“"Since," it is said, "it is time for judgment beginning at the house of God." For judgment will overtake these in the appointed persecutions.”
Clement of Alexandria, 3th c. — From the Latin Translation of Cassiodorus
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17For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
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15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
— 1 Peter 4:17 —
18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.