{"attribution":"The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers (T. & T. Clark, 1870), edited and translated by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson; independent electronic transcription: David King and the Online Proofreading Team, Project Gutenberg ebook 77576.","author":"Clement of Rome","date_end":100,"date_evidence_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#clement-corinthians","date_label":"Late 1st century AD (traditionally c. 95–100)","date_start":95,"edition_permalink":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77576","edition_year":1870,"id":"clement-pg1870-reviewed-24","license":"Public domain historical English translation; Project Gutenberg reuse terms","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","original_ebook_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html","provenance_note":"The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers, Ante-Nicene Christian Library, volume I. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1870. Independently transcribed by David King and the Online Proofreading Team from Internet Archive images, as stated by Project Gutenberg. Existing complete English paragraphs; original whitespace, pagination and footnote markers normalized. No new translation, summary or word substitution.","references":[{"book":"GEN","chapter":18,"kind":"exposition","verse":27},{"book":"EXO","chapter":3,"kind":"exposition","verse":11},{"book":"EXO","chapter":4,"kind":"exposition","verse":10}],"reuse_notice":"This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg™ License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.","reuse_notice_license_url":"https://testimonia.studiochrist.org/gutenberg-license.txt","section":"Chapter XVII","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#r70","text_changes":"Whitespace normalized; source pagination and footnote reference markers removed. English wording unchanged.","translator":"Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (First Clement; ANCL edition)","verification":{"method":"inspected source paragraph and verse context; SHA-256 locked","paragraph_indices":[24],"raw_source":"raw/fathers/clement-first-corinthians-pg1870.html","reference_basis":"Clement reads Abraham's dust-and-ashes declaration and Moses' reluctance as examples of humility despite divine honour. Original notes71,76 supply these locations. The extra-biblical smoke-of-a-pot saying gets no invented reference.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-10","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","text_sha256":"3f65209ff7fbb416daf97468daaa766febf011e1ae32b1f6283c631d3a29c2af"},"verified":true,"work":"First Epistle to the Corinthians","work_id":"clement-first-corinthians"}