“Let us clothe ourselves with concord and humility, ever exercising self-control, standing far off from all whispering and evil-speaking, being justified by our works, and not our words.”
— Clement of Rome (96)
First Epistle, Chapter 30
“The first of them, who is clasping her hands, is called Faith. Through her the elect of God are saved. Another, who has her garments tucked up and acts with vigour, is called Self-restraint. She is the daughter of Faith. Whoever then follows her will become happy in his life, because he will restrain himself from all evil works, believing that, if he restrain himself from all evil desire, he will inherit eternal life.”
— Hermas (150)
Book 1, Vision 3, Chapter 8
“And let those who are not found living as He taught, be understood to be no Christians, even though they profess with the lip the precepts of Christ; for not those who make profession, but those who do the works, shall be saved, according to His word: Not every one who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that does the will of My Father which is in heaven.”
— Justin Martyr (160)
First Apology, Chapter 16
“To those who by patient continuance in well-doing Romans 2:7 seek immortality, He will give life everlasting, joy, peace, rest, and abundance of good things, which neither has eye seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man to conceive.”
— Theophilus (180)
To Autolycus, Book 1, Chapter 14
“To restrain one’s self from doing good is the work of vice; but to keep from wrong is the beginning of salvation.”
— Clement of Alexandria (195)
The Stromata, Book 4, Chapter 3
