“And also when discussing with others in order to put them to shame, he does not shrink from saying, "But call to mind the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; partly, whilst ye were made a gazing-stock, both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye beca…”
Clement of Alexandria, 3th c. — The Stromata Book 4
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39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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37For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.