Lake Apostolic Fathers 2 - Bible Translation

THE SHEPHERD, vis. ii. ii. 8-iii. 4
But those who denied him formerly have obtained
forgiveness through his great mercy.
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1. " But, Hennas, no longer bear a grudge against
your children, nor neglect your sister, that they may
be cleansed from their former sins. For they will
be corrected with righteous correction, if you bear
no grudge against them. The bearing of grudges
works death. But you, Hermas, had great troubles
of your own because of the transgressions of your
family, because you did not pay attention to them.
But you neglected them and became entangled in
their evil deeds. 2. But you are saved by not
' having broken away from the living God,' and by
your simplicity and great temperance. These things
have saved you, if you remain in them, and they
save all whose deeds are such, and who walk
in innocence and simplicity. These shall overcome
all wickedness and remain steadfast to eternal life.
3. ' Blessed ' are all they ' who do righteousness '
;
they shall not perish for ever. 4. But you shall say
to Maximus :
' Behold, persecution is coming, if it
seems good to you deny the faith again.' ' The
Lord is near those that turn to him,' as it is written
in the Book of Eldad and Modat,i who prophesied to
the people in the wilderness."
1 This book is mentioned among the Apocrypha of the
N.T. in the Athanasian Synopsis and in the Stichometry of
Nicephorus, but is not extant. It is thought to be quoted in
II Clem. xi. 2. Eldad and iSIodat are mentioned in Numbers
xi. 26.
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