1 Clement 33:1-15
1What shall we do, then, brethren?
2Shall we become slothful in well-doing, and cease from the practice of love?
3God forbid that any such course should be followed by us!
4But rather let us hasten with all energy and readiness of mind to perform every good work.
5For the Creator and Lord of all Himself rejoices in His works.
6For by His infinitely great power He established the heavens, and by His incomprehensible wisdom He adorned them.
7He also divided the earth from the water which surrounds it, and fixed it upon the immoveable foundation of His own will.
8The animals also which are upon it He commanded by His own word into existence.
9So likewise, when He had formed the sea, and the living creatures which are in it, He enclosed them [within their proper bounds] by His own power.
10Above all, with His holy and undefiled hands He formed man, the most excellent [of His creatures], and truly great through the understanding given him--the express likeness of His own image.
11For thus says God: "Let us make man in Our image, and after Our likeness.
12So God made man; male and female He created them."
13Having thus finished all these things, He approved them, and blessed them, and said, "Increase and multiply."
14We see, then, how all righteous men have been adorned with good works, and how the Lord Himself, adorning Himself with His works, rejoiced.
15Having therefore such an example, let us without delay accede to His will, and let us work the work of righteousness with our whole strength.