1 Clem. 47

Take up the epistle of the blessed Paul the Apostle.

1Clem 47.1

What wrote he first unto you in the beginning of the Gospel?

1Clem 47.2

Of a truth he charged you in the Spirit concerning himself and Cephas and Apollos, because that even then ye had made parties.

1Clem 47.3

Yet that making of parties brought less sin upon you; for ye were partisans of Apostles that were highly reputed, and of a man approved in their sight.

1Clem 47.4

But now mark ye, who they are that have perverted you and diminished the glory of your renowned love for the brotherhood.

1Clem 47.5

It is shameful, dearly beloved, yes, utterly shameful and unworthy of your conduct in Christ, that it should be reported that the very steadfast and ancient Church of the Corinthians, for the sake of one or two persons, maketh sedition against its presbyters.

1Clem 47.6

And this report hath reached not only us, but them also which differ from us, so that ye even heap blasphemies on the Name of the Lord by reason of your folly, and moreover create peril for yourselves.

1Clem 47.7