1 Now I do not think that I have given any mean council respecting continence, and whosoever performeth it shall not repent thereof, but shall save both himself and me his councilor. For it is no mean reward to convert a wondering and perishing soul, that it may be saved. (2CL) 2 For this is the recompense which we are able to pay to God who created us, if he that speaketh and heareth both speak and hear with faith and love. (2CL)
2 Clement 15:1–2
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Epistle to Diognetus 11:6–8
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2 Maccabees 7:22–24
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