III. Many passages are died with substantial accura- cy, but without indications of quotation. — Bar. 19: "Give
to every one that asketh thee" (Luke vi, 30, lit., if, with MSS. B K L, 131-57, £k be omitted, and Tip with B ; Matt, v, 42, nearly). — Ign. Rom. 3 : " For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal" (2 Cor. iv, 18, lit. But the pas- sage is doubtful; not found in anc. Lat. vers., Syrian fragm., nor Syrus). — Clem. 2 : " Read}' for every good work" (Titus iii, 1, tig for 7rpdg). — Clem. 36 : " Who being the brightness of his majesty (/jfyaXwowf/c for £o£r/g), is so much better than the angels, as he has obtained a more excellent name" (Heb. i, 3, 4). — Ign. Rom. 6 : " For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" (Matt, xvi, 26, slight change in arrangement). — Pol. 1: "In whom, not having seen, ye believe ; and believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable" (1 Pet. i, 8, with slight omission). — Pol. 2 : " Believing on him that raised our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead, and gave him glory" (1 Pet. i, 21, slight change in arrangement). — Her. Sim. 8: "They denied the name by which they were called" (Jas. ii, 7, far more exact than appears in Eng. versions ; quod super eos erat invocatum = -o iinK\i)0ev t<p vpag [av-ovc~] ). — Her. Man. 12, 5 : "If ye resist him, he will flee from you with confusion" (Jas. iv, 7). — Pol. 5 : " Lust Avarreth against the spirit (1 Pet. ii, 11) ; and neither fornicators, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, shall inherit the kingdom of God" (1 Cor. vi, 9, 10: the passage is remarkable, because, while many words in Paul are omitted, ^taXaicoi and upatvoKolTai, which had ac- quired a scandalously technical signification, are re- tained. Comp. the long list of sins in Clem. 35 and Rom. i, 29-32. The resemblance is remarkable). — Pol. 4 : " The love of money is a beginning of all evil. Knowing, therefore, that we brought nothing into this world, but neither c in we carry any thing out, let us," etc. (1 Tim. vi, 7, the order of clauses transposed. Compare Pol. 8 ; 1 Pet. ii, 22, 24).— Pol. 2 : " Not ren- dering evil for evil, nor railing for railing" (1 Pet. iii, 9, lit.). — Pol. 7: "For whoever confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is Antichrist" (1 John iv, 3). The following list embraces accurate quotations and very striking resemblances.
(Acts x, 42. 7 = -, 2 Tim. iv, 1. \ 1 Pet. iv, 5.
Clem. 2 =
= Tit. iii, 1.
»
21 =
= Heb.iv,12.
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35 =
= Rom. i, 29.
u
4S =
= 1 Cor. x, 24.
Ign
Eph.
14 = Matt, xii, 33.
Magn
. 10 = 1 Cor. v, 7.
"
Rom.
5 = 1 Cor. iv, 4.
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Smyi
. 1 = Matt, iii, l-r>.
6 = Matt, xix, 12. (Acts ii, 24.
Pol
1= -
' Eph. ii, S, 9. 1 1 Pet. i, S.
(Matt, x, 26. (2 Cor. iv, 24. Her. Man. 3 " " 4, 1
" " 12, 5
12:
jl Pet. i, 13. (1 Pet. iii, 9. i Gal. iv, 26. - 1 Thess. v, 17. ( 1 Tim. vi, 7, 10. rl Cor. viii, 9, 10. ) Gal. vi, 7. \ Eph. v, 25. ( 1 Pet. ii, 11. \ Horn, xiv, 10, 12. 12 Cor. viii, 21. ( 1 Pet. iv, 7. '(1 Johniv, 3. 1 Pet. ii, 22, 24.
1 Pet. ii, 12, 17.
2 Thess. iii, 15. Gal. i, 7.
Eph. iv, 30. (Luke xvi, 18. '(Mutt, v, 32. Jas. iv, 7. li Sim. 9,12= John xiv, 6. IV. Many extended passages in the Ap. Fathers are close imitations of similar passages in X. T. — Clem. 9 12 : The examples of the ancient worthies is adduced on the model of Heb. xi. The list not only corresponds — Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Lot, Rahab — but many ex- pressions agree. And the magnificent close of the chapter in Hebrews is reproduced with little change in Clem. 45. He then begins ch. 46, like Heb. xii, with a reference to these examples for our encourage- ment. Heb. xii, 1, is, however, reproduced still more accurately in ch. 19. — Clem. 36 is a close imitation of the beginning of Heb. i.— Her, Sim. ix, 21: A para- phrase of the parable of the sower, Matt. xiii. 5 23. (Comp. Ilerm. Vis. iii, G. Also, Sim. ix, 20, and Matt. xiii, 7 ; xix, 23, Also, Vis. iv, 3, and 1 Pet. i, 6, 7.)— Pol. 5 : The advice to deacons is a remarkable imita-
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tion of Paul's charge to Timothy (ch. Hi.).— Clem. 49 : The praise of charity, closely imitating 1 Cor. xiii ; following also Col. i'ii, 14; l'Pet. iv, 8; Jas. y, 20; Gal. i, 4 ; John iii, 16 ; 1 John iv, 9, 10. There is not a thought in the whole chapter which is not to be found in N. T.