Take heed unto yourself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this you shall both save yourself, and them that hear you.
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Clement Of Rome
AD 99
I think not that I counted trivial counsel concerning continence; following it, a man will not repent thereof, but will save both himself and me who counselled.
Take heed, he says, unto yourself, and unto the doctrine: continue in them. That is, take heed to yourself, and teach others also.
For in so doing you shall both save yourself and them that hear you.
It is well said, You shall save yourself. For he that is nourished up in the words of sound doctrine, first receives the benefit of it himself. From admonishing others, he is touched with compunction himself. For these things are not said to Timothy only, but to all. And if such advice is addressed to him, who raised the dead, what shall be said to us? Christ also shows the duty of teachers, when He says, The kingdom of heaven is like an householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old. Matthew 13:52 And the blessed Paul gives the same advice, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Romans 15:4 This he practiced above all men, being brought up in the law of his fathers, at the feet of Gamaliel, whence he would afterwards naturally a...
