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First Epistle to the Corinthians (Loeb)
XXVII
1. Ταύτῃ οὖν τῇ ἐλπίδε προσδεδέσθωσαν αἱ ψυψαὶ ἡῶν τῷ πιστῷ ἐν ταῖς ἐπαγγελίαις καὶ τῷ δικαίῳ ἐν τοῖς κρίμασσιν. 2. ὁ παραγγείλας μὴ ψεύεσθαι, πολλῷ μᾶλλον αὐτὸς οὐ ψεύσεται· οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀδύνατον παρὰ τῷ θεῷ εἰ μὴ τὸ ψεύσασθαι. 3. ἀναζωπυρησάτω οὖν ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ νοήσωμεν ὅτι πάντα ἐγγὺς αὐτῷ ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ νοήσωμεν ὅτι πάντα ἐγγὺς αὐτῷ ἐστιν. 4. ἐν λόγῳ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ συνεστήσατο τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἐν λόγῳ δύναται αὐτὰ καταστρέψαι. 5. Τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῳ· Τί ἐποίησας; ἢ τίς ἀντιστήσεται τῷ κράτει τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ; ὅτε θέλει καὶ ὡς θέλει ποιήσει πάντα, καὶ οὐδὲν μὴ παρέλθῃ τῶν δεδεγματισμένων ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ. 6. πάντα ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ εἰσίν, καὶ οὐδὲν λέληθεν τὴν βουὴν αὐτοῦ, 7. εἰ οἱ οὐρανοὶ διηγοῦνται δόξαν θεοῦ, ποίησιν δὲ χειρῶν αὐτοῦ ἀναγγέλει τὸ στερέωμα· ἡ ἡμέρα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐρεύγεται ῥῆμα, καὶ νὺξ νυκτὶ ἀναγγέλει γνῶσιν· καὶ οὐκ εἰσὶν λόγοι οὐδὲ λαλιαί, ὧν οὐχὶ ἀκούονται αἱ φωναὶ αὐτῶν.
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The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Chapter XXVII.--In the Hope of the Resurrection, Let Us Cleave to the Omnipotent and Omniscient God.
Having then this hope, let our souls be bound to Him who is faithful in His promises, and just in His judgments. He who has commanded us not to lie, shall much more Himself not lie; for nothing is impossible with God, except to lie. 1 Let His faith therefore be stirred up again within us, and let us consider that all things are nigh unto Him. By the word of His might 2 He established all things, and by His word He can overthrow them. "Who shall say unto Him, What hast thou done? or, Who shall resist the power of His strength?" 3 When, and as He pleases, He will do all things, and none of the things determined by Him shall pass away. 4 All things are open before Him, and nothing can be hidden from His counsel. "The heavens 5 declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handy-work. 6 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. And there are no words or speeches of which the voices are not heard." 7
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Comp. Tit. i. 2; Heb. vi. 18. ↩
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Or "majesty." ↩
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Wisd. xii. 12, xi. 21. ↩
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Comp. Matt. xxiv. 35. ↩
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Literally, "if the heavens," etc. ↩
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I. omits. ↩
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Ps. xix. 1-3. I. omits Ps. xix. 2-4, with the exception of the concluding words, akouontai hai phonai auton (their voices are heard), which are connected with the opening words of the following chapter. ↩