And now we must look also at this, that if ever those who know not how to do well, live well; for they have lighted on well-doing. Some, too, have aimed well at the word of truth through understanding. “But Abraham was not justified by works, but by faith.” It is therefore of no advantage to them after the end of life, even if they do good works now, if they have not faith.
…For the teaching of piety is a gift, but faith is grace. “For by doing the will of God we know the will of God.”
Clement of Alexandria
The Stromata, Book I
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