1 Clement XXXI
Source: First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians (trans. Roberts-Donaldson, 1885) (1 Clement XXXI) · father
blessing._ Let us cleave then to His blessing, and consider what are the means of possessing it. Let us think over the things which have taken place from the beginning. For what reason was our father Abraham blessed? was it not because he wrought righteousness and truth through faith? Isaac, with perfect confidence, as if knowing what was to happen, cheerfully yielded himself as a sacrifice. Jacob, through reason of his brother, went forth with humility from his own land, and came to Laban and served him; and there was given to him the sceptre of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: Codex Alexandrinus (5th cent) — earliest Greek witness
- manuscript_tradition: Codex Hierosolymitanus (1056) — complete Greek text
- translation: Lightfoot translation (1889-90) — public domain English
- translation: Roberts-Donaldson Ante-Nicene Fathers vol. 1
- republication: Internet Archive — Apostolic Fathers multiple editions