{"ps-clem-virginibus/1.10.5":{"o":"ἐν γὰρ χερσὶ τοῦ ἀεργοῦ ἄκανθαι φύονται, καί· ὁδοὶ ἀεργῶν ἐστρωμέναι ἀκάνθαις.","t":"For “in the hands of the idle thorns grow,” and, “the ways of the idle are strewn with thorns.”","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.10.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-10-5)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.11.1":{"o":"τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν οἱ μηδὲν ἐργαζόμενοι, ἀλλὰ περιεργαζόμενοι, καταλαλοῦντες","t":"Such are those who do no work but are busybodies, slandering","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.11.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-11-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.11.10":{"o":"πλὴν εἰ εἴληφας χάρισμα πνευματικὸν καὶ λόγον σοφίας ἢ γνώσεως ἢ διδασκαλίας ἢ προφητείας ἢ διακονίας, εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς ὁ πάμπλουτος, ὁ θεὸς ὁ διδοὺς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις καὶ μὴ ὀνειδίζων... χάρισμα ἔχεις παρὰ κυρίου, διακόνησον τοῖς πνευματικοῖς, τοῖς γινώσκουσιν, ὅτι ἃ λέγεις κυρίου ἐστίν, εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ ἀδελφότητος, ἐν πάσῃ ταπεινοφροσύνῃ καὶ πραότητι, ὅπερ ἐστὶν καλὸν καὶ ὠφέλιμον τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.","t":"But if you have received a spiritual gift, and a word of wisdom or knowledge or teaching or prophecy or service, blessed be God, the all-rich, God who gives to all men and does not reproach… You have a gift from the Lord: serve the spiritual, who know that what you say is the Lord’s, for the building up of the brotherhood in Christ, in all humility and meekness, which is good and profitable to men.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.11.10 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-11-10)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.11.2":{"o":"καὶ φλυαροῦντες ἐν ἀφοβίᾳ θεοῦ. πρὸς τούτοις δὲ καὶ προπετεῖς εἰσιν ἐν λόγοις ἀσυναρτήτοις, προφάσει δῆθεν διδασκαλίας,","t":"and chattering without the fear of God. Besides this they are rash in incoherent words, on the pretext, forsooth, of teaching,","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.11.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-11-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.11.3":{"o":"μὴ νοοῦντες μήτε ἃ λέγουσι μήτε περὶ τίνων διαβεβαιοῦνται.","t":"understanding neither what they say nor what they confidently affirm.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.11.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-11-3)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.11.5":{"o":"καί· εἰ ἔστι σοι σύνεσις, ἀποκρίθητι τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου· εἰ δὲ μήγε, χεῖρα ἐπίθες ἐπὶ τῷ στόματί σου. εἰ δὲ καιρὸς τοῦ λαλεῖν, καλὸν εἰπεῖν λόγον ἐν καιρῷ.","t":"And: “If you have understanding, answer your brother; but if not, put your hand on your mouth.” And if it is the time to speak, it is good to say a word in season.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.11.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-11-5)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.11.6":{"o":"φησὶ γάρ· ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν εἴη πάντοτε ἅλατι ἠρτυμένος, εἰδέναι πῶς δεῖ ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ἀποκρίνεσθαι. πᾶς γὰρ λόγος ἔγκοπος καὶ ὁ προσθεὶς γνῶσιν προστίθησιν ἄλγημα. ὁ δὲ προπετὴς χείλεσιν ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κακά· διὰ ἀπαιδευσίαν γὰρ γλώσσης ἐπέρχονται ὀργαί. ὁ δὲ ἄκακος τηρεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γλῶσσαν ὡς ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν.","t":"For it says, “Let your speech always be seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each one.” For every word is wearisome, and “he who adds knowledge adds sorrow.” But “the one rash with his lips will fall into evils”; for “through an undisciplined tongue anger comes.” But the innocent keeps his tongue as one who loves his own soul.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.11.6 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-11-6)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.11.7":{"o":"οἱ γὰρ τῇ κολακείᾳ χρώμενοι ἐξαπατῶσι τὰς καρδίας τῶν ἀκάκων καὶ μακαρίζοντες πλανῶσιν.","t":"For those who use flattery deceive the hearts of the innocent and lead them astray by calling them blessed.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.11.7 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-11-7)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.11.8":{"o":"φοβηθῶμεν οὖν τὸ κρῖμα τῶν διδασκάλων· περισσότερον γάρ ἐστι τῶν Λεγόντων καὶ μὴ ποιούντων τὸ κρῖμα ψευδώνυμον γνῶσιν διδασκόντων καὶ ἐμβατευόντων εἰκῇ καὶ φυσιουμένων ἀπὸ τοῦ νοὸς τῆς σαρκός, τυφλῶν τυφλοὺς ὁδηγούντων καὶ ἀμφοτέρων εἰς βόθυνον πιπτόντων. ἐκ γὰρ ἐξόδου λόγου αὐτοῦ γνωσθήσεται ἀνήρ.","t":"Let us fear, then, the judgment of teachers; for greater is the judgment of those who speak and do not do, who teach knowledge falsely so called, intrude rashly into things, and are puffed up by the mind of the flesh, blind leading the blind, and both falling into the pit. For “from the issue of his word a man will be known.”","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.11.8 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-11-8)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.12.1":{"o":"Ὅτι δὲ καλὸν τὸ ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ὀρφανοὺς καὶ χήρας ἐν τῇ θλίψει αὐτῶν καὶ πολυτέκνους πένητας, μάλιστα δὲ πρῶτον τοὺς οἰκείους τῆς πίστεως, πᾶσι πρόδηλα καὶ ἀναντίρρητά ἐστιν.","t":"That it is good to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and poor people with many children, and above all first those of the household of faith, is plain and undisputed to all.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.12.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-12-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.12.2":{"o":"Ὅτι δὲ καὶ τοῦτο καλὸν καὶ ὠφέλιμον τῇ ἐν Χριστῷ ἀδελφότητι τὸ τοὺς δαιμονιῶντας ἐπισκέπτεσθαι καὶ εὔχεσθαι ἐπάνω αὐτῶν εὐχὴν τῷ θεῷ ἀρέσκουσαν πιστῶς καὶ μὴ ἐκ συνθέσεως πολλῶν λόγων ἢ μελέτας ἐξορκισμῶν πρὸς ἐπίδειξιν ἀνθρωπαρεσκείας πρὸς τὸ φανῆναι εὐλάλους ἢ μνήμονας ἡμᾶς,","t":"And that this too is good and profitable for the brotherhood in Christ, to visit those possessed by demons and to pray over them a prayer pleasing to God, faithfully, and not with a composition of many words or practised exorcisms, for show, to please men, so as to appear eloquent or of good memory,","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.12.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-12-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.12.3":{"o":"δίκην αὐλοῦ ἠχοῦντας πρὸς τοὺς ἐνεργουμένους φλυαρίας καὶ βαττολογίας καὶ οὐκ ἐν πίστει ἀληθείας, καθὼς ἐδίδαξεν ὁ κύριος· τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ γένος, φησίν, ἐν προσευχῇ ἐκτενεῖ καὶ πίστει μετὰ νηστείας ἐξέρχεται.","t":"sounding like a flute to those possessed with chatter and babbling, and not in faith of truth, as the Lord taught: “For this kind,” he says, “comes out by earnest prayer and faith with fasting.”","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.12.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-12-3)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.12.4":{"o":"Νηφόντως οὖν τὸν κάμνοντα ἐπισκεπτώμεθα, ὡς δεῖ, ἐν πνεύματι ταπεινώσεως.","t":"Let us, then, visit the sick soberly, as we ought, in a spirit of humility.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.12.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-12-4)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.12.5":{"o":"Καλὸν οὖν τὸ συγκοπιᾶν τοῖς κάμνουσιν ἀδελφοῖς, ὡς εἴρηται, διʼ ἀγρυπνιῶν καὶ νηστειῶν καὶ εὐχῶν ἀδιαλείπτων. ἐρρέθη γὰρ ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου· Δαιμόνια ἐκβάλλετε, μετὰ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἰάσεων· δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε.","t":"It is good, then, to labour with suffering brothers, as has been said, through vigils and fasts and unceasing prayers. For it was said by the Lord: “Cast out demons,” along with the other healings; “freely you received, freely give.”","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.12.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-12-5)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.12.8":{"o":"καλή ἐστιν ἡ φιλοξενία καὶ τῷ θεῷ ἀρέσκουσα, μάλιστα πρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους τῆς πίστεως. φησὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοις· Περὶ δὲ τῆς φιλαδελφίας αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς θεοδίδακτοί ἐστε εἰς τὸ ἀγαπᾶν ἀλλήλους.","t":"Hospitality is good and pleasing to God, especially toward those of the household of faith. And it says to others too: “Concerning brotherly love you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.”","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.12.8 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-12-8)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.13.4":{"o":"ὅτι δὲ ὁ θερισμὸς πολὺς καὶ οἱ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι, δῆλον ὅτι ἐν τοῖς καιροῖς ἡμῶν λιμός ἐστιν τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι λόγον κυρίου. διὸ δεηθῶμεν τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ, ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ, ἀλλʼ ἐργάτας τοιούτους· ὀρθοτομοῦντας τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας, ἀνεπαισχύντους, ἀνεπιλήπτους, ἐργάτας πιστούς, φωστῆρας τῆς οἰκουμένης, ἐργαζομένους μὴ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν ἀπολλυμένην, ἀλλὰ τὴν μένουσαν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον· ἐργάτας τοιούτους ὡς οἱ ἀπόστολοι,.. ἐργαζομένους τὴν σωτηρίαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων.","t":"That the harvest is great and the workers few is clear, since in our times there is a famine of hearing the word of the Lord. Let us therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest, but workers such as these: rightly dividing the word of truth, unashamed, blameless, faithful workers, lights of the world, working not for the food that perishes but for that which endures to eternal life; workers like the apostles… working the salvation of men.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.13.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-13-4)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.2.1":{"o":"Ὁ γὰρ ὄντως εὐνουχίσας ἑαυτὸν διὰ τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν ἢ παρθενεύσας διὰ πάντων ὀφειλέτης ἐστὶν ἄξιον ἑαυτὸν ἀναδεῖξαι τῆς βασιλείας.","t":"For one who has truly made himself a eunuch for the sake of the kingdom of heaven, or lives as a virgin, is bound in every way to show himself worthy of the kingdom.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.2.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.2.2":{"o":"οὐ γὰρ ἐν λόγῳ ἢ σχήματι ἢ ὀνόματι ἢ γένει ἢ μορφῇ ἢ ἰσχύϊ ἢ χρόνῳ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν καταλαμβάνεται, ἀλλʼ ἐν δυνάμει πίστεως· ἐπιδεικνυμένην γὰρ πίστιν ἀπαγγελεῖ δίκαιος ἐνεργῶς. ὁ δὲ ὄντως δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεως πίστιν ἔχει ἐνεργῆ, πίστιν αὐξάνουσαν, πίστιν πεπληροφορημένην, πίστιν φωτίζουσαν ἐν τοῖς καλοῖς ἔργοις, ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ τῶν ὅλων θεός.","t":"For the kingdom of heaven is not attained by word, or appearance, or name, or race, or form, or strength, or age, but by the power of faith; for the righteous man will declare faith shown actively. The one who is truly righteous by faith has active faith, growing faith, faith fully assured, faith shining in good works, so that the God of all may be glorified.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.2.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.2.3":{"o":"ὁ γὰρ ὄντως φιλόπτωχος ἀκούει τοῦ λέγοντος· Ἐλεημοσύναι καὶ πίστις μὴ ἐκλειπέτωσάν σε· ἄφαψαι δὲ αὐτὰς ἐπὶ 〈τῷ〉 σῷ τραχήλῳ, καὶ εὑρήσεις χάριν· καὶ προνοοῦ καλὰ ἐνώπιον κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων.","t":"For the one who truly loves the poor listens to the one who says, “Let not almsgiving and faith fail you; bind them about your neck, and you will find favour”; and, “Provide good things before the Lord and before men.”","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.2.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-3)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.2.4":{"o":"Ὀδοὶ δικαίων ὁμοίως φωτὶ λάμπουσιν, προπορεύονται καὶ φωτίζουσιν, ἕως κατορθώσῃ ἡ ἡμέρα.","t":"“The ways of the righteous shine like light; they go before and give light until the day is fully established.”","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.2.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-4)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.2.5":{"o":"χρὴ οὖν τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἄνθρωπον ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ καὶ λόγῳ ἐξηρτύσθαι καὶ κοσμεῖσθαι καὶ εὐχημόνως καὶ κατὰ τάξιν πάντα πράττειν πρὸς ὑποτύπωσιν τῶν αὐτῷ πειθομένων.","t":"The man of God, then, must be equipped and adorned in every good work and word, and do everything decently and in order, as a pattern for those who obey him.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.2.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-5)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.3.1":{"o":"ὁ γὰρ ἡγούμενος ἐκ τοῦ ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ προηγεῖσθαι καλεῖται ἡγούμενος. ὄνομα γὰρ ψιλὸν οὐκ εἰσάγει εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.","t":"For the one who leads is called a leader from leading the way in action. A bare name does not bring one into the kingdom of heaven.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.3.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-3-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.3.2":{"o":"ὁ νεανίσκος τοίνυν, τουτέστιν ὁ ἑαυτὸν εὐνουχίσας διὰ τὴν βασιλείαν, καὶ ἡ παρθένος, ἐὰν μὴ κατὰ πάντα τοιοῦτοι ὦσιν, ὥσπερ οἱ ἀληθινοὶ μιμηταὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, οὐ δύνανται σωθῆναι.","t":"The young man, then, that is, the one who has made himself a eunuch for the kingdom, and the virgin, cannot be saved unless they are such in every respect as the true imitators of Christ.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.3.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-3-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.3.3":{"o":"τὸ γὰρ λέγεσθαι παρθένον καὶ τὰς ἀρετὰς μὴ ἔχειν ἀναλόγους καὶ οἰκείους καὶ ἁρμοζούσας τῇ παρθένῳ, μωρὰν τὴν τοιαύτην παρθενίαν ἔφησεν ὁ κύριος· ἀφεγγὴς γὰρ οὖσα καὶ ἀνέλαιος ἔξω τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐκκλείεται. νυμφίου χαρᾶς στερηθεῖσα, καὶ μετὰ τῶν μισούντων τὸν νυμφίον λογισθήσεται· δοκεῖ γὰρ εἶναί τι ἡ ἄπρακτος μηδὲν οὖσα, καὶ φρεναπατᾷ ἑαυτήν.","t":"For to be called a virgin and not to have the virtues corresponding, proper, and fitting to a virgin, such virginity the Lord called foolish: being without light and without oil, it is shut out of the kingdom of heaven, deprived of the joy of the bridegroom, and will be counted with those who hate the bridegroom. For she thinks herself something while she is nothing, doing nothing, and deceives herself.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.3.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-3-3)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.3.4":{"o":"τὸ δὲ ἔργον ἑαυτοῦ δοκιμαζέτω ἕκαστος καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἐπιγινωσκέτω, ὅτι θρησκεία ἐστὶν μάταιος· παρθενίαν καὶ ἐγκράτειαν ὁμολογοῦντες ἔχειν, τὴν δὲ δύναμιν αὐτῆς ἠρνημένοι.","t":"But let each one test his own work and know himself, that such religion is vain: professing to have virginity and continence, but having denied its power.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.3.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-3-4)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.3.5":{"o":"καὶ ὁ τοιοῦτος τὴν ἁγνείαν ἐγκομβοῦται ἐν τῷ ἁγνῷ φόβῳ κυρίου.","t":"And such a one clothes himself with chastity in the pure fear of the Lord.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.3.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-3-5)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.3.6":{"o":"καὶ ὁ ἀληθῶς ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου κυρίου τὰς σάρκας προσηλώσας ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου κυρίου παρῃτήσατο τὸ αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε, καὶ παρῃτήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἄνθρωπος ἐν τῷ μέρει τούτῳ, τάς τε τοῦ κόσμου μερίμνας καὶ ἀπάτας καὶ ἡδονὰς καὶ κραιπάλας καὶ μέθας καὶ συγχύσεις Βαβυλωνίας καὶ πάντα τὰ βιωτικὰ ἠρνήσατο, καὶ ἀπετάξατο τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ τοῖς τοῦ κόσμου δικτύοις καὶ συμπλοκαῖς καὶ παγίσιν, καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς βαδίζων τὸ πολίτευμα ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἠγάπησεν ἔχειν.","t":"And the one who has truly nailed his flesh from the fear of the Lord has, from the fear of the Lord, renounced “Increase and multiply,” and renounced being a man in this respect; he has denied the cares and deceits and pleasures of the world, its debauchery, drunkenness, and Babylonian confusions, and all the things of this life; he has bidden farewell to the world and to its nets, entanglements, and snares, and while walking on earth has loved to have his citizenship in heaven.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.3.6 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-3-6)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.4.1":{"o":"Τῶν γὰρ κρειττόνων ὀρεγόμενος τῷ κόσμῳ ἀπετάξατο, ἵνα ζήσῃ βίον θεῖον, οὐράνιον, ἀγγελικόν, ἐν θρησκείᾳ καθαρᾷ καὶ ἀμιάντῳ καὶ ἁγίᾳ ἐν πνεύματι θεοῦ, θεῷ λατρεύων παντοκράτορι διὰ τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.","t":"For, reaching after better things, he has bidden farewell to the world, so as to live a divine, heavenly, angelic life, in pure, undefiled, and holy religion in the Spirit of God, serving God Almighty for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.4.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-4-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.4.2":{"o":"διʼ ἣν καὶ ἀπετάξατο τῷ τῆς σαρκὸς φρονήματι.","t":"For its sake he has also bidden farewell to the mind of the flesh.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.4.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-4-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.5.2":{"o":"ἀγώνισαι νομίμως ἀθλῆσαι, ἵνα τὸν στέφανον, ὃν ᾑρήσω, ἀπολάβῃς καὶ στεφανηφόρος πομπεύσῃς εἰς τὴν ἄνω Ἱερουσαλήμ.","t":"Contend lawfully to compete, so that you may receive the crown you have chosen and march wearing the crown into the Jerusalem above.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.5.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-5-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.5.3":{"o":"ἀγωνισώμεθα νικῆσαι τὴν σάρκα καὶ τὸ ταύτης φρόνημα ἐν πνεύματι θεοῦ. νικήσωμεν τὸν σατανᾶν, τὸν δράκοντα ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντι ἡμᾶς Χριστῷ.","t":"Let us contend to conquer the flesh and its mind in the Spirit of God. Let us conquer Satan, the dragon, in Christ who strengthens us.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.5.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-5-3)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.5.4":{"o":"ἄρωμεν τὸν σταυρὸν καὶ ἀκολουθήσωμεν τῷ νικοποιῷ Ἰησοῦ. ἀγωνισώμεθα δραμεῖν εὐθέως καὶ πεποιθότως, ἵνα καταλάβωμεν τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως ἐν Χριστῷ.","t":"Let us take up the cross and follow the victory-bringing Jesus. Let us contend to run straight and confidently, so that we may lay hold of the prize of the upward call in Christ.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.5.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-5-4)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.5.5":{"o":"πᾶς γὰρ ὁ τρέχων πεπληροφορημένως καὶ οὐκ ἀδήλως καταλαμβάνει τὸν στέφανον τῆς ἀποταγῆς καὶ τῆς ἁγνείας τὸν πολύμοχθον καὶ πολύμισθον πλοῦτον. μέγα οὖν ἐστιν ἐν ἁγνείᾳ μένειν... χρὴ δὲ καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς ἀρετάς, καθὼς εἴρηται, ἀναλόγους ἔχειν τῇ παρθενίᾳ. ὅτι ἡ παρθενία ἀνωτέρα ἐστὶν πάντων.","t":"For everyone who runs with full assurance and not uncertainly lays hold of the crown of renunciation and the much-laboured and richly rewarded wealth of chastity. It is a great thing, then, to remain in chastity… But one must also, as has been said, have the other virtues corresponding to virginity; for virginity is higher than all.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.5.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-5-5)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.6.1":{"o":"Παρθένου γὰρ μήτρα ἐκύησε τὸν θεὸν λόγον. ἐκ τούτου γνῶθι τὴν δόξαν τῆς παρθενίας. οἱ γὰρ ἀφιερούμενοι τῷ θεῷ μιμηταὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ γίνονται.","t":"For a virgin’s womb conceived God the Word. From this learn the glory of virginity. For those consecrated to God become imitators of Christ.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.6.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-6-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.6.2":{"o":"γίνου ὡς Ἰωάννης ὁ τοῦ Χριστοῦ πρόδρομος, ὁ ἁγνὸς τοῦ κυρίου ἄγγελος.","t":"Be like John, the forerunner of Christ, the pure messenger of the Lord;","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.6.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-6-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.6.3":{"o":"καὶ ὡς Ἰωάννης ὁ ἐπιστήθιος τοῦ κυρίου, ὃν καὶ ἐφίλει ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὡς ἁγνόν.","t":"and like John who leaned on the Lord’s breast, whom Jesus loved as pure.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.6.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-6-3)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.6.4":{"o":"Παῦλος καὶ Βαρνάβας καὶ Τιμόθεος τὸν δρόμον τῆς ἁγνείας καὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα ἀσπίλως ἐτέλεσαν, ὡς ἀληθῶς μιμηταὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ.","t":"Paul and Barnabas and Timothy finished the course of chastity and the contest spotlessly, as true imitators of Christ.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.6.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-6-4)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.6.5":{"o":"ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἡλιοῦ καὶ Ἐλισσαίου καὶ ἄλλων πολλῶν τὸν βίον τοιοῦτον εὑρήσεις ἁγνὸν καὶ ἄμωμον. εἰ οὖν τούτους θέλεις μιμήσασθαι, δυνατῶς μιμοῦ πρεσβυτέρους, ὧν ἀναθεωροῦντες, φησίν, τὴν ἔκβασιν τῆς ἀναστροφῆς μιμεῖσθε καὶ τὴν πίστιν. καὶ τό· μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε, καθὼς κἀγὼ Χριστοῦ.","t":"And you will find the life of Elijah and Elisha and many others to have been likewise chaste and blameless. If, then, you wish to imitate these, imitate the elders strongly, of whom it says, “Considering the outcome of their way of life, imitate their faith”; and, “Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.”","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.6.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-6-5)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.7.1":{"o":"Οἱ τοῦ Χριστοῦ μιμηταὶ δυνατῶς μιμοῦνται αὐτόν. οὕτω γὰρ ἀγωνιζόμενοι δυνηθήσεσθε ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἐμμορφώσασθαι τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν πᾶσιν, ἐν βίῳ, ἐν ἀναστροφῇ, ἐν προθέσει, ἐν λόγῳ, ἐν ἔργῳ, ἐν ὑπομονῇ, ἐν ἀνδρείᾳ, ἐν φρονήσει, ἐν σωφροσύνῃ, ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ἐν μακροθυμίᾳ, ἐν ἀνεξικακίᾳ, ἐν εὐσεβείᾳ, ἐν ὁσιότητι, ἐν ἐγκρατείᾳ, ἐν πίστει, ἐν ἐλπίδι, ἐν ἀγάπῃ τελειοτάτῃ πρὸς θεόν.","t":"The imitators of Christ imitate him strongly. For contending thus you will be able truly to form in yourselves the image of Christ in all things: in life, in conduct, in purpose, in word, in deed, in endurance, in courage, in prudence, in temperance, in righteousness, in long-suffering, in forbearance, in piety, in holiness, in continence, in faith, in hope, in most perfect love toward God.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.7.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-7-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.7.2":{"o":"ἡ γὰρ ὄντως εὐνουχία καὶ ἡ ὄντως παρθενία ἐν κυρίῳ ἁγία ἐστὶν τῷ σώματι καὶ τῷ πνεύματι, ἀπερισπάστως καὶ εὐπαρέδρως τῷ κυρίῳ λατρεύουσα ἐν πνεύματι θεοῦ, καθαρῶς καὶ ἀμιάντως ἀρέσκουσα τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἀεὶ μεριμνῶσα, πῶς ἀρέσει αὐτῷ.","t":"For true eunuchhood and true virginity in the Lord is holy in body and spirit, serving the Lord without distraction and with devotion in the Spirit of God, pleasing the Lord purely and undefiled, and always anxious how to please him.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.7.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-7-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.7.3":{"o":"Καὶ ἐν πνεύματί ἐστιν πρὸς τὸν κύριον, καθὼς γέγραπται· Ἅγιοι ἔσεσθε, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἅγιός εἰμι, λέγει κύριος.","t":"And it is in spirit toward the Lord, as it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy, says the Lord.”","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.7.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-7-3)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.8.1":{"o":"Οὐ γὰρ μόνον ὀνόματι ψιλῷ ἅγιός ἐστιν, ἀλλʼ ἐν παντὶ ἅγιός ἐστιν τῷ σώματι καὶ τῷ πνεύματι.","t":"For one is holy not by a bare name only, but is holy in everything, in body and spirit.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.8.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-8-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.8.2":{"o":"ἅτινά εἰσιν πορνεία, ἀκαθαρσία, 〈ἀσέλγεια〉, εἰδωλολατρεία, φαρμακεία, ἔχθραι, ἔρεις, ζῆλοι, θυμοί, ἐριθεῖαι, καταλαλιαί, διχοστασίαι, φθόνοι, φόνοι, μέθαι, κῶμοι, εὐτραπελία, μωρολογία, γέλως, ἀφροσύνη, σκώμματα, ψιθυρισμοί, πικρία, ὀργή, κραυγή, βλασφημίαι, φλυαρίαι, κακίαι, ἐφευρήσεις κακῶν, ἐπιορκίαι, πολυλογίαι, πλοκολογίαι, βαττολογίαι, μοχθισμοί, βαναυσίαι, διαπαρατριβαί, προσκλήσεις, βλακεῖαι,","t":"… which are sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, slanders, dissensions, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, coarse joking, foolish talk, laughter, folly, mockeries, whisperings, bitterness, wrath, clamour, blasphemies, idle talk, malice, inventions of evil, perjuries, much speaking, tangled talk, babbling, toilsomeness, vulgarities, quarrellings, lawsuits, stupidities,","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.8.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-8-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.8.3":{"o":"τύφος, φυσίωσις γένους, μορφῆς, χώρας, πλούτου, ἀνδρείας σαρκίνης, λόγου, ἐριθεία μετὰ φιλονεικίας, μῖσος, μνησικακία, ὀξυχολία, μῆνις, δόλος, ἀνταπόδοσις, γαστριμαργία, ἀπληστία, πλεονεξία ἥτις ἐστὶν εἰδωλολατρεία, φιλαργυρία ἡ ῥίζα πάντων τῶν κακῶν, φιλοκοσμία, κενοδοξία, φιλαρχία, αὐθάδεια, θράσος, ἀλαζονεία ἣ καλεῖται λοιμότης, ὑπερηφανία ᾗ ὁ θεὸς ἀντιτάσσεται.","t":"pride, puffing up over birth, beauty, country, wealth, bodily strength, eloquence; rivalry with contentiousness, hatred, bearing grudges, quick temper, wrath, deceit, retaliation, gluttony, insatiability, covetousness, which is idolatry, love of money, the root of all evils, love of finery, vainglory, love of power, self-will, rashness, boastfulness, which is called pestilence, arrogance, which God opposes.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.8.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-8-3)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.8.4":{"o":"ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τούτοις ὅμοια ὅστις ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ, σαρκικός ἐστι καὶ υἱὸς τοῦ ἐναντίου. τὸ γὰρ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς σάρξ ἐστι, καὶ ὁ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ὢν τὰ τῆς γῆς λαλεῖ, τὰ τῆς γῆς ἔργα φρονῶν. τὸ γὰρ φρόνημα τῆς σαρκὸς ἔχθρα εἰς θεόν ἐστιν· τῷ γὰρ νόμῳ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐχ ὑποτάσσεται, οὐδὲ γὰρ δύναται. καὶ ἐν τῷ τοιούτῳ οὐκ οἰκεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ·","t":"Whoever has these and the like in himself is fleshly and a son of the adversary. For “what is born of the flesh is flesh,” and “he who is of the earth speaks of the earth,” thinking earthly things. “For the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor can it be.” And in such a one the Spirit of God does not dwell.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.8.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-8-4)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.8.5":{"o":"οὐ μὴ γὰρ καταμείνῃ, φησίν, τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τούτοις εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτοὺς σάρκας. εἴ τις τοίνυν πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ οὐκ ἔχει, οὗτος οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ.","t":"“For my Spirit shall not abide,” it says, “in these men for ever, because they are flesh.” If, then, anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.8.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-8-5)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.9.1":{"o":"Ὁ γὰρ πνεῦμα θεοῦ ἔχων πνεύματι θεοῦ στοιχεῖ καὶ πνεύματι θεοῦ τὰς πράξεις τοῦ σώματος θανατοῖ καὶ ζῇ τῷ θεῷ, ὑποπιάζων καὶ δουλαγωγῶν τὴν σάρκα.","t":"For the one who has the Spirit of God walks by the Spirit of God, and by the Spirit of God puts to death the deeds of the body, and lives to God, buffeting and bringing the flesh into subjection.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.9.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-9-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.9.2":{"o":"ἐν γὰρ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν φρόνημα σαρκικόν, ἀλλὰ πάντες οἱ καρποὶ τοῦ πνεύματος οἱ σωτήριοι, ἐν οἷς οἰκεῖ ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἐμπεριπατεῖ.","t":"For in the man of God there is no fleshly mind, but all the saving fruits of the Spirit, in whom God dwells and walks.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.9.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-9-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.9.3":{"o":"ἐν οἷς φαίνονται ὡς φωστῆρες ἐν κόσμῳ, λόγον ζωῆς ἐπέχοντες ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ καύχημα καὶ δόξα τῆς εὐσεβείας ὑπάρχοντες.","t":"In them they shine as lights in the world, holding forth the word of life, being truly the boast and glory of piety.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.9.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-9-3)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/1.9.4":{"o":"... ἵνα πᾶς ὁ ὁρῶν ὑμᾶς ἐπιγνώσηται, ὅτι σπέρμα εὐλογημένον ἐστὲ ὑπὸ κυρίου, ἀληθῶς σπέρμα ἔντιμον, βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, ἔθνος ἅγιον, λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν θεοῦ, κληρονόμοι ἀφθάρτων καὶ ἀμαράντων ἐπαγγελιῶν, ὧν ὀφθαλμὸς οὐκ ἴδεν καὶ οὖς οὐκ ἤκουσεν καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπων οὐκ ἀνέβη, ἃ ἡτοίμασεν ὁ θεὸς τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτὸν καὶ φυλάττουσιν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ.","t":"… so that everyone who sees you may know that you are a seed blessed by the Lord, truly a precious seed, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession, heirs of incorruptible and unfading promises, which eye has not seen and ear has not heard and have not entered the heart of men, which God has prepared for those who love him and keep his commandments.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 1.9.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/1-9-4)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.10.1":{"o":"Ὁμοίως καὶ περὶ τοῦ Δαυὶδ οὐ πεπαίδευσαι, ὃν καὶ εὗρεν ὁ θεὸς ἄνδρα κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, πῶς μορφὴν γυναικός, λέγω δὴ τῆς Βηρσαβεέ, ἐπιθυμήσας πόσοις κακοῖς περιέπεσε; ταύτην γὰρ ἰδὼν ὁ ἅγιος ἀληθῶς λουομένην, ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ τῆς μορφῆς αὐτῆς γενόμενος,","t":"Likewise have you not been instructed about David, whom God found a man after his own heart, how, desiring the form of a woman, I mean Bathsheba, he fell into so many evils? For the truly holy man, seeing her bathing, coming into desire for her beauty,","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.10.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-10-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.10.2":{"o":"πόσην κακίαν ὁ παμμέγιστος ἀνὴρ κατειργάσατο; καὶ ἥμαρτεν εἰς θεὸν οὐ μόνον τῇ μοιχείᾳ περιπεσὼν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς ἀναιρεθῆναι κελεύσας. ὁρᾷς, πόσην δραματουργίαν κακίας ἐτελεσιούργησε διὰ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ὁ χριστὸς κυρίου Δαυίδ;","t":"how much evil did that very great man work? And he sinned against God, not only falling into adultery but also ordering her husband to be killed. Do you see what a drama of evil David, the anointed of the Lord, carried out because of desire?","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.10.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-10-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.10.3":{"o":"παιδευθῶμεν τοῦ μὴ ἐπιθυμεῖν. εἰ γὰρ οἱ τηλικοῦτοι ἄνδρες διὰ γυναικῶν ἑάλωσαν, πῶς ἡμεῖς οἱ ἀνίσχυες μετὰ τῆς ἑαυτῶν πτώσεως διαπορευόμενοι καὶ ἐν μέσῳ παγίδων διαβαίνοντες ἐκφευξώμεθα;","t":"Let us learn not to desire. For if such great men were caught through women, how shall we, the weak, who go along with our own frailty and pass through the midst of snares, escape?","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.10.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-10-3)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.11.1":{"o":"Ὁμοίως καὶ ὁ Ἀμνὼν διὰ τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτοῦ Θήμαρ ἀνῃρέθη κακῶς.","t":"Likewise Amnon too was wickedly killed because of his sister Tamar.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.11.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-11-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.12.1":{"o":"Ὡσαύτως καὶ ὁ Σολομὼν ἔχων σοφίαν καὶ φρόνησιν καὶ χῦμα καρδίας καὶ πλοῦτον καὶ δόξαν πολλὴν ὑπὲρ πάντας ἀνθρώπους, καὶ οὗτος διὰ γυναικῶν ἀπώλετο καὶ ἀποστάτης ἐγένετο ἀπὸ κυρίου διὰ γυναῖκας.","t":"In the same way Solomon, having wisdom and understanding and largeness of heart and wealth and great glory above all men, he too was ruined through women and became an apostate from the Lord because of women.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.12.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-12-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.13.1":{"o":"Οἱ πρεσβύτεροι οἱ κατὰ Σωσάνναν κριταὶ διὰ τὸ ἐνδελεχίζειν καὶ καταμανθάνειν κάλλος ἀλλότριον εἰς τὸ πέλαγος τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἐμπεσόντες ἐπανέστησαν τῇ μακαρίᾳ Σωσάννῃ.","t":"The elders who were judges in the matter of Susanna, through persisting and gazing at another’s beauty, fell into the sea of desire and rose up against the blessed Susanna.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.13.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-13-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.2.5":{"o":"χρὴ οὖν.. εἰλῆσαι τὰς ἑαυτῶν χεῖρας τῷ ἑαυτῶν ἱματίῳ. ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες μετὰ αἰδοῦς ὀρθῶς βλέποντες σωφρόνως τε καὶ σεμνῶς ἐν κυρίῳ τὰς ἑαυτῶν δεξιὰς περικεκαλυμμένας ἔχοντες τῷ ἑαυτῶν ἱματίῳ ἀποχωρισθῶσιν.","t":"They must, then, … wrap their hands in their own garment. And likewise the men, looking rightly with modesty, soberly and gravely in the Lord, having their right hands covered by their own garment, are to withdraw.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.2.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-2-5)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.3.2":{"o":"ὅλως γὰρ ἀναρμόδιόν ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ ἀσκῆσαι βουλομένῳ μετὰ γυναικὸς ἐσθίειν ἢ πίνειν ἢ ὑπὸ γυναικὸς ὑπηρετεῖσθαι ἢ προνοεῖν γυναικῶν ἢ ὅλως ἔχειν μετʼ αὐτῶν γνῶσιν. ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ κανονικαῖς ἀνάρμοστόν ἐστι συνδυάζειν μετὰ ἀνδρῶν, πρὸς τὸ μηδένα σκανδαλίζεσθαι διʼ ἡμῶν, ἀλλʼ ἵνα ὦμεν πᾶσιν ἀπρόσκοποι· εἰδότες γάρ, φησίν, τὸν φόβον τοῦ κυρίου ἀνθρώπους πείθομεν, θεῷ δὲ πεφανερώμεθα.","t":"For it is altogether unfitting for a man who wishes to practise asceticism to eat or drink with a woman, or to be served by a woman, or to provide for women, or to have any acquaintance with them at all. Likewise it is unfitting for women under the canon to associate with men, so that no one may be scandalized through us, but that we may be without offence to all. “For knowing,” it says, “the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are manifest to God.”","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.3.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-3-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.5.1":{"o":"χρὴ οὖν ὡς ἀπὸ προσώπου ὄφεως καὶ ἁμαρτίας μεγάλης φεύγειν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.","t":"One must, then, flee from them as from the face of a serpent and of great sin.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.5.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-5-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.6.1":{"o":"Χρὴ οὖν τὸν βουλόμενον τὴν ἀγγελικὴν ταύτην τοῦ μονήρους βίου ἀσκῆσαι πολιτείαν κτήσασθαι τὴν φρόνησιν τοῦ ὄφεως καὶ τὸ ἀκέραιον τῆς περιστερᾶς, ἵνα συνιῇ ἐν παντί, τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ καλὸν καὶ εὐάρεστον καὶ τέλειον, ἵνα δοξασθῇ ἐν πᾶσιν ὁ θεὸς διὰ τῆς θεοσεβοῦς ἡμῶν τάξεως καὶ εἰλικρινοῦς πολιτείας·","t":"One who wishes to practise this angelic way of life of the solitary life must therefore acquire the wisdom of the serpent and the innocence of the dove, so as to understand in everything what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God, that God may be glorified in all things through our God-fearing order and sincere way of life;","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.6.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-6-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.6.2":{"o":"ἵνα οἱ ὁρῶντες ἡμᾶς ἐπιγνῶσιν, ὅτι σπέρμα εὐλογημένον ἅγιόν ἐσμεν, υἱοὶ θεοῦ ζῶντος ἐν παντὶ λόγῳ, αἰδοῖ, πραότητι, ἀγωγῇ, προσοχῇ. διὸ ἐν μηδενὶ λόγῳ ὁμοιωθῶμεν τοῖς κοσμικοῖς κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον.","t":"so that those who see us may know that we are a blessed and holy seed, sons of the living God, in every word, in modesty, meekness, conduct, attentiveness. Therefore let us in no word be like worldly people, in any way.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.6.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-6-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.6.5":{"o":"οὕτως τοίνυν καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος τύπος γινέσθω τοῦ ποιμνίου ἐν πάσῃ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀναστροφῇ ἁγίᾳ, ὁσίως καὶ δικαίως πολιτευόμενος, τηρῶν ὅσα ἐστὶν ἁγνά, ὅσα σεμνά, εἴ τις ἀρετὴ καὶ εἴ τις ἔπαινος, εἴ τις εὔφημος ὠφελείας διόρθωσις, γινέσθω παρʼ αὐτοῦ.","t":"So too, then, let the leader be a pattern for the flock in all righteousness and holy conduct, living holily and justly, keeping whatever things are pure, whatever are honourable; if there is any virtue and if any praise, if any well-spoken correction for benefit, let it come from him.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.6.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-6-5)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.8.1":{"o":"πῶς δὲ καὶ ἡ Αἰγυπτία; οὐ τὴν μορφὴν τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ ἐπεπόθησε σαρκὸς πόθῳ τοῦ ὄντως σεμνοτάτου; καὶ τούτου μὴ ἐπινεύσαντος ἐκπληρῶσαι τὴν αὐτῆς ἐπιθυμίαν, εἰς θλίψεις καὶ ἀνάγκας διὰ τῆς ψευδηγορίας τὸν εὐσεβῆ περιέπειρεν ἕως θανάτου.","t":"And how did the Egyptian woman act? Did she not desire the form of Joseph, the truly most chaste, with fleshly desire? And when he did not consent to fulfil her desire, by her false accusation she brought the godly man into afflictions and distresses even to death.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.8.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-8-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.8.2":{"o":"ὁρᾷς, ὅτι ὁ ἐνδελεχισμὸς τῆς σαρκὸς τῆς Αἰγυπτίας πόσην κατειργάσατο τῷ δικαίῳ θλίψιν; διὰ τοῦτο οὖν πᾶσι τρόποις συμφέρει ἡμῖν ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπʼ αὐτῶν. οὐ γὰρ ἔχουσι λυσιτέλειαν αἱ αὐτῶν συντυχίαι τοῖς θέλουσιν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ τὴν ὀσφὺν περιζώσασθαι.","t":"Do you see how much affliction the Egyptian woman’s persistence of the flesh brought on the righteous man? For this reason, then, it profits us in every way to keep away from them. For meetings with them bring no profit to those who wish in truth to gird their loins.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.8.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-8-2)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.9.1":{"o":"Οὐκ ἤκουσας περὶ τοῦ Σαμψὼν τοῦ Ναζιραίου, μεθʼ οὗ πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐπορεύετο; καὶ τὸν τοιοῦτον ἅγιον γυνὴ ἀπώλεσε διὰ τῆς μοχθηρᾶς σαρκὸς καὶ ἀθεμίτου ἐπιθυμίας.","t":"Have you not heard of Samson the Nazirite, with whom the Spirit of the Lord went? Even such a holy man a woman destroyed, through wicked flesh and lawless desire.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.9.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-9-1)."},"ps-clem-virginibus/2.9.2":{"o":"διὰ τοῦτο οὐδʼ ὅλως ἐπιτρεπόμεθα μετὰ γυναικὸς καθίσαι ἢ ἔχειν συντυχίας τὸ σύνολον.","t":"For this reason we are not permitted at all to sit with a woman or to have meetings with her at all.","f":"<i>Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg.</i> 2.9.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ps-clem-virginibus/2-9-2)."}}