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themselves over the flock, but to be in a spirit of humility. Signi- 

 ficantty enough, he follows our author's characteristic way of appeal- 

 ing to the example of Christ. ""V-spTjcpavo? of I Pt. 5 ; 5 is also a 

 rare word in the N. T. It appears, therefore, that there is much here 

 to suggest dependence. Cf. also parallels 6, 7, 15—19. 



(23) I Clem. 30 ; 2 Prov. 3 ; 34 I Pt. 5 ; 5 



b-zhc, yap, cprjTiv, uzepv]- Kupioc 'j-spYj-pavoi? av- 6 h-zhc, 67vspYicpavoi? av- 



(pavoic avTiTao-o-sxai, TiTaao-sTai, TaxstvoT? Ti-a(7a-sTat, -raxsivoT? 



TaTcsivoTc Bs BiBwo'iv Bs BtScoctv xocpiv. Bs BiBoxjiv /^ocpiv. Cf. 



/apiv Jas. 4; 6. 



Clement is not following the Hebrew original here, which words 

 the first clause very differently, but the LXX, I Peter or James. 

 He follows the LXX in omitting the article " 6 " with the subject, 

 but agrees with the N. T. writers in changing xopto? to b-toc,. Re- 

 ference to lusts, adultery and justification by works suggest depen- 

 dence upon James, while the Petrine tone of the exhortation, before 

 and after the quotation, plus the probable reference to I Peter in 

 V. 1, make it more probable that he was influenced here by our 

 Epistle. 



(24) I Clem. 61 ; 3 I Pt. 2 ; 25 

 ap)(i£p£coi; xai TrpocTa-u-ou twv dtu- xoiixsva xoci sracrxoTJOv 'zmv cpux^*"^ 



This parallel is close both in thought and form of expression. 

 The balancing of ap/tpsco? with 7rpoG--aTOu, corresponds exactly with 

 7iOi[x£va and otCtxotcov, while both are followed by the possessive 

 genetive 'hu/m. 



(25) • I Clem. 64 ; 1 I Pt. 5 ; 10 



6 zyCkzi6L\i.tvoc . . . Yjfj.a^ Bi' auTou 6 xaT^saa^ . . . sv XpiaToS 



The membrans of the parallel are introduced by " 6 " with an 

 aorist participle of antecedent action. This identical construction 

 of synonymous participles being followed by a phrase expressing 

 Christ as means or agent is indeed suggestive. 



(26) I Clem. 64 ; 2 I Pt. 2 ; 10 



zic, Xaov Tcspioudiov . . . ap^ispso)? paailsiov i£paTSLi|j-a . . . XaLoc, zic, 



XSpiXOtYllTtV 



The " royal priesthood " of believers would very naturally suggest 

 that Christ himself was the great " high priest." 



