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Clement on Correction and Fairness
By daniel | June 9, 2005
Do not be irritated or angry when someone corrects you, turning you from evil to goodness. Sometimes we do wrong without knowing it because we are double-minded: we can deceive ourselves into thinking that evil is good. Equally do not be irritated or angry when you see sinful people enjoying great welath and luxury. They are winning the contest for this world's prize, but we are running in the race for a far greater prize. The righteous person does not win his reward quickly, but must wait for it. This is because we have to train hard and long in order to win the race. After all, the crown of eternal life cannot be won easily with little effort; the person who wins it must have every spiritual muscle at the peak of fitness. It does not matter if you are weak in the affairs of commerce and trade, and so live in poverty. What matters is that you are strong in the affairs of the soul.
2nd Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Chapters 19 and 20
I got this from http://onehouse.blogs.com/onehouse/2005/06/roots_of_faith.html
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