Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume IX/The Epistles of Clement/The Second Epistle of Clement/Chapter 4

Chapter IV.&#8212;True Confession of Christ.

Let us, then, not only call Him Lord, for that will not save us.&#160; For He saith, &#8220;Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall be saved, but he that worketh righteousness.&#8221; &#160; Wherefore, brethren, let us confess Him by our works, by loving one another, by not committing adultery, or speaking evil of one another, or cherishing envy; but by being continent, compassionate, and good.&#160; We ought also to sympathize with one another, and not be avaricious.&#160; By such works let us confess Him, and not by those that are of an opposite kind.&#160; And it is not fitting that we should fear men, but rather God.&#160; For this reason, if we should do such [wicked] things, the Lord hath said, &#8220;Even though ye were gathered together to me in my very bosom, yet if ye were not to keep my commandments, I would cast you off, and say unto you, Depart from me; I know you not whence ye are, ye workers of iniquity.&#8221;