers to Him.
2 Peter 2:5
New Testament
5 and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world, 6 and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly, 7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men, 8 (for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard) 9 —if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,
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Notes and References
“... Noah’s preaching of repentance may also be implied in I Pet 3:20: [...] “did not obey”). The fact that this tradition appears also in 1 Clement (7:6: ἐκήρυξεν μετάνοιαν, “he preached repentance”; cf. 9:4) does not prove that Clement knew 2 Peter; on the contrary, his use of μετάνοιαν (“repentance”) shows that he had independent access to the tradition about Noah’s preaching. But it is one of many signs that the two works belong to a common milieu. ...”
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