Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians

and again, "When ye shall have done all things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; "[85]

Cyprian Epistle XXVI

But some who are of the lapsed have lately written to me, and are humble and meek and trembling and fearing God, and who have always laboured in the Church gloriously and liberally, and who have never made a boast of their labour to the Lord, knowing that He has said, "When ye shall have done all these things, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do."[6]

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Old Testament