Shepherd of Hermas Similitude First

He says to me, "You know that you who are the servants of God dwell in a strange land; for your city is far away from this one.[2]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV

But rather, he says, "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: looking diligently, lest there be any fornicator or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel surrendered his birth-right; and lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled."[190]

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