Traduction Masquer
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

Chapter LII.--Such a confession is pleasing to God.

The Lord, brethren, stands in need of nothing; and He desires nothing of any one, except that confession be made to Him. For, says the elect David, "I will confess unto the Lord; and that will please Him more than a young bullock that hath horns and hoofs. Let the poor see it, and be glad." ¹ And again he saith, "Offer ² unto God the sacrifice of praise, and pay thy vows unto the Most High. And call upon Me in the day of thy trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me." ³ For "the sacrifice of God is a broken spirit." ⁴

Edition Masquer
First Epistle to the Corinthians (Loeb)

LII

1. Ἀπροσδεής, ἀδελφοί, ὁ δεσπότης ὑπάρχει τῶν ἁπάντων· οὐδὲν οὐδενὸς χρῄζει εἰ μὴ τὸ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι αὐτῷ. 2. φησὶν γὰρ ὁ ἐκλεκτὸς Δαυείδ· Ἐξομολογήσομαι τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ ἀρέσει αὐτῷ ὑπέρ μόχον νέον κέρατα ἐκφέροντα καὶ ὁπλάς· ἰδέτωσαν πτωχοὶ καὶ εὐφρανθήτωσαν. 3. καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Θῦσον τῷ θεῷ. θυσίαν αἰνέσεως καὶ ἀπόδος τῷ ὑψίστῳ τὰς εὐχάς σου· καὶ ἐπικάλεσαί με ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεώς σου, καὶ ἐξελοῦμαι σε, καὶ δοξάσεις με. 4. θυσία γὰρ τῷ θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον.