1 Clement inscription–24.5
Greek text: Lake, LCL 24 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0). Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885).
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0Lake, LCL 24:8
Ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ παροικοῦσα Ῥώμην τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ παροικούσῃ Κόρινθον, κλητοῖς ἡγιασμένοις ἐν θελήματι θεοῦ διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ παντοκράτορος θεοῦ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ πληθυνθείη.
Hē ekklēsia tou theou hē paroikousa Rhōmēn tę̄ ekklēsią tou theou tę̄ paroikousę̄ Korinthon, klētois hēgiasmenois en thelēmati theou dia tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou. charis hymin kai eirēnē apo pantokratoros theou dia Iēsou Christou plēthyntheiē.
The church of God that sojourns at Rome, to the church of God that sojourns at Corinth, to those who are called and sanctified by the will of God through our Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace from almighty God through Jesus Christ be multiplied.
1 Pet 1:2 (echo, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 1:2 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The church at Rome greets the church at Corinth.
- The letter names no author. From Dionysius of Corinth (ca. 170) on, tradition attributes it to Clement, a leader of the Roman church.
- “Sojourns” (παροικοῦσα): see the note on Pol. Phil. 0.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing iota subscript)): τῆ ἐκκλησίᾳ → τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. inscr. (Lake, LCL 24:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/0).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
Chapter 1
1.1Lake, LCL 24:8
Διὰ τὰς αἰφνιδίους καὶ ἐπαλλήλους γενομένας ἡμῖν συμφορὰς καὶ περιπτώσεις, βράδιον νομίζομεν ἐπιστροφὴν πεποιῆσθαι περὶ τῶν ἐπιζητουμένων παρʼ ὑμῖν πραγμάτων, ἀγαπητοί, τῆς τε ἀλλοτρίας καὶ ξένης τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς τοῦ θεοῦ, μιαρᾶς καὶ ἀνοσίου στάσεως ἣν ὀλίγα πρόσωπα προπετῆ καὶ αὐθάδη ὑπάρχοντα εἰς τοσοῦτον ἀπονοίας ἐξέκαυσαν, ὥστε τὸ σεμνὸν καὶ περιβόητον καὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἀξιαγάπητον ὄνομα ὑμῶν μεγάλως βλασφημηθῆναι.
Dia tas aiphnidious kai epallēlous genomenas hēmin symphoras kai periptōseis, bradion nomizomen epistrophēn pepoiēsthai peri tōn epizētoumenōn parʼ hymin pragmatōn, agapētoi, tēs te allotrias kai xenēs tois eklektois tou theou, miaras kai anosiou staseōs hēn oliga prosōpa propetē kai authadē hyparchonta eis tosouton aponoias exekausan, hōste to semnon kai periboēton kai pasin anthrōpois axiagapēton onoma hymōn megalōs blasphēmēthēnai.
Because of the sudden and repeated misfortunes and calamities that have befallen us, we think we have been rather slow in turning our attention to the matters in dispute among you, beloved: the strange and alien faction, foul and unholy and hateful to God's elect, which a few rash and self-willed persons have kindled to such a pitch of madness that your venerable and famous name, worthy of everyone's love, has been greatly blasphemed.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Roman church apologizes for its delay in addressing the revolt at Corinth.
- “Misfortunes and calamities”: often taken as a persecution in Rome (perhaps under Domitian), but the letter does not say.
- “Faction” (στάσις): revolt, sedition; the letter's key word for the Corinthian dispute, in which some younger members removed their presbyters (44.6; 47.6).
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 1.1 (Lake, LCL 24:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/1-1).
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1.2Lake, LCL 24:8–10
τίς γὰρ παρεπιδημήσας πρὸς ὑμᾶς τὴν πανάρετον καὶ βεβαίαν ὑμῶν πίστιν οὐκ ἐδοκίμασεν; τήν τε σώφρονα καὶ ἐπιεικῆ ἐν Χριστῷ εὐσέβειαν οὐκ ἐθαύμασεν; καὶ τὸ μεγαλοπρεπὲς τῆς φιλοξενίας ὑμῶν ἦθος οὐκ ἐκήρυξεν; καὶ τὴν τελείαν καὶ ἀσφαλῆ γνῶσιν οὐκ ἐμακάρισεν;
tis gar parepidēmēsas pros hymas tēn panareton kai bebaian hymōn pistin ouk edokimasen? tēn te sōphrona kai epieikē en Christǭ eusebeian ouk ethaumasen? kai to megaloprepes tēs philoxenias hymōn ēthos ouk ekēryxen? kai tēn teleian kai asphalē gnōsin ouk emakarisen?
For who has stayed among you and not proved your all-virtuous and steadfast faith? Who has not admired your sober and gentle piety in Christ? Who has not proclaimed the magnificent character of your hospitality? And who has not called your perfect and secure knowledge blessed?
Notes and citation
Summary: The Corinthians were once famous for faith, piety, hospitality, and knowledge.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 1.2 (Lake, LCL 24:8–10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/1-2).
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1.3Lake, LCL 24:10
ἀπροσωπολήμπτως γὰρ πάντα ἐποιεῖτε καὶ ἐν τοῖς νομίμοις τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπορεύεσθε, ὑποτασσόμενοι τοῖς ἡγουμένοις ὑμῶν, καὶ τιμὴν τὴν καθήκουσαν ἀπονέμοντες τοῖς παρʼ ὑμῖν πρεσβυτέροις· νέοις τε μέτρια καὶ σεμνὰ νοεῖν ἐπετρέπετε· γυναιξίν τε ἐν ἀμώμῳ καὶ σεμνῇ καὶ ἁγνῇ συνειδήσει πάντα ἐπιτελεῖν παρηγγέλλετε, στεργούσας καθηκόντως τοὺς ἄνδρας ἑαυτῶν· ἔν τε τῷ κανόνι τῆς ὑποταγῆς ὑπαρχούσας τὰ κατὰ τὸν οἶκον σεμνῶς οἰκουργεῖν ἐδιδάσκετε, πάνυ σωφρονούσας.
aprosōpolēmptōs gar panta epoieite kai en tois nomimois tou theou eporeuesthe, hypotassomenoi tois hēgoumenois hymōn, kai timēn tēn kathēkousan aponemontes tois parʼ hymin presbyterois; neois te metria kai semna noein epetrepete; gynaixin te en amōmǭ kai semnę̄ kai hagnę̄ syneidēsei panta epitelein parēngellete, stergousas kathēkontōs tous andras heautōn; en te tǭ kanoni tēs hypotagēs hyparchousas ta kata ton oikon semnōs oikourgein edidaskete, pany sōphronousas.
For you did everything without partiality and walked in the ordinances of God, submitting to your leaders and giving fitting honor to the older men among you. You instructed the young to think moderate and seemly thoughts; you charged the women to do everything with a blameless, seemly, and pure conscience, loving their husbands as is fitting; and you taught them to keep within the rule of submission and to manage their households with dignity, in all self-control.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Corinthians once respected their leaders and elders, and their households were well ordered.
- “The older men” (πρεσβυτέροις): here probably older men generally, as distinct from “your leaders”; some take it as the presbyters (see the glossary).
Topics: Church office, Marriage
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 1.3 (Lake, LCL 24:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/1-3).
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Chapter 2
2.1Lake, LCL 24:10
Πάντες τε ἐταπεινοφρονεῖτε μηδὲν ἀλαζονευόμενοι, ὑποτασσόμενοι μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποτάσσοντες, ἥδιον διδόντες ἢ λαμβάνοντες. τοῖς ἐφοδίοις τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀρκούμενοι, καὶ προσέχοντες τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ ἐπιμελῶς ἐνεστερνισμένοι ἦτε τοῖς σπλάγχνοις, καὶ τὰ παθήματα αὐτοῦ ἦν πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν ὑμῶν.
Pantes te etapeinophroneite mēden alazoneuomenoi, hypotassomenoi mallon ē hypotassontes, hēdion didontes ē lambanontes. tois ephodiois tou Christou arkoumenoi, kai prosechontes tous logous autou epimelōs enesternismenoi ēte tois splanchnois, kai ta pathēmata autou ēn pro ophthalmōn hymōn.
And you were all humble-minded, not boasting at all, submitting rather than demanding submission, giving more gladly than receiving. Content with the provisions Christ gives, and heeding his words, you stored them up carefully in your hearts, and his sufferings were before your eyes.
Acts 20:35 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Corinthians were humble, generous, and attentive to Christ's words and sufferings.
- “Provisions” (ἐφοδίοις): supplies for a journey.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent); digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing and accent)): μᾶλλον ἦ ὑποτάσσοντες → μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποτάσσοντες; ἐνεστερνισμένοι ἥτε → ἐνεστερνισμένοι ἦτε.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 2.1 (Lake, LCL 24:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/2-1).
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2.2Lake, LCL 24:10
οὕτως εἰρήνη βαθεῖα καὶ λιπαρὰ ἐδέδοτο πᾶσιν καὶ ἀκόρεστος πόθος εἰς ἀγαθοποιΐαν, καὶ πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου ἔκχυσις ἐπὶ πάντας ἐγίνετο·
houtōs eirēnē batheia kai lipara ededoto pasin kai akorestos pothos eis agathopoiïan, kai plērēs pneumatos hagiou ekchysis epi pantas egineto;
Thus a deep and rich peace was given to all, and an insatiable longing to do good, and a full outpouring of the Holy Spirit came upon all.
Notes and citation
Summary: The church enjoyed deep peace and the fullness of the Spirit.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 2.2 (Lake, LCL 24:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/2-2).
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2.3Lake, LCL 24:10
μεστοί τε ὁσίας βουλῆς, ἐν ἀγαθῇ προθυμίᾳ μετʼ εὐσεβοῦς πεποιθήσεως ἐξετείνετε τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν πρὸς τὸν παντοκράτορα θεόν, ἱκετεύοντες αὐτὸν ἵλεως γενέσθαι, εἴ τι ἄκοντες ἡμάρτετε.
mestoi te hosias boulēs, en agathę̄ prothymią metʼ eusebous pepoithēseōs exeteinete tas cheiras hymōn pros ton pantokratora theon, hiketeuontes auton hileōs genesthai, ei ti akontes hēmartete.
Full of holy counsel, with good eagerness and devout confidence, you stretched out your hands to almighty God, begging him to be merciful if you had sinned at all unwillingly.
Notes and citation
Summary: They prayed for forgiveness even of unintended sins.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (stray accent)): ἵλέως → ἵλεως.
Topics: Prayer, Forgiveness of sins
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 2.3 (Lake, LCL 24:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/2-3).
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2.4Lake, LCL 24:10–12
ἀγὼν ἦν ὑμῖν ἡμέρας τε καὶ νυκτὸς ὑπὲρ πάσης τῆς ἀδελφότητος, εἰς τὸ σώζεσθαι μετʼ ἐλέους καὶ συνειδήσεως τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ.
agōn ēn hymin hēmeras te kai nyktos hyper pasēs tēs adelphotētos, eis to sōzesthai metʼ eleous kai syneidēseōs ton arithmon tōn eklektōn autou.
Day and night you contended for the whole brotherhood, that the number of his elect might be saved with mercy and conscience.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: They labored in prayer for the salvation of all believers.
- “With mercy and conscience”: obscure; some editors emend “conscience” (συνειδήσεως) to “concord” or “fear.”
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 2.4 (Lake, LCL 24:10–12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/2-4).
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2.5Lake, LCL 24:12
εἰλικρινεῖς καὶ ἀκέραιοι ἦτε καὶ ἀμνησίκακοι εἰς ἀλλήλους.
eilikrineis kai akeraioi ēte kai amnēsikakoi eis allēlous.
You were sincere and innocent and bore no grudges against one another.
Notes and citation
Summary: They bore no grudges.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 2.5 (Lake, LCL 24:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/2-5).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/2-5
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2.6Lake, LCL 24:12
πᾶσα στάσις καὶ πᾶν σχίσμα βδελυκτὸν ἦν ὑμῖν. ἐπὶ τοῖς παραπτώμασιν τῶν πλησίον ἐπενθεῖτε· τὰ ὑστερήματα αὐτῶν ἴδια ἐκρίνετε.
pasa stasis kai pan schisma bdelykton ēn hymin. epi tois paraptōmasin tōn plēsion epentheite; ta hysterēmata autōn idia ekrinete.
Every faction and every schism was abominable to you. You mourned over the transgressions of your neighbors; you considered their shortcomings your own.
Notes and citation
Summary: They hated division and shared one another's failings.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 2.6 (Lake, LCL 24:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/2-6).
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2.7Lake, LCL 24:12
ἀμεταμέλητοι ἦτε ἐπὶ πάσῃ ἀγαθοποιΐᾳ, ἕτοιμοι εἰς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθόν.
ametamelētoi ēte epi pasę̄ agathopoiïą, hetoimoi eis pan ergon agathon.
You never regretted any good deed; you were “ready for every good work.”
Titus 3:1 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They were always ready to do good.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 2.7 (Lake, LCL 24:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/2-7).
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2.8Lake, LCL 24:12
τῇ παναρέτῳ καὶ σεβασμίῳ πολιτείᾳ κεκοσμημένοι πάντα ἐν τῷ φόβῳ αὐτοῦ ἐπετελεῖτε· τὰ προστάγματα καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα τοῦ κυρίου ἐπὶ τὰ πλάτη τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν ἐγέγραπτο.
tę̄ panaretǭ kai sebasmiǭ politeią kekosmēmenoi panta en tǭ phobǭ autou epeteleite; ta prostagmata kai ta dikaiōmata tou kyriou epi ta platē tēs kardias hymōn egegrapto.
Adorned with an all-virtuous and venerable way of life, you did everything in the fear of him; the commandments and ordinances of the Lord were written on the tablets of your heart.
Prov 7:3 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God's commandments were written on their hearts.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 2.8 (Lake, LCL 24:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/2-8).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/2-8
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Chapter 3
3.1Lake, LCL 24:12
Πᾶσα δόξα καὶ πλατυσμὸς ἐδόθη ὑμῖν, καὶ ἐπετελέσθη τὸ γεγραμμένον· Ἔφαγεν καὶ ἔπιεν, καὶ ἐπλατύνθη, καὶ ἐπαχύνθη, καὶ ἀπελάκτισεν ὁ ἠγαπημένος.
Pasa doxa kai platysmos edothē hymin, kai epetelesthē to gegrammenon; Ephagen kai epien, kai eplatynthē, kai epachynthē, kai apelaktisen ho ēgapēmenos.
All glory and enlargement were given to you, and what was written was fulfilled: “My beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged and grew fat, and kicked.”
Deut 32:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Prosperity made the Corinthians proud, as Scripture foretold.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 3.1 (Lake, LCL 24:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/3-1).
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3.2Lake, LCL 24:12
ἐκ τούτου ζῆλος καὶ φθόνος, καὶ ἔρις, καὶ στάσις, διωγμὸς καὶ ἀκαταστασία, πόλεμος καὶ αἰχμαλωσία.
ek toutou zēlos kai phthonos, kai eris, kai stasis, diōgmos kai akatastasia, polemos kai aichmalōsia.
From this came jealousy and envy, strife and faction, persecution and disorder, war and captivity.
Notes and citation
Summary: Pride bred jealousy, strife, and disorder.
Topics: Ethics, Anger and envy
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 3.2 (Lake, LCL 24:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/3-2).
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3.3Lake, LCL 24:12
οὕτως ἐπηγέρθησαν οἱ ἄτιμοι ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐντίμους, οἱ ἄδοξοι ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐνδόξους, οἱ ἄφρονες ἐπὶ τοὺς φρονίμους, οἱ νέοι ἐπὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους.
houtōs epēgerthēsan hoi atimoi epi tous entimous, hoi adoxoi epi tous endoxous, hoi aphrones epi tous phronimous, hoi neoi epi tous presbyterous.
So the dishonored rose up against the honored, the disreputable against the reputable, the foolish against the wise, the young against the older.
Isa 3:5 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The young rose up against their elders.
- “The older” (τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους): the word also means “presbyters,” and the double sense is probably intended (compare 44.5; 47.6).
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 3.3 (Lake, LCL 24:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/3-3).
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3.4Lake, LCL 24:12–14
διὰ τοῦτο πόρρω ἄπεστιν ἡ δικαιοσύνη καὶ εἰρήνη, ἐν τῷ ἀπολιπεῖν ἕκαστον τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐν τῇ πίστει αὐτοῦ ἀμβλυωπῆσαι, μηδὲ ἐν τοῖς νομίμοις τῶν προσταγμάτων αὐτοῦ πορεύεσθαι, μηδὲ πολιτεύεσθαι κατὰ τὸ καθῆκον τῷ Χριστῷ, ἀλλὰ ἕκαστον βαδίζειν κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς καρδίας αὐτοῦ τῆς πονηρᾶς, ζῆλον ἄδικον καὶ ἀσεβῆ ἀνειληφότας, διʼ οὗ καὶ θάνατος εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
dia touto porrō apestin hē dikaiosynē kai eirēnē, en tǭ apolipein hekaston ton phobon tou theou kai en tę̄ pistei autou amblyōpēsai, mēde en tois nomimois tōn prostagmatōn autou poreuesthai, mēde politeuesthai kata to kathēkon tǭ Christǭ, alla hekaston badizein kata tas epithymias tēs kardias autou tēs ponēras, zēlon adikon kai asebē aneilēphotas, diʼ hou kai thanatos eisēlthen eis ton kosmon.
For this reason righteousness and peace are far away, since each has abandoned the fear of God and become dim-sighted in faith in him, neither walking in the ordinances of his commandments nor living as befits Christ, but each goes according to the desires of his evil heart, having taken up unrighteous and ungodly jealousy, through which also death entered the world.
Isa 59:14 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jealousy, through which death entered the world, has driven out peace.
- “Through which also death entered the world”: from Wis 2:24 (“through the devil's envy death entered the world”).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): διʼ οὖ καὶ → διʼ οὗ καὶ.
Extrabiblical texts: Wis 2:24 (Wisdom of Solomon [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)
Topics: Ethics, Anger and envy
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 3.4 (Lake, LCL 24:12–14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/3-4).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/3-4
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Chapter 4
4.1Lake, LCL 24:14
Γέγραπται γὰρ οὕτως· Καὶ ἐγένετο μεθʼ ἡμέρας, ἤνεγκεν Κάϊν ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν τῆς γῆς θυσίαν τῷ θεῷ, καὶ Ἄβελ ἤνεγκεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπὸ τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν προβάτων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν στεάτων αὐτῶν.
Gegraptai gar houtōs; Kai egeneto methʼ hēmeras, ēnenken Kaïn apo tōn karpōn tēs gēs thysian tǭ theǭ, kai Abel ēnenken kai autos apo tōn prōtotokōn tōn probatōn kai apo tōn steatōn autōn.
For it is written thus: “And it came to pass after some days that Cain brought to God a sacrifice from the fruits of the earth, and Abel also brought from the firstborn of the sheep and from their fat.
Gen 4:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 4:4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The story of Cain and Abel begins.
- Chapter 4 quotes Gen 4:3–8 in the Septuagint (Greek) form.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 4.1 (Lake, LCL 24:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-1).
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4.2Lake, LCL 24:14
καὶ ἐπεῖδεν ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ Ἄβελ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς δώροις αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ δὲ Κάϊν καὶ ἐπὶ ταῖς θυσίαις αὐτοῦ οὐ προσέσχεν.
kai epeiden ho theos epi Abel kai epi tois dōrois autou, epi de Kaïn kai epi tais thysiais autou ou proseschen.
And God looked on Abel and on his gifts, but to Cain and his sacrifices he paid no attention.
Gen 4:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 4:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God accepted Abel's offering, not Cain's.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 4.2 (Lake, LCL 24:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-2).
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4.3Lake, LCL 24:14
καὶ ἐλυπήθη Κάϊν λίαν καὶ συνέπεσεν τῷ προσώπῳ αὐτοῦ.
kai elypēthē Kaïn lian kai synepesen tǭ prosōpǭ autou.
And Cain was very grieved, and his face fell.
Gen 4:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Cain was angry.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 4.3 (Lake, LCL 24:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-3).
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4.4Lake, LCL 24:14
καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Κάϊν· Ἱνατί περίλυπος ἐγένου, καὶ ἱνατί συνέπεσεν τὸ πρόσωπόν σου; οὐκ ἐὰν ὀρθῶς προσενέγκῃς, ὀρθῶς δὲ μὴ διέλῃς, ἥμαρτες;
kai eipen ho theos pros Kaïn; Hinati perilypos egenou, kai hinati synepesen to prosōpon sou? ouk ean orthōs prosenenkę̄s, orthōs de mē dielę̄s, hēmartes?
And God said to Cain, ‘Why have you become very grieved, and why has your face fallen? If you have offered rightly but have not divided rightly, have you not sinned?
Gen 4:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 4:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God questions Cain.
- The Septuagint wording here differs from the Hebrew (“If you do well, will you not be accepted?”).
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 4.4 (Lake, LCL 24:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-4).
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4.5Lake, LCL 24:14
ἡσύχασον· πρὸς σὲ ἡ ἀποστροφὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ σὺ ἄρξεις αὐτοῦ.
hēsychason; pros se hē apostrophē autou, kai sy arxeis autou.
Be still; his turning will be toward you, and you will rule over him.’
Gen 4:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God's warning to Cain.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): ή ἀποστροφὴ → ἡ ἀποστροφὴ.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 4.5 (Lake, LCL 24:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-5).
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4.6Lake, LCL 24:14
καὶ εἶπεν Κάϊν πρὸς Ἄβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ· Διέλθωμεν εἰς τὸ πεδίον. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, ἀνέστη Κάϊν ἐπὶ Ἄβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτόν.
kai eipen Kaïn pros Abel ton adelphon autou; Dielthōmen eis to pedion. kai egeneto en tǭ einai autous en tǭ pediǭ, anestē Kaïn epi Abel ton adelphon autou kai apekteinen auton.
And Cain said to Abel his brother, ‘Let us go out into the field.’ And it came to pass, while they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.”
Gen 4:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Cain killed his brother.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 4.6 (Lake, LCL 24:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-6).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-6
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4.7Lake, LCL 24:14
ὁρᾶτε, ἀδελφοί, ζῆλος καὶ φθόνος ἀδελφοκτονίαν κατειργάσατο.
horate, adelphoi, zēlos kai phthonos adelphoktonian kateirgasato.
You see, brothers: jealousy and envy brought about the murder of a brother.
Notes and citation
Summary: Jealousy led to fratricide.
Topics: Ethics, Anger and envy
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 4.7 (Lake, LCL 24:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-7).
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4.8Lake, LCL 24:14
διὰ ζῆλος ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν Ἰακὼβ ἀπέδρα ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἠσαῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ.
dia zēlos ho patēr hēmōn Iakōb apedra apo prosōpou Ēsau tou adelphou autou.
Because of jealousy our father Jacob fled from the presence of Esau his brother.
Gen 27:41 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jealousy drove Jacob into flight.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 4.8 (Lake, LCL 24:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-8).
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4.9Lake, LCL 24:14
ζῆλος ἐποίησεν Ἰωσὴφ μέχρι θανάτου διωχθῆναι καὶ μέχρι δουλείας εἰσελθεῖν.
zēlos epoiēsen Iōsēph mechri thanatou diōchthēnai kai mechri douleias eiselthein.
Jealousy caused Joseph to be persecuted to the point of death and to come into slavery.
Gen 37:28 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jealousy sold Joseph into slavery.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 4.9 (Lake, LCL 24:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-9).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-9
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4.10Lake, LCL 24:14–16
ζῆλος φυγεῖν ἠνάγκασεν Μωϋσῆν ἀπὸ προσώπου Φαραὼ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁμοφύλου· Τίς σε κατέστησεν κριτὴν ἢ δικαστὴν ἐφʼ ἡμῶν; μὴ ἀνελεῖν με σὺ θέλεις, ὃν τρόπον ἀνεῖλες ἐχθὲς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον;
zēlos phygein ēnankasen Mōÿsēn apo prosōpou Pharaō basileōs Aigyptou en tǭ akousai auton apo tou homophylou; Tis se katestēsen kritēn ē dikastēn ephʼ hēmōn? mē anelein me sy theleis, hon tropon aneiles echthes ton Aigyption?
Jealousy forced Moses to flee from the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, when he heard from his own countryman, “Who made you a judge or a ruler over us? Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?”
Exod 2:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jealousy forced Moses to flee Egypt.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip: letter misread in the transcription): Λἰγύπτιον → Αἰγύπτιον.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 4.10 (Lake, LCL 24:14–16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-10).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-10
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4.11Lake, LCL 24:16
διὰ ζῆλος Ἀαρὼν καὶ Μαριὰμ ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς ηὐλίσθησαν.
dia zēlos Aarōn kai Mariam exō tēs parembolēs ēulisthēsan.
Because of jealousy Aaron and Miriam had to lodge outside the camp.
Num 12:14 (allusion, medium confidence) · Num 12:15 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jealousy put Aaron and Miriam outside the camp.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip: letter misread in the transcription): ʼΛαρὼν → Ἀαρὼν.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 4.11 (Lake, LCL 24:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-11).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-11
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4.12Lake, LCL 24:16
ζῆλος Δαθὰν καὶ Ἀβειρὼν ζῶντας κατήγαγεν εἰς ᾅδου διὰ τὸ στασιάσαι αὐτοὺς πρὸς τὸν θεράποντα τοῦ θεοῦ Μωϋσῆν.
zēlos Dathan kai Abeirōn zōntas katēgagen eis hądou dia to stasiasai autous pros ton theraponta tou theou Mōÿsēn.
Jealousy brought Dathan and Abiram down alive into Hades, because they revolted against Moses, the servant of God.
Num 16:33 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Revolt against Moses destroyed Dathan and Abiram.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 4.12 (Lake, LCL 24:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-12).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-12
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4.13Lake, LCL 24:16
διὰ ζῆλος Δαυεὶδ φθόνον ἔσχεν οὐ μόνον ὑπὸ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὸ Σαοὺλ βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλ ἐδιώχθη.
dia zēlos Daueid phthonon eschen ou monon hypo tōn allophylōn, alla kai hypo Saoul basileōs Israēl ediōchthē.
Because of jealousy David incurred envy not only from foreigners but was also persecuted by Saul, king of Israel.
1 Sam 18:8 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jealousy made Saul persecute David.
Topics: Anger and envy
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 4.13 (Lake, LCL 24:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-13).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/4-13
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Chapter 5
5.1Lake, LCL 24:16
Ἀλλʼ ἵνα τῶν ἀρχαίων ὑποδειγμάτων παυσώμεθα, ἔλθωμεν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἔγγιστα γενομένους ἀθλητάς· λάβωμεν τῆς γενεᾶς ἡμῶν τὰ γενναῖα ὑποδείγματα.
Allʼ hina tōn archaiōn hypodeigmatōn pausōmetha, elthōmen epi tous engista genomenous athlētas; labōmen tēs geneas hēmōn ta gennaia hypodeigmata.
But to leave the ancient examples, let us come to the athletes who lived nearest to our own time; let us take the noble examples of our own generation.
Notes and citation
Summary: Turning to recent examples.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 5.1 (Lake, LCL 24:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/5-1).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/5-1
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5.2Lake, LCL 24:16
διὰ ζῆλον καὶ φθόνον οἱ μέγιστοι καὶ δικαιότατοι στύλοι ἐδιώχθησαν καὶ ἕως θανάτου ἤθλησαν.
dia zēlon kai phthonon hoi megistoi kai dikaiotatoi styloi ediōchthēsan kai heōs thanatou ēthlēsan.
Because of jealousy and envy the greatest and most righteous pillars were persecuted and contended even unto death.
Gal 2:9 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The greatest pillars of the church were persecuted to death.
Topics: Martyrdom, Persecution
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 5.2 (Lake, LCL 24:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/5-2).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/5-2
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5.3Lake, LCL 24:16
λάβωμεν πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν ἡμῶν τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς ἀποστόλους·
labōmen pro ophthalmōn hēmōn tous agathous apostolous;
Let us set before our eyes the good apostles:
Notes and citation
Summary: The example of the apostles.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 5.3 (Lake, LCL 24:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/5-3).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/5-3
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5.4Lake, LCL 24:16
Πέτρον, ὃς διὰ ζῆλον ἄδικον οὐχ ἕνα οὐδὲ δύο, ἀλλὰ πλείονας ὑπήνεγκεν πόνους καὶ οὕτω μαρτυρήσας ἐπορεύθη εἰς τὸν ὀφειλόμενον τόπον τῆς δόξης.
Petron, hos dia zēlon adikon ouch hena oude dyo, alla pleionas hypēnenken ponous kai houtō martyrēsas eporeuthē eis ton opheilomenon topon tēs doxēs.
Peter, who because of unrighteous jealousy endured not one or two but many labors, and so, having borne his witness, went to the place of glory that was his due.
Notes and citation
Summary: Peter endured many trials and died a martyr.
- “Having borne his witness” (μαρτυρήσας): or “having suffered martyrdom.” The earliest reference to Peter's death; the place is not named.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): ὅς διὰ → ὃς διὰ.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 5.4 (Lake, LCL 24:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/5-4).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/5-4
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5.5Lake, LCL 24:16
διὰ ζῆλον καὶ ἔριν Παῦλος ὑπομονῆς βραβεῖον ὑπέδειξεν,
dia zēlon kai erin Paulos hypomonēs brabeion hypedeixen,
Because of jealousy and strife Paul showed the way to the prize of endurance:
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul showed the way to the prize of endurance.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 5.5 (Lake, LCL 24:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/5-5).
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5.6Lake, LCL 24:16
ἑπτάκις δεσμὰ φορέσας, φυγαδευθείς, λιθασθείς, κήρυξ γενόμενος ἔν τε τῇ ἀνατολῇ καὶ ἐν τῇ δύσει, τὸ γενναῖον τῆς πίστεως αὐτοῦ κλέος ἔλαβεν,
heptakis desma phoresas, phygadeutheis, lithastheis, kēryx genomenos en te tę̄ anatolę̄ kai en tę̄ dysei, to gennaion tēs pisteōs autou kleos elaben,
seven times he wore chains, he was exiled, he was stoned; having become a herald both in the East and in the West, he received the noble renown of his faith;
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul's sufferings and preaching in East and West.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 5.6 (Lake, LCL 24:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/5-6).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/5-6
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5.7Lake, LCL 24:16–18
δικαιοσύνην διδάξας ὅλον τὸν κόσμον, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ τέρμα τῆς δύσεως ἐλθὼν καὶ μαρτυρήσας ἐπὶ τῶν ἡγουμένων, οὕτως ἀπηλλάγη τοῦ κόσμου καὶ εἰς τὸν ἅγιον τόπον ἀνελήμφθη, ὑπομονῆς γενόμενος μέγιστος ὑπογραμμός.
dikaiosynēn didaxas holon ton kosmon, kai epi to terma tēs dyseōs elthōn kai martyrēsas epi tōn hēgoumenōn, houtōs apēllagē tou kosmou kai eis ton hagion topon anelēmphthē, hypomonēs genomenos megistos hypogrammos.
having taught righteousness to the whole world, and having come to the limit of the West, and having borne his witness before the rulers, he was thus released from the world and taken up to the holy place, having become the greatest example of endurance.
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul preached to the ends of the West and died a martyr.
- “The limit of the West” (τὸ τέρμα τῆς δύσεως): possibly Spain (compare Rom 15:24, 28) or Rome itself; the point is debated.
Topics: Martyrdom, Mission and the spread of the gospel
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 5.7 (Lake, LCL 24:16–18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/5-7).
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Chapter 6
6.1Lake, LCL 24:18
Τούτοις τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ὁσίως πολιτευσαμένοις συνηθροίσθη πολὺ πλῆθος ἐκλεκτῶν, οἵτινες πολλαῖς αἰκίαις καὶ βασάνοις διὰ ζῆλος παθόντες ὑπόδειγμα κάλλιστον ἐγένοντο ἐν ἡμῖν.
Toutois tois andrasin hosiōs politeusamenois synēthroisthē poly plēthos eklektōn, hoitines pollais aikiais kai basanois dia zēlos pathontes hypodeigma kalliston egenonto en hēmin.
To these men who lived holy lives there was gathered a great multitude of the elect, who suffered many indignities and tortures because of jealousy and became a most noble example among us.
Notes and citation
Summary: A great multitude of Roman Christians also suffered.
- Probably the victims of Nero's persecution in Rome (AD 64).
Topics: Martyrdom, Persecution
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 6.1 (Lake, LCL 24:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/6-1).
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6.2Lake, LCL 24:18
διὰ ζῆλος διωχθεῖσαι γυναῖκες Δαναΐδες καὶ Δίρκαι, αἰκίσματα δεινὰ καὶ ἀνόσια παθοῦσαι, ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πίστεως βέβαιον δρόμον κατήντησαν καὶ ἔλαβον γέρας γενναῖον αἱ ἀσθενεῖς τῷ σώματι.
dia zēlos diōchtheisai gynaikes Danaïdes kai Dirkai, aikismata deina kai anosia pathousai, epi ton tēs pisteōs bebaion dromon katēntēsan kai elabon geras gennaion hai astheneis tǭ sōmati.
Because of jealousy women were persecuted as Danaids and Dircae; having suffered terrible and unholy indignities, they reached the secure goal in the race of faith and received a noble prize, though weak in body.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: Christian women were tortured in cruel spectacles but finished the race of faith.
- “As Danaids and Dircae”: probably women put to death in the arena in scenes from mythology (Dirce was tied to a bull). Some think the text corrupt and emend it to “young women, slave girls.”
Topics: Martyrdom, Persecution
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 6.2 (Lake, LCL 24:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/6-2).
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6.3Lake, LCL 24:18
ζῆλος ἀπηλλοτρίωσεν γαμετὰς ἀνδρῶν καὶ ἠλλοίωσεν τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀδάμ· Τοῦτο νῦν ὀστοῦν ἐκ τῶν ὀστέων μου καὶ σὰρξ ἐκ τῆς σαρκός μου.
zēlos apēllotriōsen gametas andrōn kai ēlloiōsen to rhēthen hypo tou patros hēmōn Adam; Touto nyn ostoun ek tōn osteōn mou kai sarx ek tēs sarkos mou.
Jealousy has estranged wives from their husbands and changed what was said by our father Adam: “This now is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.”
Gen 2:23 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jealousy has broken up marriages.
Topics: Marriage, Anger and envy
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 6.3 (Lake, LCL 24:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/6-3).
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6.4Lake, LCL 24:18
ζῆλος καὶ ἔρις πόλεις μεγάλας κατέστρεψεν καὶ ἔθνη μεγάλα ἐξερίζωσεν.
zēlos kai eris poleis megalas katestrepsen kai ethnē megala exerizōsen.
Jealousy and strife have overthrown great cities and uprooted great nations.
Notes and citation
Summary: Jealousy has destroyed cities and nations.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 6.4 (Lake, LCL 24:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/6-4).
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Chapter 7
7.1Lake, LCL 24:18
Ταῦτα, ἀγαπητοί, οὐ μόνον ὑμᾶς νουθετοῦντες ἐπιστέλλομεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑαυτοὺς ὑπομιμνήσκοντες· ἐν γὰρ τῷ αὐτῷ ἐσμὲν σκάμματι, καὶ ὁ αὐτὸς ἡμῖν ἀγὼν ἐπίκειται.
Tauta, agapētoi, ou monon hymas nouthetountes epistellomen, alla kai heautous hypomimnēskontes; en gar tǭ autǭ esmen skammati, kai ho autos hēmin agōn epikeitai.
We write these things, beloved, not only to admonish you but also to remind ourselves; for we are in the same arena, and the same contest lies before us.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Romans face the same struggle as the Corinthians.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 7.1 (Lake, LCL 24:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/7-1).
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7.2Lake, LCL 24:18
διὸ ἀπολίπωμεν τὰς κενὰς καὶ ματαίας φροντίδας, καὶ ἔλθωμεν ἐπὶ τὸν εὐκλεῆ καὶ σεμνὸν τῆς παραδόσεως ἡμῶν κανόνα,
dio apolipōmen tas kenas kai mataias phrontidas, kai elthōmen epi ton eukleē kai semnon tēs paradoseōs hēmōn kanona,
Therefore let us leave behind empty and vain concerns, and let us come to the glorious and venerable rule of our tradition;
Notes and citation
Summary: Return to the rule of the tradition.
Topics: Tradition
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 7.2 (Lake, LCL 24:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/7-2).
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7.3Lake, LCL 24:18
καὶ ἴδωμεν, τί καλὸν καὶ τί τερπνὸν καὶ τί προσδεκτὸν ἐνώπιον τοῦ ποιήσαντος ἡμᾶς.
kai idōmen, ti kalon kai ti terpnon kai ti prosdekton enōpion tou poiēsantos hēmas.
and let us see what is good and what is pleasing and what is acceptable in the sight of him who made us.
1 Tim 2:3 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Seek what pleases God.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 7.3 (Lake, LCL 24:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/7-3).
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7.4Lake, LCL 24:18–20
ἀτενίσωμεν εἰς τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ γνῶμεν, ὡς ἔστιν τίμιον τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν ἐκχυθὲν παντὶ τῷ κόσμῳ μετανοίας χάριν ὑπήνεγκεν.
atenisōmen eis to haima tou Christou kai gnōmen, hōs estin timion tǭ patri autou, hoti dia tēn hēmeteran sōtērian ekchythen panti tǭ kosmǭ metanoias charin hypēnenken.
Let us fix our eyes on the blood of Christ and know how precious it is to his Father, because, poured out for our salvation, it brought the grace of repentance to the whole world.
1 Pet 1:19 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ's precious blood won the grace of repentance for the world.
Topics: Christology, Atonement, Repentance
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 7.4 (Lake, LCL 24:18–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/7-4).
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7.5Lake, LCL 24:20
διέλθωμεν εἰς τὰς γενεὰς πάσας, καὶ καταμάθωμεν ὅτι ἐν γενεᾷ καὶ γενεᾷ μετανοίας τόπον ἔδωκεν ὁ δεσπότης τοῖς βουλομένοις ἐπιστραφῆναι ἐπʼ αὐτόν.
dielthōmen eis tas geneas pasas, kai katamathōmen hoti en geneą kai geneą metanoias topon edōken ho despotēs tois boulomenois epistraphēnai epʼ auton.
Let us go through all the generations and learn that in generation after generation the Master has given opportunity for repentance to those who wished to turn to him.
Notes and citation
Summary: God has always given opportunity to repent.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): ὀ δεσπότης → ὁ δεσπότης.
Extrabiblical texts: Wis 12:10 (Wisdom of Solomon [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; echo)
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 7.5 (Lake, LCL 24:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/7-5).
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7.6Lake, LCL 24:20
Νῶε ἐκήρυξεν μετάνοιαν, καὶ οἱ ὑπακούσαντες ἐσώθησαν.
Nōe ekēryxen metanoian, kai hoi hypakousantes esōthēsan.
Noah preached repentance, and those who obeyed were saved.
Gen 7:1 (echo, medium confidence) · 2 Pet 2:5 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Noah preached repentance.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 7.6 (Lake, LCL 24:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/7-6).
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7.7Lake, LCL 24:20
Ἰωνᾶς Νινευΐταις καταστροφὴν ἐκήρυξεν· οἱ δὲ μετανοήσαντες ἐπὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτήμασιν αὐτῶν ἐξιλάσαντο τὸν θεὸν ἱκετεύσαντες καὶ ἔλαβον σωτηρίαν, καίπερ ἀλλότριοι τοῦ θεοῦ ὄντες.
Iōnas Nineuïtais katastrophēn ekēryxen; hoi de metanoēsantes epi tois hamartēmasin autōn exilasanto ton theon hiketeusantes kai elabon sōtērian, kaiper allotrioi tou theou ontes.
Jonah preached destruction to the Ninevites; but they, repenting of their sins, appeased God by their supplications and received salvation, even though they were strangers to God.
Jonah 3:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Jonah 3:10 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Ninevites repented and were saved.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 7.7 (Lake, LCL 24:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/7-7).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/7-7
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Chapter 8
8.1Lake, LCL 24:20
Οἱ λειτουργοὶ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου περὶ μετανοίας ἐλάλησαν.
Hoi leitourgoi tēs charitos tou theou dia pneumatos hagiou peri metanoias elalēsan.
The ministers of the grace of God spoke about repentance through the Holy Spirit.
Notes and citation
Summary: The prophets spoke of repentance by the Spirit.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 8.1 (Lake, LCL 24:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/8-1).
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8.2Lake, LCL 24:20
καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ δεσπότης τῶν ἁπάντων περὶ μετανοίας ἐλάλησεν μετὰ ὅρκου· Ζῶ γὰρ ἐγώ, λέγει κύριος, οὐ βούλομαι τὸν θάνατον τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ ὡς τὴν μετάνοιαν, προστιθεὶς καὶ γνώμην ἀγαθήν·
kai autos de ho despotēs tōn hapantōn peri metanoias elalēsen meta horkou; Zō gar egō, legei kyrios, ou boulomai ton thanaton tou hamartōlou hōs tēn metanoian, prostitheis kai gnōmēn agathēn;
And the Master of all things himself spoke about repentance with an oath: “As I live, says the Lord, I do not desire the death of the sinner so much as his repentance,” adding also a gracious word:
Ezek 33:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God swore that he desires repentance, not death.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 8.2 (Lake, LCL 24:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/8-2).
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8.3Lake, LCL 24:20
Μετανοήσατε, οἶκος Ἰσραήλ, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας ὑμῶν· εἶπον τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ λαοῦ μου. Ἐὰν ὦσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ὑμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἐὰν ὦσιν πυρρότεραι κόκκου καὶ μελανώτεραι σάκκου, καὶ ἐπιστραφῆτε πρός με ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας καὶ εἴπητε· Πάτερ· ἐπακούσομαι ὑμῶν ὡς λαοῦ ἁγίου.
Metanoēsate, oikos Israēl, apo tēs anomias hymōn; eipon tois huiois tou laou mou. Ean ōsin hai hamartiai hymōn apo tēs gēs heōs tou ouranou kai ean ōsin pyrroterai kokkou kai melanōterai sakkou, kai epistraphēte pros me ex holēs tēs kardias kai eipēte; Pater; epakousomai hymōn hōs laou hagiou.
“Repent, house of Israel, from your lawlessness. Say to the children of my people: Though your sins reach from the earth to heaven, and though they be redder than scarlet and blacker than sackcloth, and you turn to me with all your heart and say, ‘Father,’ I will listen to you as to a holy people.”
Ezek 18:30 (echo, medium confidence) · Isa 1:18 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God promises to hear all who turn to him, however great their sins.
- The source of this quotation is unknown; perhaps an apocryphal writing of Ezekiel. Compare Ezek 18:30; Isa 1:18.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 8.3 (Lake, LCL 24:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/8-3).
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8.4Lake, LCL 24:20–22
καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ τόπῳ λέγει οὕτως· Λούσασθε καὶ καθαροὶ γένεσθε, ἀφέλεσθε τὰς πονηρίας ἀπὸ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου· παύσασθε ἀπὸ τῶν πονηριῶν ὑμῶν, μάθετε καλὸν ποιεῖν, ἐκζητήσατε κρίσιν, ῥύσασθε ἀδικούμενον, κρίνατε ὀρφανῷ καὶ δικαιώσατε χήρᾳ· καὶ δεῦτε καὶ διελεγχθῶμεν, λέγει κύριος· καὶ ἐὰν ὦσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ὑμῶν ὡς φοινικοῦν, ὡς χιόνα λευκανῶ· ἐὰν δὲ ὦσιν ὡς κόκκινον, ὡς ἔριον λευκανῶ· καὶ ἐὰν θέλητε καὶ εἰσακούσητέ μου, τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς φάγεσθε· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ θέλητε μηδὲ εἰσακούσητέ μου, μάχαιρα ὑμᾶς κατέδεται· τὸ γὰρ στόμα κυρίου ἐλάλησεν ταῦτα.
kai en heterǭ topǭ legei houtōs; Lousasthe kai katharoi genesthe, aphelesthe tas ponērias apo tōn psychōn hymōn apenanti tōn ophthalmōn mou; pausasthe apo tōn ponēriōn hymōn, mathete kalon poiein, ekzētēsate krisin, rhysasthe adikoumenon, krinate orphanǭ kai dikaiōsate chērą; kai deute kai dielenchthōmen, legei kyrios; kai ean ōsin hai hamartiai hymōn hōs phoinikoun, hōs chiona leukanō; ean de ōsin hōs kokkinon, hōs erion leukanō; kai ean thelēte kai eisakousēte mou, ta agatha tēs gēs phagesthe; ean de mē thelēte mēde eisakousēte mou, machaira hymas katedetai; to gar stoma kyriou elalēsen tauta.
And in another place he says this: “Wash and become clean; remove the wickedness from your souls before my eyes. Cease from your wickedness, learn to do good, seek justice, rescue the wronged, defend the orphan, and vindicate the widow. And come, let us reason together, says the Lord; and though your sins be like crimson, I will make them white as snow; and though they be like scarlet, I will make them white as wool. And if you are willing and listen to me, you shall eat the good things of the land; but if you are not willing and do not listen to me, a sword will devour you; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken these things.”
Isa 1:16–20 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Isaiah's call to repentance: though your sins are scarlet, they will be white as snow.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 8.4 (Lake, LCL 24:20–22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/8-4).
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8.5Lake, LCL 24:22
πάντας οὖν τοὺς ἀγαπητοὺς αὐτοῦ βουλόμενος μετανοίας μετασχεῖν ἐστήριξεν τῷ παντοκρατορικῷ βουλήματι αὐτοῦ.
pantas oun tous agapētous autou boulomenos metanoias metaschein estērixen tǭ pantokratorikǭ boulēmati autou.
So, wishing all his beloved to share in repentance, he established it by his almighty will.
Notes and citation
Summary: God wills all his beloved to repent.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 8.5 (Lake, LCL 24:22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/8-5).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/8-5
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Chapter 9
9.1Lake, LCL 24:22
Διὸ ὑπακούσωμεν τῇ μεγαλοπρεπεῖ καὶ ἐνδόξῳ βουλήσει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἱκέται γενόμενοι τοῦ ἐλέους καὶ τῆς χρηστότητος αὐτοῦ προσπέσωμεν καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν ἐπὶ τοὺς οἰκτιρμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ἀπολιπόντες τὴν ματαιοπονίαν τήν τε ἔριν καὶ τὸ εἰς θάνατον ἄγον ζῆλος.
Dio hypakousōmen tę̄ megaloprepei kai endoxǭ boulēsei autou, kai hiketai genomenoi tou eleous kai tēs chrēstotētos autou prospesōmen kai epistrepsōmen epi tous oiktirmous autou, apolipontes tēn mataioponian tēn te erin kai to eis thanaton agon zēlos.
Therefore let us obey his magnificent and glorious will, and, becoming suppliants of his mercy and kindness, let us fall down before him and turn to his compassion, abandoning the fruitless toil and the strife and the jealousy that leads to death.
Notes and citation
Summary: Obey God's will and abandon strife and jealousy.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 9.1 (Lake, LCL 24:22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/9-1).
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9.2Lake, LCL 24:22
ἀτενίσωμεν εἰς τοὺς τελείως λειτουργήσαντας τῇ μεγαλοπρεπεῖ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ.
atenisōmen eis tous teleiōs leitourgēsantas tę̄ megaloprepei doxę̄ autou.
Let us fix our eyes on those who have served his magnificent glory perfectly.
Notes and citation
Summary: Look to those who served God perfectly.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 9.2 (Lake, LCL 24:22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/9-2).
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9.3Lake, LCL 24:22
λάβωμεν Ἐνώχ, ὃς ἐν ὑπακοῇ δίκαιος εὑρεθεὶς μετετέθη, καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθη αὐτοῦ θάνατος.
labōmen Enōch, hos en hypakoę̄ dikaios heuretheis metetethē, kai ouch heurethē autou thanatos.
Let us take Enoch, who, being found righteous in obedience, was translated, and his death was never found.
Gen 5:24 (allusion, high confidence) · Heb 11:5 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Enoch was taken up because of his obedience.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 9.3 (Lake, LCL 24:22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/9-3).
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9.4Lake, LCL 24:22–24
Νῶε πιστὸς εὑρεθεὶς διὰ τῆς λειτουργίας αὐτοῦ παλιγγενεσίαν κόσμῳ ἐκήρυξεν, καὶ διέσωσεν διʼ αὐτοῦ ὁ δεσπότης τὰ εἰσελθόντα ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ ζῶα εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν.
Nōe pistos heuretheis dia tēs leitourgias autou palingenesian kosmǭ ekēryxen, kai diesōsen diʼ autou ho despotēs ta eiselthonta en homonoią zōa eis tēn kibōton.
Noah, being found faithful, preached a new birth to the world through his ministry, and through him the Master saved the living creatures that entered the ark in concord.
Gen 6:9 (echo, medium confidence) · Heb 11:7 (echo, medium confidence) · 2 Pet 2:5 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Noah's faithfulness saved the creatures in the ark.
- “A new birth” (παλιγγενεσίαν): the world's renewal after the flood.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 9.4 (Lake, LCL 24:22–24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/9-4).
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Chapter 10
10.1Lake, LCL 24:24
Ἀβραάμ, ὁ φίλος προσαγορευθείς, πιστὸς εὑρέθη ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν ὑπήκοον γενέσθαι τοῖς ῥήμασιν τοῦ θεοῦ.
Abraam, ho philos prosagoreutheis, pistos heurethē en tǭ auton hypēkoon genesthai tois rhēmasin tou theou.
Abraham, who was called “the friend,” was found faithful in becoming obedient to the words of God.
Isa 41:8 (allusion, medium confidence) · Jas 2:23 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Abraham, God's friend, was faithful and obedient.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 10.1 (Lake, LCL 24:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/10-1).
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10.2Lake, LCL 24:24
οὗτος διʼ ὑπακοῆς ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ὅπως γῆν ὀλίγην καὶ συγγένειαν ἀσθενῆ καὶ οἶκον μικρὸν καταλιπὼν κληρονομήσῃ τὰς ἐπαγγελίας τοῦ θεοῦ. λέγει γὰρ αὐτῷ·
houtos diʼ hypakoēs exēlthen ek tēs gēs autou kai ek tēs syngeneias autou kai ek tou oikou tou patros autou, hopōs gēn oligēn kai syngeneian asthenē kai oikon mikron katalipōn klēronomēsę̄ tas epangelias tou theou. legei gar autǭ;
In obedience he went out from his land and his kindred and his father's house, so that by leaving a small land and a weak kindred and a little house he might inherit the promises of God. For God says to him:
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Summary: Abraham obediently left his home to inherit God's promises.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 10.2 (Lake, LCL 24:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/10-2).
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10.3Lake, LCL 24:24
Ἄπελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός σου εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω· καὶ ποιήσω σε εἰς ἔθνος μέγα καὶ εὐλογήσω σε καὶ μεγαλυνῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου, καὶ ἔσῃ εὐλογημένος· καὶ εὐλογήσω τοὺς εὐλογοῦντάς σε καὶ καταράσομαι τοὺς καταρωμένους σε, καὶ εὐλογηθήσονται ἐν σοὶ πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς.
Apelthe ek tēs gēs sou kai ek tēs syngeneias sou kai ek tou oikou tou patros sou eis tēn gēn hēn an soi deixō; kai poiēsō se eis ethnos mega kai eulogēsō se kai megalynō to onoma sou, kai esę̄ eulogēmenos; kai eulogēsō tous eulogountas se kai katarasomai tous katarōmenous se, kai eulogēthēsontai en soi pasai hai phylai tēs gēs.
“Go out from your land and from your kindred and from your father's house to the land that I will show you; and I will make you a great nation and bless you and make your name great, and you will be blessed. And I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you, and in you all the tribes of the earth will be blessed.”
Gen 12:1–3 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: God's call and promise to Abraham.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 10.3 (Lake, LCL 24:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/10-3).
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10.4Lake, LCL 24:24
καὶ πάλιν ἐν τῷ διαχωρισθῆναι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ Λὼτ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεός· Ἀναβλέψας τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου ἴδε ἀπὸ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ νῦν σὺ εἶ, πρὸς βορρᾶν καὶ λίβα καὶ ἀνατολὰς καὶ θάλασσαν, ὅτι πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἣν σὺ ὁρᾷς, σοὶ δώσω αὐτὴν καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου ἕως αἰῶνος.
kai palin en tǭ diachōristhēnai auton apo Lōt eipen autǭ ho theos; Anablepsas tois ophthalmois sou ide apo tou topou, hou nyn sy ei, pros borran kai liba kai anatolas kai thalassan, hoti pasan tēn gēn, hēn sy horąs, soi dōsō autēn kai tǭ spermati sou heōs aiōnos.
And again, when he separated from Lot, God said to him: “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you now are, to the north and south and east and west; for all the land that you see, I will give it to you and to your seed forever.
Gen 13:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 13:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God promised Abraham the land.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing); punctuation slip in the digital text (raised dot before the quotation)): ὁ θεός. Ἀναβλέψας → ὁ θεός· Ἀναβλέψας; οὖ νῦν → οὗ νῦν.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 10.4 (Lake, LCL 24:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/10-4).
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10.5Lake, LCL 24:24
καὶ ποιήσω τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡς τὴν ἄμμον τῆς γῆς· εἰ δύναταί τις ἐξαριθμῆσαι τὴν ἄμμον τῆς γῆς, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου ἐξαριθμηθήσεται.
kai poiēsō to sperma sou hōs tēn ammon tēs gēs; ei dynatai tis exarithmēsai tēn ammon tēs gēs, kai to sperma sou exarithmēthēsetai.
And I will make your seed like the sand of the earth: if anyone can count the sand of the earth, your seed also will be counted.”
Gen 13:16 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: God promised Abraham countless descendants.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 10.5 (Lake, LCL 24:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/10-5).
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10.6Lake, LCL 24:24
καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Ἐξήγαγεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν Ἀβραὰμ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἀρίθμησον τοὺς ἀστέρας, εἰ δυνήσῃ ἐξαριθμῆσαι αὐτούς· οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου. ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
kai palin legei; Exēgagen ho theos ton Abraam kai eipen autǭ; Anablepson eis ton ouranon kai arithmēson tous asteras, ei dynēsę̄ exarithmēsai autous; houtōs estai to sperma sou. episteusen de Abraam tǭ theǭ, kai elogisthē autǭ eis dikaiosynēn.
And again he says: “God brought Abraham out and said to him, ‘Look up to heaven and count the stars, if you can count them; so shall your seed be.’ And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”
Gen 15:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 15:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 4:3 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.
Topics: Justification, Faith
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 10.6 (Lake, LCL 24:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/10-6).
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10.7Lake, LCL 24:24–26
διὰ πίστιν καὶ φιλοξενίαν ἐδόθη αὐτῷ υἱὸς ἐν γήρᾳ, καὶ διʼ ὑπακοῆς προσήνεγκεν αὐτὸν θυσίαν τῷ θεῷ πρὸς τὸ ὄρος ὃ ἔδειξεν αὐτῷ.
dia pistin kai philoxenian edothē autǭ huios en gērą, kai diʼ hypakoēs prosēnenken auton thysian tǭ theǭ pros to oros ho edeixen autǭ.
Because of his faith and hospitality a son was given him in his old age, and in obedience he offered him as a sacrifice to God on one of the mountains that he showed him.
Gen 18:1 (echo, medium confidence) · Gen 22:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Heb 11:17 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Abraham received Isaac and offered him to God.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 10.7 (Lake, LCL 24:24–26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/10-7).
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Chapter 11
11.1Lake, LCL 24:26
Διὰ φιλοξενίαν καὶ εὐσέβειαν Λὼτ ἐσώθη ἐκ Σοδόμων, τῆς περιχώρου πάσης κριθείσης διὰ πυρὸς καὶ θείου, πρόδηλον ποιήσας ὁ δεσπότης, ὅτι τοὺς ἐλπίζοντας ἐπʼ αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐγκαταλείπει, τοὺς δὲ ἑτεροκλινεῖς ὑπάρχοντας εἰς κόλασιν καὶ αἰκισμὸν τίθησιν.
Dia philoxenian kai eusebeian Lōt esōthē ek Sodomōn, tēs perichōrou pasēs kritheisēs dia pyros kai theiou, prodēlon poiēsas ho despotēs, hoti tous elpizontas epʼ auton ouk enkataleipei, tous de heteroklineis hyparchontas eis kolasin kai aikismon tithēsin.
Because of his hospitality and godliness Lot was saved from Sodom, when the whole surrounding region was judged by fire and brimstone. The Master made it plain that he does not forsake those who hope in him, but hands over to punishment and torment those who turn aside.
Gen 19:24 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Pet 2:7 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Lot was saved from Sodom because of his hospitality.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 11.1 (Lake, LCL 24:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/11-1).
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11.2Lake, LCL 24:26
συνεξελθούσης γὰρ αὐτῷ τῆς γυναικὸς ἑτερογνώμονος ὑπαρχούσης καὶ οὐκ ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ, εἰς τοῦτο σημεῖον ἐτέθη, ὥστε γενέσθαι αὐτὴν στήλην ἁλὸς ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης, εἰς τὸ γνωστὸν εἶναι πᾶσιν, ὅτι οἱ δίψυχοι καὶ οἱ διστάζοντες περὶ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ δυνάμεως εἰς κρίμα καὶ εἰς σημείωσιν πάσαις ταῖς γενεαῖς γίνονται.
synexelthousēs gar autǭ tēs gynaikos heterognōmonos hyparchousēs kai ouk en homonoią, eis touto sēmeion etethē, hōste genesthai autēn stēlēn halos heōs tēs hēmeras tautēs, eis to gnōston einai pasin, hoti hoi dipsychoi kai hoi distazontes peri tēs tou theou dynameōs eis krima kai eis sēmeiōsin pasais tais geneais ginontai.
For his wife, who went out with him, was of a different mind and not in concord, and was made a sign of this, so that she became a pillar of salt to this day, to make known to all that the double-minded and those who doubt the power of God become a judgment and a warning to all generations.
Gen 19:26 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Lot's wife became a warning against doubt.
Extrabiblical texts: Wis 10:7 (Wisdom of Solomon [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; echo)
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 11.2 (Lake, LCL 24:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/11-2).
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Chapter 12
12.1Lake, LCL 24:26
Διὰ πίστιν καὶ φιλοξενίαν ἐσώθη Ῥαὰβ ἡ πόρνη.
Dia pistin kai philoxenian esōthē Rhaab hē pornē.
Because of her faith and hospitality Rahab the prostitute was saved.
Heb 11:31 (allusion, high confidence) · Jas 2:25 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Rahab was saved by faith and hospitality.
Topics: Faith
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 12.1 (Lake, LCL 24:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/12-1).
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12.2Lake, LCL 24:26
ἐκπεμφθέντων γὰρ ὑπὸ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ τοῦ Ναυὴ κατασκόπων εἰς τὴν Ἱεριχώ, ἔγνω ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἥκασιν κατασκοπεῦσαι τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐξέπεμψεν ἄνδρας τοὺς συλλημψομένους αὐτούς, ὅπως συλλημφθέντες θανατωθῶσιν.
ekpemphthentōn gar hypo Iēsou tou tou Nauē kataskopōn eis tēn Hierichō, egnō ho basileus tēs gēs, hoti hēkasin kataskopeusai tēn chōran autōn, kai exepempsen andras tous syllēmpsomenous autous, hopōs syllēmphthentes thanatōthōsin.
For when the spies were sent into Jericho by Joshua the son of Nun, the king of the land learned that they had come to spy out their country, and he sent out men to seize them, so that when they were seized they might be put to death.
Josh 2:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Josh 2:3 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Joshua's spies are hunted in Jericho.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 12.2 (Lake, LCL 24:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/12-2).
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12.3Lake, LCL 24:26–28
ἡ οὖν φιλόξενος Ῥαὰβ εἰσδεξαμένη αὐτοὺς ἔκρυψεν εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον ὑπὸ τὴν λινοκαλάμην.
hē oun philoxenos Rhaab eisdexamenē autous ekrypsen eis to hyperǭon hypo tēn linokalamēn.
So the hospitable Rahab took them in and hid them in the upper room under the flax stalks.
Josh 2:6 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Rahab hid the spies.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 12.3 (Lake, LCL 24:26–28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/12-3).
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12.4Lake, LCL 24:28
ἐπισταθέντων δὲ τῶν παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ λεγόντων· Πρὸς σὲ εἰσῆλθον οἱ κατάσκοποι τῆς γῆς ἡμῶν· ἐξάγαγε αὐτούς, ὁ γὰρ βασιλεὺς οὕτως κελεύει, ἥδε ἀπεκρίθη· Εἰσῆλθον μὲν οἱ ἄνδρες, οὓς ζητεῖτε, πρός με, ἀλλʼ εὐθέως ἀπῆλθον καὶ πορεύονται τῇ ὁδῷ· ὑποδεικνύουσα αὐτοῖς ἐναλλάξ.
epistathentōn de tōn para tou basileōs kai legontōn; Pros se eisēlthon hoi kataskopoi tēs gēs hēmōn; exagage autous, ho gar basileus houtōs keleuei, hēde apekrithē; Eisēlthon men hoi andres, hous zēteite, pros me, allʼ eutheōs apēlthon kai poreuontai tę̄ hodǭ; hypodeiknyousa autois enallax.
And when the king's men came and said, “The spies of our land came in to you; bring them out, for the king commands it,” she answered, “The men you are seeking did come in to me, but they left at once and are going on their way,” pointing them in the opposite direction.
Josh 2:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Josh 2:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Josh 2:5 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Rahab misled the king's men.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 12.4 (Lake, LCL 24:28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/12-4).
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12.5Lake, LCL 24:28
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς τοὺς ἄνδρας· Γινώσκουσα γινώσκω ἐγώ, ὅτι κύριος ὁ θεὸς παραδίδωσιν ὑμῖν τὴν γῆν ταύτην· ὁ γὰρ φόβος καὶ ὁ τρόμος ὑμῶν ἐπέπεσεν τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν αὐτήν. ὡς ἐὰν οὖν γένηται λαβεῖν αὐτὴν ὑμᾶς, διασώσατέ με καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου.
kai eipen pros tous andras; Ginōskousa ginōskō egō, hoti kyrios ho theos paradidōsin hymin tēn gēn tautēn; ho gar phobos kai ho tromos hymōn epepesen tois katoikousin autēn. hōs ean oun genētai labein autēn hymas, diasōsate me kai ton oikon tou patros mou.
And she said to the men, “I know for certain that the Lord God is handing this land over to you; for fear and dread of you have fallen on its inhabitants. So when you come to take it, save me and my father's house.”
Josh 2:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Josh 2:12 (allusion, medium confidence) · Josh 2:13 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Rahab confessed that God was giving Israel the land.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 12.5 (Lake, LCL 24:28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/12-5).
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12.6Lake, LCL 24:28
καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ· Ἔσται οὕτως, ὡς ἐλάλησας ἡμῖν. ὡς ἐὰν οὖν γνῷς παραγινομένους ἡμᾶς, συνάξεις πάντας τοὺς σοὺς ὑπὸ τὸ στέγος σου, καὶ διασωθήσονται· ὅσοι γὰρ ἐὰν εὑρεθῶσιν ἔξω τῆς οἰκίας, ἀπολοῦνται.
kai eipan autę̄; Estai houtōs, hōs elalēsas hēmin. hōs ean oun gnǭs paraginomenous hēmas, synaxeis pantas tous sous hypo to stegos sou, kai diasōthēsontai; hosoi gar ean heurethōsin exō tēs oikias, apolountai.
And they said to her, “It shall be as you have told us. So when you know that we are coming, gather all your family under your roof, and they will be saved; for all who are found outside the house will perish.”
Josh 2:14 (allusion, medium confidence) · Josh 2:18 (allusion, medium confidence) · Josh 2:19 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The spies promised to save Rahab's household.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 12.6 (Lake, LCL 24:28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/12-6).
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12.7Lake, LCL 24:28
καὶ προσέθεντο αὐτῇ δοῦναι σημεῖον, ὅπως ἐκκρεμάσῃ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς κόκκινον, πρόδηλον ποιοῦντες, ὅτι διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ κυρίου λύτρωσις ἔσται πᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν καὶ ἐλπίζουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν.
kai prosethento autę̄ dounai sēmeion, hopōs ekkremasę̄ ek tou oikou autēs kokkinon, prodēlon poiountes, hoti dia tou haimatos tou kyriou lytrōsis estai pasin tois pisteuousin kai elpizousin epi ton theon.
And they went on to give her a sign: that she should hang out a scarlet thread from her house, making it plain that through the blood of the Lord there will be redemption for all who believe and hope in God.
Josh 2:18 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Rahab's scarlet cord foreshadowed redemption through Christ's blood.
- The earliest known Christian reading of Rahab's scarlet cord as a sign of Christ's blood.
Topics: Christology, Atonement
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 12.7 (Lake, LCL 24:28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/12-7).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/12-7
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12.8Lake, LCL 24:28
ὁρᾶτε, ἀγαπητοί, ὅτι οὐ μόνον πίστις, ἀλλὰ καὶ προφητεία ἐν τῇ γυναικὶ γέγονεν.
horate, agapētoi, hoti ou monon pistis, alla kai prophēteia en tę̄ gynaiki gegonen.
You see, beloved, that there was not only faith but also prophecy in the woman.
Notes and citation
Summary: Rahab had faith and prophecy.
Topics: Faith, Prophecy and fulfilment
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 12.8 (Lake, LCL 24:28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/12-8).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/12-8
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Chapter 13
13.1Lake, LCL 24:28–30
Ταπεινοφρονήσωμεν οὖν, ἀδελφοί, ἀποθέμενοι πᾶσαν ἀλαζονείαν καὶ τῦφος καὶ ἀφροσύνην καὶ ὀργάς, καὶ ποιήσωμεν τὸ γεγραμμένον, λέγει γὰρ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· Μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ σοφὸς ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ αὐτοῦ μηδὲ ὁ ἰσχυρὸς ἐν τῇ ἰσχύϊ αὐτοῦ μηδὲ ὁ πλούσιος ἐν τῷ πλούτῳ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλʼ ὁ καυχώμενος ἐν κυρίῳ καυχάσθω, τοῦ ἐκζητεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ ποιεῖν κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην· μάλιστα μεμνημένοι τῶν λόγων τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ, οὓς ἐλάλησεν διδάσκων ἐπιείκειαν καὶ μακροθυμίαν.
Tapeinophronēsōmen oun, adelphoi, apothemenoi pasan alazoneian kai typhos kai aphrosynēn kai orgas, kai poiēsōmen to gegrammenon, legei gar to pneuma to hagion; Mē kauchasthō ho sophos en tę̄ sophią autou mēde ho ischyros en tę̄ ischyï autou mēde ho plousios en tǭ ploutǭ autou, allʼ ho kauchōmenos en kyriǭ kauchasthō, tou ekzētein auton kai poiein krima kai dikaiosynēn; malista memnēmenoi tōn logōn tou kyriou Iēsou, hous elalēsen didaskōn epieikeian kai makrothymian.
Let us therefore be humble-minded, brothers, laying aside all arrogance and conceit and folly and anger, and let us do what is written, for the Holy Spirit says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the rich man in his riches; but let him who boasts boast in the Lord, to seek him and to do judgment and righteousness”; especially remembering the words of the Lord Jesus which he spoke when he was teaching gentleness and patience.
Jer 9:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 9:24 (quotation, medium confidence) · 1 Sam 2:10 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 1:31 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Cor 10:17 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Be humble, boasting only in the Lord, and remember Jesus's teaching.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip: stray letter in the transcription): ἀλλʼ ἡ ὁ καυχώμενος → ἀλλʼ ὁ καυχώμενος.
Topics: Ethics, Humility and pride
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 13.1 (Lake, LCL 24:28–30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/13-1).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/13-1
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13.2Lake, LCL 24:30
οὕτως γὰρ εἶπεν· Ἐλεᾶτε, ἵνα ἐλεηθῆτε· ἀφίετε, ἵνα ἀφεθῇ ὑμῖν· ὡς ποιεῖτε, οὕτω ποιηθήσεται ὑμῖν· ὡς δίδοτε, οὕτως δοθήσεται ὑμῖν· ὡς κρίνετε, οὕτως κριθήσεσθε· ὡς χρηστεύεσθε, οὕτως χρηστευθήσεται ὑμῖν· ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε, ἐν αὐτῷ μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν.
houtōs gar eipen; Eleate, hina eleēthēte; aphiete, hina aphethę̄ hymin; hōs poieite, houtō poiēthēsetai hymin; hōs didote, houtōs dothēsetai hymin; hōs krinete, houtōs krithēsesthe; hōs chrēsteuesthe, houtōs chrēsteuthēsetai hymin; hǭ metrǭ metreite, en autǭ metrēthēsetai hymin.
For he spoke thus: “Show mercy, that you may be shown mercy; forgive, that it may be forgiven you. As you do, so it will be done to you; as you give, so it will be given to you; as you judge, so you will be judged; as you show kindness, so kindness will be shown to you; with the measure you measure, it will be measured to you.”
Matt 5:7 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 6:14 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 7:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 7:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 7:12 (allusion, medium confidence) · Luke 6:31 (allusion, medium confidence) · Luke 6:36 (allusion, medium confidence) · Luke 6:37 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 6:38 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jesus's sayings on mercy, forgiveness, and judgment.
- This form of the sayings is not found in any Gospel; it combines phrases like Matt 5:7; 6:14; 7:1–2, 12 and Luke 6:31, 36–38, perhaps from oral tradition or another collection.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 13.2 (Lake, LCL 24:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/13-2).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/13-2
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13.3Lake, LCL 24:30
ταύτῃ τῇ ἐντολῇ καὶ τοῖς παραγγέλμασιν τούτοις στηρίξωμεν ἑαυτοὺς εἰς τὸ πορεύεσθαι ὑπηκόους ὄντας τοῖς ἁγιοπρεπέσι λόγοις αὐτοῦ, ταπεινοφρονοῦντες· φησὶν γὰρ ὁ ἅγιος λόγος·
tautę̄ tę̄ entolę̄ kai tois parangelmasin toutois stērixōmen heautous eis to poreuesthai hypēkoous ontas tois hagioprepesi logois autou, tapeinophronountes; phēsin gar ho hagios logos;
With this commandment and these precepts let us strengthen ourselves to walk in obedience to his holy words, being humble-minded; for the holy word says:
Notes and citation
Summary: Obey Christ's words with humility.
Topics: Humility and pride
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 13.3 (Lake, LCL 24:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/13-3).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/13-3
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13.4Lake, LCL 24:30
Ἐπὶ τίνα ἐπιβλέψω, ἀλλʼ ἢ ἐπὶ τὸν πραῢν καὶ ἡσύχιον καὶ τρέμοντά μου τὰ λόγια.
Epi tina epiblepsō, allʼ ē epi ton praÿn kai hēsychion kai tremonta mou ta logia.
“On whom shall I look, but on the one who is gentle and quiet and trembles at my words?”
Isa 66:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God looks on the humble.
Topics: Humility and pride
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 13.4 (Lake, LCL 24:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/13-4).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/13-4
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Chapter 14
14.1Lake, LCL 24:30
Δίκαιον οὖν καὶ ὅσιον, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ὑπηκόους ἡμᾶς μᾶλλον γενέσθαι τῷ θεῷ ἢ τοῖς ἐν ἀλαζονείᾳ καὶ ἀκαταστασίᾳ μυσεροῦ ζήλους ἀρχηγοῖς ἐξακολουθεῖν.
Dikaion oun kai hosion, andres adelphoi, hypēkoous hēmas mallon genesthai tǭ theǭ ē tois en alazoneią kai akatastasią myserou zēlous archēgois exakolouthein.
It is right and holy, then, men and brothers, for us to obey God rather than to follow those who in arrogance and disorder are the leaders of detestable jealousy.
Acts 5:29 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Obey God, not the ringleaders of jealousy.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): θεῷ ἡ τοῖς → θεῷ ἢ τοῖς.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 14.1 (Lake, LCL 24:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/14-1).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/14-1
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14.2Lake, LCL 24:30
βλάβην γὰρ οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν, μᾶλλον δὲ κίνδυνον ὑποίσομεν μέγαν, ἐὰν ῥιψοκινδύνως ἐπιδῶμεν ἑαυτοὺς τοῖς θελήμασιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἵτινες ἐξακοντίζουσιν εἰς ἔριν καὶ στάσεις, εἰς τὸ ἀπαλλοτριῶσαι ἡμᾶς τοῦ καλῶς ἔχοντος.
blabēn gar ou tēn tychousan, mallon de kindynon hypoisomen megan, ean rhipsokindynōs epidōmen heautous tois thelēmasin tōn anthrōpōn, hoitines exakontizousin eis erin kai staseis, eis to apallotriōsai hēmas tou kalōs echontos.
For we shall incur no ordinary harm, but rather great danger, if we recklessly surrender ourselves to the wills of people who launch out into strife and factions to estrange us from what is right.
Notes and citation
Summary: Following troublemakers is dangerous.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 14.2 (Lake, LCL 24:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/14-2).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/14-2
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14.3Lake, LCL 24:30
χρηστευσώμεθα ἑαυτοῖς κατὰ τὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν καὶ γλυκύτητα τοῦ ποιήσαντος ἡμᾶς.
chrēsteusōmetha heautois kata tēn eusplanchnian kai glykytēta tou poiēsantos hēmas.
Let us be kind to one another, according to the compassion and sweetness of him who made us.
Eph 4:32 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Be kind, as God is kind.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 14.3 (Lake, LCL 24:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/14-3).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/14-3
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14.4Lake, LCL 24:30–32
γέγραπται γάρ· Χρηστοὶ ἔσονται οἰκήτορες γῆς, ἄκακοι δὲ ὑπολειφθήσονται ἐπʼ αὐτῆς· οἱ δὲ παρανομοῦντες ἐξολεθρευθήσονται ἀπʼ αὐτῆς.
gegraptai gar; Chrēstoi esontai oikētores gēs, akakoi de hypoleiphthēsontai epʼ autēs; hoi de paranomountes exolethreuthēsontai apʼ autēs.
For it is written: “The kind will inhabit the land, and the innocent will be left in it; but the transgressors will be destroyed from it.”
Prov 2:21 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 2:22 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The kind will inherit the land.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing elision mark)): ἐπ αὐτῆς → ἐπʼ αὐτῆς.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 14.4 (Lake, LCL 24:30–32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/14-4).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/14-4
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14.5Lake, LCL 24:32
καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Εἶδον ἀσεβῆ ὑπερυψούμενον καὶ ἐπαιρόμενον ὡς τὰς κέδρους τοῦ Λιβάνου· καὶ παρῆλθον, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν, καὶ ἐξεζήτησα τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον. φύλασσε ἀκακίαν καὶ ἴδε εὐθύτητα, ὅτι ἐστὶν ἐγκατάλειμμα ἀνθρώπῳ εἰρηνικῷ.
kai palin legei; Eidon asebē hyperypsoumenon kai epairomenon hōs tas kedrous tou Libanou; kai parēlthon, kai idou ouk ēn, kai exezētēsa ton topon autou, kai ouch heuron. phylasse akakian kai ide euthytēta, hoti estin enkataleimma anthrōpǭ eirēnikǭ.
And again he says: “I saw the ungodly exalted and lifted up like the cedars of Lebanon; and I passed by, and behold, he was not, and I sought his place and did not find it. Keep innocence and look on uprightness, for there is a remnant for the peaceable man.”
Ps 37:35 (36:35 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 37:36 (36:36 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 37:37 (36:37 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The proud vanish, but the peaceable have a future.
Topics: Humility and pride
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 14.5 (Lake, LCL 24:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/14-5).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/14-5
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Chapter 15
15.1Lake, LCL 24:32
Τοίνυν κολληθῶμεν τοῖς μετʼ εὐσεβείας εἰρηνεύουσιν, καὶ μὴ τοῖς μεθʼ ὑποκρίσεως βουλομένοις εἰρήνην.
Toinyn kollēthōmen tois metʼ eusebeias eirēneuousin, kai mē tois methʼ hypokriseōs boulomenois eirēnēn.
So let us join ourselves to those who keep peace with godliness, and not to those who wish for peace with hypocrisy.
Notes and citation
Summary: Side with those who truly seek peace.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 15.1 (Lake, LCL 24:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/15-1).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/15-1
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15.2Lake, LCL 24:32
λέγει γάρ που· Οὗτος ὁ λαὸς τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἄπεστιν ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ.
legei gar pou; Houtos ho laos tois cheilesin me timą, hē de kardia autōn porrō apestin apʼ emou.
For he says somewhere: “This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.”
Isa 29:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 7:6 (quotation, medium confidence) · Matt 15:8 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God rejects lip-service.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 15.2 (Lake, LCL 24:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/15-2).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/15-2
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15.3Lake, LCL 24:32
καὶ πάλιν· Τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν εὐλογοῦσιν, τῇ δὲ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν κατηρῶντο.
kai palin; Tǭ stomati autōn eulogousin, tę̄ de kardią autōn katērōnto.
And again: “They blessed with their mouth, but cursed with their heart.”
Ps 62:4 (61:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Blessing with the mouth, cursing in the heart.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 15.3 (Lake, LCL 24:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/15-3).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/15-3
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15.4Lake, LCL 24:32
καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Ἠγάπησαν αὐτὸν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῶν ἐψεύσαντο αὐτόν, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν οὐκ εὐθεῖα μετʼ αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἐπιστώθησαν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ αὐτοῦ.
kai palin legei; Ēgapēsan auton tǭ stomati autōn kai tę̄ glōssę̄ autōn epseusanto auton, hē de kardia autōn ouk eutheia metʼ autou, oude epistōthēsan en tę̄ diathēkę̄ autou.
And again he says: “They loved him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied to him; their heart was not right with him, nor were they faithful to his covenant.”
Ps 78:36 (77:36 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 78:37 (77:37 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Words without a faithful heart.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 15.4 (Lake, LCL 24:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/15-4).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/15-4
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15.5Lake, LCL 24:32
διὰ τοῦτο ἄλαλα γενηθήτω τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια τὰ λαλοῦντα κατὰ τοῦ δικαίου ἀνομίαν. καὶ πάλιν· Ἐξολεθρεύσαι κύριος πάντα τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια, γλῶσσαν μεγαλορήμονα, τοὺς εἰπόντας· Τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡμῶν μεγαλυνοῦμεν, τὰ χείλη ἡμῶν παρʼ ἡμῖν ἐστιν· τίς ἡμῶν κύριός ἐστιν;
dia touto alala genēthētō ta cheilē ta dolia ta lalounta kata tou dikaiou anomian. kai palin; Exolethreusai kyrios panta ta cheilē ta dolia, glōssan megalorēmona, tous eipontas; Tēn glōssan hēmōn megalynoumen, ta cheilē hēmōn parʼ hēmin estin; tis hēmōn kyrios estin?
“Therefore let the deceitful lips that speak lawlessness against the righteous be struck dumb.” And again: “May the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, the boastful tongue, those who said, ‘We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?’
Ps 31:18 (30:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 12:3 (11:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 12:4 (11:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God will silence deceitful and boastful lips.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip: letters transposed in the transcription): χείηλ → χείλη.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 15.5 (Lake, LCL 24:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/15-5).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/15-5
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15.6Lake, LCL 24:32
ἀπὸ τῆς ταλαιπωρίας τῶν πτωχῶν καὶ τοῦ στεναγμοῦ τῶν πενήτων νῦν ἀναστήσομαι, λέγει κύριος· θήσομαι ἐν σωτηρίῳ,
apo tēs talaipōrias tōn ptōchōn kai tou stenagmou tōn penētōn nyn anastēsomai, legei kyrios; thēsomai en sōtēriǭ,
Because of the misery of the poor and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise, says the Lord; I will set him in safety;
Ps 12:5 (11:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God will rise to help the poor.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 15.6 (Lake, LCL 24:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/15-6).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/15-6
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15.7Lake, LCL 24:32–34
παρρησιάσομαι ἐν αὐτῷ.
parrēsiasomai en autǭ.
I will deal boldly with him.”
Ps 12:5 (11:6 LXX) (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God will act openly for the poor.
- The Septuagint wording is obscure; perhaps “I will speak openly in it (that is, in his salvation).”
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 15.7 (Lake, LCL 24:32–34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/15-7).
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Chapter 16
16.1Lake, LCL 24:34
Ταπεινοφρονούντων γάρ ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός, οὐκ ἐπαιρομένων ἐπὶ τὸ ποίμνιον αὐτοῦ.
Tapeinophronountōn gar estin ho Christos, ouk epairomenōn epi to poimnion autou.
For Christ belongs to those who are humble-minded, not to those who exalt themselves over his flock.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ belongs to the humble, not to those who lord it over his flock.
Topics: Christology, Church office, Humility and pride
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.1 (Lake, LCL 24:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-1).
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16.2Lake, LCL 24:34
τὸ σκῆπτρον τῆς μεγαλωσύνης τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁ κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, οὐκ ἦλθεν ἐν κόμπῳ ἀλαζονείας οὐδὲ ὑπερηφανίας, καίπερ δυνάμενος, ἀλλὰ ταπεινοφρονῶν, καθὼς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον περὶ αὐτοῦ ἐλάλησεν· φησὶν γάρ·
to skēptron tēs megalōsynēs tou theou, ho kyrios Iēsous Christos, ouk ēlthen en kompǭ alazoneias oude hyperēphanias, kaiper dynamenos, alla tapeinophronōn, kathōs to pneuma to hagion peri autou elalēsen; phēsin gar;
The scepter of the majesty of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, did not come with the pomp of arrogance or pride, though he could have, but humble-minded, just as the Holy Spirit spoke concerning him. For he says:
Phil 2:6 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ came in humility, as the Spirit foretold.
Topics: Christology, Humility and pride
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.2 (Lake, LCL 24:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-2).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-2
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16.3Lake, LCL 24:34
Κύριε, τίς ἐπίστευσεν τῇ ἀκοῇ ἡμῶν; καὶ ὁ βραχίων κυρίου τίνι ἀπεκαλύφθη; ἀνηγγείλαμεν ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, ὡς παιδίον, ὡς ῥίζα ἐν γῇ διψώσῃ· οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ εἶδος οὐδὲ δόξα, καὶ εἴδομεν αὐτόν, καὶ οὐκ εἶχεν εἶδος οὐδὲ κάλλος, ἀλλὰ τὸ εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἄτιμον, ἐκλεῖπον παρὰ τὸ εἶδος τῶν ἀνθρώπων· ἄνθρωπος ἐν πληγῇ ὢν καὶ πόνῳ καὶ εἰδὼς φέρειν μαλακίαν, ὅτι ἀπέστραπται τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, ἠτιμάσθη καὶ οὐκ ἐλογίσθη·
Kyrie, tis episteusen tę̄ akoę̄ hēmōn? kai ho brachiōn kyriou tini apekalyphthē? anēngeilamen enantion autou, hōs paidion, hōs rhiza en gę̄ dipsōsę̄; ouk estin autǭ eidos oude doxa, kai eidomen auton, kai ouk eichen eidos oude kallos, alla to eidos autou atimon, ekleipon para to eidos tōn anthrōpōn; anthrōpos en plēgę̄ ōn kai ponǭ kai eidōs pherein malakian, hoti apestraptai to prosōpon autou, ētimasthē kai ouk elogisthē;
“Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? We announced before him, as a child, as a root in thirsty ground. He has no form or glory, and we saw him, and he had neither form nor beauty, but his form was without honor, inferior to the form of men; a man in suffering and in toil, and knowing how to bear weakness; because his face was turned away, he was dishonored and not esteemed.
Isa 53:1–3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Isaiah's Suffering Servant: despised and rejected.
- Chapter 16 quotes Isa 53:1–12 and Ps 22:6–8 in the Septuagint form.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): Κύριε. τίς → Κύριε, τίς.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.3 (Lake, LCL 24:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-3).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-3
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16.4Lake, LCL 24:34
οὗτος τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν φέρει καὶ περὶ ἡμῶν ὀδυνᾶται, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐλογισάμεθα αὐτὸν εἶναι ἐν πόνῳ καὶ ἐν πληγῇ καὶ ἐν κακώσει·
houtos tas hamartias hēmōn pherei kai peri hēmōn odynatai, kai hēmeis elogisametha auton einai en ponǭ kai en plēgę̄ kai en kakōsei;
He bears our sins and suffers pain for us, and we reckoned him to be in toil and in suffering and in affliction.
Isa 53:4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Servant bears our sins.
Topics: Christology, Atonement
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.4 (Lake, LCL 24:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-4).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-4
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16.5Lake, LCL 24:34
αὐτὸς δὲ ἐτραυματίσθη διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν καὶ μεμαλάκισται διὰ τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν. παιδεία εἰρήνης ἡμῶν ἐπʼ αὐτόν· τῷ μώλωπι αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς ἰάθημεν.
autos de etraumatisthē dia tas hamartias hēmōn kai memalakistai dia tas anomias hēmōn. paideia eirēnēs hēmōn epʼ auton; tǭ mōlōpi autou hēmeis iathēmen.
But he was wounded because of our sins, and he has been weakened because of our lawless deeds. The chastisement of our peace was upon him; by his bruise we were healed.
Isa 53:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: By his wounds we are healed.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.5 (Lake, LCL 24:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-5).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-5
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16.6Lake, LCL 24:34
πάντες ὡς πρόβατα ἐπλανήθημεν, ἄνθρωπος τῇ ὁδῷ αὐτοῦ ἐπλανήθη·
pantes hōs probata eplanēthēmen, anthrōpos tę̄ hodǭ autou eplanēthē;
All of us have gone astray like sheep; each has gone astray in his own way.
Isa 53:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: All have gone astray like sheep.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.6 (Lake, LCL 24:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-6).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-6
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16.7Lake, LCL 24:34
καὶ κύριος παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ αὐτὸς διὰ τὸ κεκακῶσθαι οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα. ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη, καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ κείραντος ἄφωνος, οὕτως οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ. ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει ἡ κρίσις αὐτοῦ ἤρθη.
kai kyrios paredōken auton hyper tōn hamartiōn hēmōn, kai autos dia to kekakōsthai ouk anoigei to stoma. hōs probaton epi sphagēn ēchthē, kai hōs amnos enantion tou keirantos aphōnos, houtōs ouk anoigei to stoma autou. en tę̄ tapeinōsei hē krisis autou ērthē.
And the Lord handed him over for our sins, and he, because he has been afflicted, does not open his mouth. As a sheep he was led to slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he does not open his mouth. In his humiliation his judgment was taken away.
Isa 53:6–8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Like a lamb to the slaughter, he was silent.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.7 (Lake, LCL 24:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-7).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-7
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16.8Lake, LCL 24:34–36
τὴν γενεὰν αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται; ὅτι αἴρεται ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ.
tēn genean autou tis diēgēsetai? hoti airetai apo tēs gēs hē zōē autou.
Who will describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.
Isa 53:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: His life was taken from the earth.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.8 (Lake, LCL 24:34–36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-8).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-8
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16.9Lake, LCL 24:36
ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνομιῶν τοῦ λαοῦ μου ἥκει εἰς θάνατον.
apo tōn anomiōn tou laou mou hēkei eis thanaton.
Because of the lawless deeds of my people he came to death.
Isa 53:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: He died for his people's sins.
Topics: Christology, Atonement
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.9 (Lake, LCL 24:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-9).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-9
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16.10Lake, LCL 24:36
καὶ δώσω τοὺς πονηροὺς ἀντὶ τῆς ταφῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς πλουσίους ἀντὶ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ· ὅτι ἀνομίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν, οὐδὲ εὑρέθη δόλος ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ. καὶ κύριος βούλεται καθαρίσαι αὐτὸν τῆς πληγῆς.
kai dōsō tous ponērous anti tēs taphēs autou kai tous plousious anti tou thanatou autou; hoti anomian ouk epoiēsen, oude heurethē dolos en tǭ stomati autou. kai kyrios bouletai katharisai auton tēs plēgēs.
And I will give the wicked for his burial and the rich for his death; for he did no lawlessness, nor was deceit found in his mouth. And the Lord wills to cleanse him of his wound.
Isa 53:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 53:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The innocent Servant.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.10 (Lake, LCL 24:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-10).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-10
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16.11Lake, LCL 24:36
ἐὰν δῶτε περὶ ἁμαρτίας, ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ὄψεται σπέρμα μακρόβιον.
ean dōte peri hamartias, hē psychē hymōn opsetai sperma makrobion.
If you make an offering for sin, your soul will see a long-lived seed.
Isa 53:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: An offering for sin.
Topics: Christology, Atonement
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.11 (Lake, LCL 24:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-11).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-11
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16.12Lake, LCL 24:36
καὶ κύριος βούλεται ἀφελεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ πόνου τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, δεῖξαι αὐτῷ φῶς καὶ πλάσαι τῇ συνέσει, δικαιῶσαι δίκαιον εὖ δουλεύοντα πολλοῖς. καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν αὐτὸς ἀνοίσει.
kai kyrios bouletai aphelein apo tou ponou tēs psychēs autou, deixai autǭ phōs kai plasai tę̄ synesei, dikaiōsai dikaion eu douleuonta pollois. kai tas hamartias autōn autos anoisei.
And the Lord wills to take away from the toil of his soul, to show him light and to form him with understanding, to justify a righteous one who serves many well. And he himself will bear their sins.
Isa 53:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 53:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The righteous Servant will justify many.
Topics: Christology, Justification
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.12 (Lake, LCL 24:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-12).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-12
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16.13Lake, LCL 24:36
διὰ τοῦτο αὐτὸς κληρονομήσει πολλοὺς καὶ τῶν ἰσχυρῶν μεριεῖ σκῦλα· ἀνθʼ ὧν παρεδόθη εἰς θάνατον ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀνόμοις ἐλογίσθη.
dia touto autos klēronomēsei pollous kai tōn ischyrōn meriei skyla; anthʼ hōn paredothē eis thanaton hē psychē autou, kai en tois anomois elogisthē.
Therefore he will inherit many and will divide the spoils of the strong, because his soul was handed over to death and he was reckoned among the lawless.
Isa 53:12 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: He was numbered with the transgressors.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.13 (Lake, LCL 24:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-13).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-13
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16.14Lake, LCL 24:36
καὶ αὐτὸς ἁμαρτίας πολλῶν ἀνήνεγκεν καὶ διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν παρεδόθη.
kai autos hamartias pollōn anēnenken kai dia tas hamartias autōn paredothē.
And he himself bore the sins of many and was handed over because of their sins.”
Isa 53:12 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: He bore the sins of many.
Topics: Christology, Atonement
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.14 (Lake, LCL 24:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-14).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-14
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16.15Lake, LCL 24:36
καὶ πάλιν αὐτός φησιν· Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι σκώληξ καὶ οὐκ ἄνθρωπος, ὄνειδος ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἐξουθένημα λαοῦ.
kai palin autos phēsin; Egō de eimi skōlēx kai ouk anthrōpos, oneidos anthrōpōn kai exouthenēma laou.
And again he himself says: “But I am a worm and not a man, a reproach of men and despised by the people.
Ps 22:6 (21:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “I am a worm and not a man.”
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.15 (Lake, LCL 24:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-15).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-15
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16.16Lake, LCL 24:36
πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντές με ἐξεμυκτήρισάν με, ἐλάλησαν ἐν χείλεσιν, ἐκίνησαν κεφαλήν· Ἤλπισεν ἐπὶ κύριον, ῥυσάσθω αὐτόν, σωσάτω αὐτόν, ὅτι θέλει αὐτόν.
pantes hoi theōrountes me exemyktērisan me, elalēsan en cheilesin, ekinēsan kephalēn; Ēlpisen epi kyrion, rhysasthō auton, sōsatō auton, hoti thelei auton.
All who saw me mocked me; they spoke with their lips, they shook their heads: ‘He hoped in the Lord; let him deliver him, let him save him, since he delights in him.’”
Ps 22:7 (21:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 22:8 (21:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The sufferer is mocked.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.16 (Lake, LCL 24:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-16).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-16
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16.17Lake, LCL 24:36–38
ὁρᾶτε, ἄνδρες ἀγαπητοί, τίς ὁ ὑπογραμμὸς ὁ δεδομένος ἡμῖν· εἰ γὰρ ὁ κύριος οὕτως ἐταπεινοφρόνησεν, τί ποιήσωμεν ἡμεῖς οἱ ὑπὸ τὸν ζυγὸν τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ διʼ αὐτοῦ ἐλθόντες;
horate, andres agapētoi, tis ho hypogrammos ho dedomenos hēmin; ei gar ho kyrios houtōs etapeinophronēsen, ti poiēsōmen hēmeis hoi hypo ton zygon tēs charitos autou diʼ autou elthontes?
You see, beloved men, what is the example that has been given to us; for if the Lord was so humble-minded, what should we do, who through him have come under the yoke of his grace?
Matt 11:29 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: If the Lord was so humble, how much more should we be.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): ἅνδρες → ἄνδρες.
Topics: Christology, Ethics, Humility and pride
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 16.17 (Lake, LCL 24:36–38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/16-17).
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Chapter 17
17.1Lake, LCL 24:38
Μιμηταὶ γενώμεθα κἀκείνων, οἵτινες ἐν δέρμασιν αἰγείοις καὶ μηλωταῖς περιεπάτησαν κηρύσσοντες τὴν ἔλευσιν τοῦ Χριστοῦ· λέγομεν δὲ Ἠλίαν καὶ Ἑλισαιέ, ἔτι δὲ καὶ Ἰεζεκιήλ, τοὺς προφήτας· πρὸς τούτοις καὶ τοὺς μεμαρτυρημένους.
Mimētai genōmetha kakeinōn, hoitines en dermasin aigeiois kai mēlōtais periepatēsan kēryssontes tēn eleusin tou Christou; legomen de Ēlian kai Helisaie, eti de kai Iezekiēl, tous prophētas; pros toutois kai tous memartyrēmenous.
Let us be imitators also of those who went about in goatskins and sheepskins, proclaiming the coming of Christ; we mean Elijah and Elisha, and also Ezekiel, the prophets; and besides these, those who were well attested.
Heb 11:37 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Imitate the humble prophets.
Topics: Humility and pride
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 17.1 (Lake, LCL 24:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/17-1).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/17-1
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17.2Lake, LCL 24:38
ἐμαρτυρήθη μεγάλως Ἀβραὰμ καὶ φίλος προσηγορεύθη τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ λέγει ἀτενίζων εἰς τὴν δόξαν τοῦ θεοῦ ταπεινοφρονῶν· Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι γῆ καὶ σποδός.
emartyrēthē megalōs Abraam kai philos prosēgoreuthē tou theou, kai legei atenizōn eis tēn doxan tou theou tapeinophronōn; Egō de eimi gē kai spodos.
Abraham was greatly attested and was called the friend of God; and gazing on the glory of God, he says in humility, “But I am earth and ashes.”
Gen 18:27 (quotation, high confidence) · Jas 2:23 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Abraham humbly called himself dust and ashes.
Topics: Humility and pride
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 17.2 (Lake, LCL 24:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/17-2).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/17-2
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17.3Lake, LCL 24:38
ἔτι δὲ καὶ περὶ Ἰὼβ οὕτως γέγραπται· Ἰὼβ δὲ ἦν δίκαιος καὶ ἄμεμπτος, ἀληθινός, θεοσεβής, ἀπεχόμενος ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ.
eti de kai peri Iōb houtōs gegraptai; Iōb de ēn dikaios kai amemptos, alēthinos, theosebēs, apechomenos apo pantos kakou.
And again concerning Job it is written thus: “Job was righteous and blameless, true, God-fearing, keeping away from all evil.”
Job 1:1 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Job was righteous.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 17.3 (Lake, LCL 24:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/17-3).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/17-3
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17.4Lake, LCL 24:38
ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς ἑαυτοῦ κατηγορεῖ λέγων· Οὐδεὶς καθαρὸς ἀπὸ ῥύπου, οὐδʼ ἂν μιᾶς ἡμέρας ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ.
allʼ autos heautou katēgorei legōn; Oudeis katharos apo rhypou, oudʼ an mias hēmeras hē zōē autou.
But he accuses himself, saying, “No one is clean from filth, not even if his life is but a day.”
Job 14:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Job 14:5 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Yet Job confessed that no one is pure.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 17.4 (Lake, LCL 24:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/17-4).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/17-4
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17.5Lake, LCL 24:38
Μωυσῆς πιστὸς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ ἐκλήθη, καὶ διὰ τῆς ὑπηρεσίας αὐτοῦ ἔκρινεν ὁ θεὸς Αἴγυπτον διὰ τῶν μαστίγων καὶ τῶν αἰκισμάτων αὐτῶν· ἀλλὰ κἀκεῖνος δοξασθεὶς μεγάλως οὐκ ἐμεγαλορημόνησεν, ἀλλʼ εἶπεν ἐκ τῆς βάτου χρηματισμοῦ αὐτῷ διδομένου· Τίς εἰμι ἐγώ, ὅτι με πέμπεις; Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι ἰσχνόφωνος καὶ βραδύγλωσσος.
Mōysēs pistos en holǭ tǭ oikǭ autou eklēthē, kai dia tēs hypēresias autou ekrinen ho theos Aigypton dia tōn mastigōn kai tōn aikismatōn autōn; alla kakeinos doxastheis megalōs ouk emegalorēmonēsen, allʼ eipen ek tēs batou chrēmatismou autǭ didomenou; Tis eimi egō, hoti me pempeis? Egō de eimi ischnophōnos kai bradyglōssos.
Moses was called “faithful in all his house,” and through his ministry God judged Egypt with its plagues and torments. But he too, though greatly glorified, did not speak boastfully, but when the oracle was given to him from the bush, he said, “Who am I, that you send me? I am weak of voice and slow of tongue.”
Num 12:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 3:2 (echo, medium confidence) · Exod 3:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 4:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Moses, though glorified, was humble.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip: letter misread in the transcription): Λἴγυπτον → Αἴγυπτον.
Topics: Humility and pride
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 17.5 (Lake, LCL 24:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/17-5).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/17-5
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17.6Lake, LCL 24:38
καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι ἀτμὶς ἀπὸ κύθρας.
kai palin legei; Egō de eimi atmis apo kythras.
And again he says, “I am steam from a pot.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Moses: “I am steam from a pot.”
- The source of this saying is unknown; perhaps an apocryphal writing about Moses.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 17.6 (Lake, LCL 24:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/17-6).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/17-6
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Chapter 18
18.1Lake, LCL 24:38
Τί δὲ εἴπωμεν ἐπὶ τῷ μεμαρτυρημένῳ Δαυείδ; ἐφʼ οὗ εἶπεν ὁ θεός· Εὗρον ἄνδρα κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν μου, Δαυεὶδ τὸν τοῦ Ἰεσσαί, ἐν ἐλέει αἰωνίῳ ἔχρισα αὐτόν.
Ti de eipōmen epi tǭ memartyrēmenǭ Daueid? ephʼ hou eipen ho theos; Heuron andra kata tēn kardian mou, Daueid ton tou Iessai, en eleei aiōniǭ echrisa auton.
And what shall we say of the well-attested David? Of him God said, “I have found a man after my heart, David the son of Jesse; I have anointed him with eternal mercy.”
Ps 89:20 (88:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 13:22 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 13:14 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: David, a man after God's heart.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.1 (Lake, LCL 24:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-1).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-1
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18.2Lake, LCL 24:38–40
ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸς λέγει πρὸς τὸν θεόν· Ἐλέησόν με, ὁ θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐξάλειψον τὸ ἀνόμημά μου.
alla kai autos legei pros ton theon; Eleēson me, ho theos, kata to mega eleos sou, kai kata to plēthos tōn oiktirmōn sou exaleipson to anomēma mou.
Yet he too says to God: “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your great mercy, and according to the multitude of your compassions blot out my lawlessness.
Ps 51:1 (50:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: David's prayer of repentance (Psalm 51) begins.
- Chapter 18 quotes Ps 51:1–17 (50:3–19 LXX) in full.
Topics: Prayer, Repentance
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.2 (Lake, LCL 24:38–40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-2).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-2
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18.3Lake, LCL 24:40
ἐπὶ πλεῖον πλῦνόν με ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας μου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου καθάρισόν με· ὅτι τὴν ἀνομίαν μου ἐγὼ γινώσκω, καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία μου ἐνώπιόν μου ἐστὶν διαπαντός.
epi pleion plynon me apo tēs anomias mou, kai apo tēs hamartias mou katharison me; hoti tēn anomian mou egō ginōskō, kai hē hamartia mou enōpion mou estin diapantos.
Wash me thoroughly from my lawlessness, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my lawlessness, and my sin is always before me.
Ps 51:2 (50:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 51:3 (50:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “Wash me from my sin.”
Topics: Prayer, Repentance, Forgiveness of sins
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.3 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-3).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-3
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18.4Lake, LCL 24:40
σοὶ μόνῳ ἥμαρτον, καὶ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐποίησα, ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.
soi monǭ hēmarton, kai to ponēron enōpion sou epoiēsa, hopōs an dikaiōthę̄s en tois logois sou, kai nikēsę̄s en tǭ krinesthai se.
Against you only have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and prevail when you are judged.
Ps 51:4 (50:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “Against you only have I sinned.”
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): λόγοις σου. καὶ νικήσῃς → λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσῃς.
Topics: Prayer, Repentance
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.4 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-4).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-4
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18.5Lake, LCL 24:40
ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἐν ἀνομίαις συνελήμφθην, καὶ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἐκίσσησέν με ἡ μήτηρ μου.
idou gar en anomiais synelēmphthēn, kai en hamartiais ekissēsen me hē mētēr mou.
For behold, I was conceived in lawlessness, and in sins my mother conceived me.
Ps 51:5 (50:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “I was conceived in sin.”
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.5 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-5).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-5
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18.6Lake, LCL 24:40
ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἀλήθειαν ἠγάπησας· τὰ ἄδηλα καὶ τὰ κρύφια τῆς σοφίας σου ἐδήλωσάς μοι.
idou gar alētheian ēgapēsas; ta adēla kai ta kryphia tēs sophias sou edēlōsas moi.
For behold, you have loved truth; you have shown me the hidden and secret things of your wisdom.
Ps 51:6 (50:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God loves truth and reveals hidden wisdom.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.6 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-6).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-6
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18.7Lake, LCL 24:40
ῥαντιεῖς με ὑσσώπῳ, καὶ καθαρισθήσομαι· πλυνεῖς με, καὶ ὑπὲρ χιόνα λευκανθήσομαι.
rhantieis me hyssōpǭ, kai katharisthēsomai; plyneis me, kai hyper chiona leukanthēsomai.
You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; you will wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Ps 51:7 (50:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.”
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.7 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-7).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-7
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18.8Lake, LCL 24:40
ἀκουτιεῖς με ἀγαλλίασιν καὶ εὐφροσύνην. ἀγαλλιάσονται ὀστᾶ τεταπεινωμένα.
akoutieis me agalliasin kai euphrosynēn. agalliasontai osta tetapeinōmena.
You will make me hear joy and gladness; the bones that have been humbled will rejoice.
Ps 51:8 (50:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “Let me hear joy and gladness.”
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.8 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-8).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-8
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18.9Lake, LCL 24:40
ἀπόστρεψον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου, καὶ πάσας τὰς ἀνομίας μου ἐξάλειψον.
apostrepson to prosōpon sou apo tōn hamartiōn mou, kai pasas tas anomias mou exaleipson.
Turn your face away from my sins, and blot out all my lawless deeds.
Ps 51:9 (50:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “Blot out my sins.”
Topics: Prayer, Forgiveness of sins
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.9 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-9).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-9
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18.10Lake, LCL 24:40
καρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί, ὁ θεός, καὶ πνεῦμα εὐθὲς ἐγκαίνισον ἐν τοῖς ἐγκάτοις μου.
kardian katharan ktison en emoi, ho theos, kai pneuma euthes enkainison en tois enkatois mou.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Ps 51:10 (50:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “Create in me a clean heart.”
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.10 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-10).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-10
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18.11Lake, LCL 24:40
μὴ ἀπορίψῃς με ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιόν σου μὴ ἀντανέλῃς ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ.
mē aporipsę̄s me apo tou prosōpou sou, kai to pneuma to hagion sou mē antanelę̄s apʼ emou.
Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
Ps 51:11 (50:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “Do not take your Holy Spirit from me.”
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.11 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-11).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-11
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18.12Lake, LCL 24:40
ἀπόδος μοι τὴν ἀγαλλίασιν τοῦ σωτηρίου σου, καὶ πνεύματι ἡγεμονικῷ στήρισόν με.
apodos moi tēn agalliasin tou sōtēriou sou, kai pneumati hēgemonikǭ stērison me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and establish me with a guiding spirit.
Ps 51:12 (50:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “Restore the joy of your salvation.”
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): σωτηρίου σου. καὶ → σωτηρίου σου, καὶ.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.12 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-12).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-12
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18.13Lake, LCL 24:40
διδάξω ἀνόμους τὰς ὁδούς σου, καὶ ἀσεβεῖς ἐπιστρέψουσιν ἐπὶ σέ.
didaxō anomous tas hodous sou, kai asebeis epistrepsousin epi se.
I will teach the lawless your ways, and the ungodly will turn back to you.
Ps 51:13 (50:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “I will teach sinners your ways.”
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.13 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-13).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-13
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18.14Lake, LCL 24:40
ῥῦσαί με ἐξ αἱμάτων, ὁ θεός, ὁ θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου.
rhysai me ex haimatōn, ho theos, ho theos tēs sōtērias mou.
Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation.
Ps 51:14 (50:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “Deliver me from bloodguilt.”
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.14 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-14).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-14
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18.15Lake, LCL 24:40
ἀγαλλιάσεται ἡ γλῶσσά μου τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου. κύριε, τὸ στόμα μου ἀνοίξεις, καὶ τὰ χείλη μου ἀναγγελεῖ τὴν αἴνεσίν σου.
agalliasetai hē glōssa mou tēn dikaiosynēn sou. kyrie, to stoma mou anoixeis, kai ta cheilē mou anangelei tēn ainesin sou.
My tongue will rejoice in your righteousness. Lord, you will open my mouth, and my lips will declare your praise.
Ps 51:14 (50:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 51:15 (50:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “My lips will declare your praise.”
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.15 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-15).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-15
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18.16Lake, LCL 24:40
ὅτι εἰ ἠθέλησας θυσίαν, ἔδωκα ἄν· ὁλοκαυτώματα οὐκ εὐδοκήσεις.
hoti ei ēthelēsas thysian, edōka an; holokautōmata ouk eudokēseis.
For if you had desired sacrifice, I would have given it; you will not be pleased with whole burnt offerings.
Ps 51:16 (50:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God does not desire burnt offerings.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): θυσίαν. ἔδωκα → θυσίαν, ἔδωκα.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.16 (Lake, LCL 24:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-16).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-16
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18.17Lake, LCL 24:40–42
θυσία τῷ θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον· καρδίαν συντετριμμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἐξουθενώσει.
thysia tǭ theǭ pneuma syntetrimmenon; kardian syntetrimmenēn kai tetapeinōmenēn ho theos ouk exouthenōsei.
A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.”
Ps 51:17 (50:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God accepts a broken and contrite heart.
Topics: Prayer, Repentance
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 18.17 (Lake, LCL 24:40–42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-17).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/18-17
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Chapter 19
19.1Lake, LCL 24:42
Τῶν τοσούτων οὖν καὶ τοιούτων οὕτως μεμαρτυρημένων τὸ ταπεινόφρον καὶ τὸ ὑποδεὲς διὰ τῆς ὑπακοῆς οὐ μόνον ἡμᾶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς πρὸ ἡμῶν γενεὰς βελτίους ἐποίησεν, τούς τε καταδεξαμένους τὰ λόγια αὐτοῦ ἐν φόβῳ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ.
Tōn tosoutōn oun kai toioutōn houtōs memartyrēmenōn to tapeinophron kai to hypodees dia tēs hypakoēs ou monon hēmas, alla kai tas pro hēmōn geneas beltious epoiēsen, tous te katadexamenous ta logia autou en phobǭ kai alētheią.
The humility and submissiveness of so many and such well-attested men, through their obedience, has made better not only us but also the generations before us, and those who received his oracles in fear and truth.
Notes and citation
Summary: The humility of the saints has benefited every generation.
Topics: Ethics, Humility and pride
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 19.1 (Lake, LCL 24:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/19-1).
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19.2Lake, LCL 24:42
πολλῶν οὖν καὶ μεγάλων καὶ ἐνδόξων μετειληφότες πράξεων ἐπαναδράμωμεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἐξ ἀρχῆς παραδεδομένον ἡμῖν τῆς εἰρήνης σκοπόν, καὶ ἀτενίσωμεν εἰς τὸν πατέρα καὶ κτίστην τοῦ σύμπαντος κόσμου καὶ ταῖς μεγαλοπρεπέσι καὶ ὑπερβαλλούσαις αὐτοῦ δωρεαῖς τῆς εἰρήνης εὐεργεσίαις τε κολληθῶμεν.
pollōn oun kai megalōn kai endoxōn meteilēphotes praxeōn epanadramōmen epi ton ex archēs paradedomenon hēmin tēs eirēnēs skopon, kai atenisōmen eis ton patera kai ktistēn tou sympantos kosmou kai tais megaloprepesi kai hyperballousais autou dōreais tēs eirēnēs euergesiais te kollēthōmen.
Having therefore shared in many great and glorious deeds, let us hasten back to the goal of peace handed down to us from the beginning, and let us fix our eyes on the Father and Creator of the whole world, and cling to his magnificent and surpassing gifts and benefits of peace.
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Summary: Return to the goal of peace and look to God the Creator.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 19.2 (Lake, LCL 24:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/19-2).
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19.3Lake, LCL 24:42
ἴδωμεν αὐτὸν κατὰ διάνοιαν καὶ ἐμβλέψωμεν τοῖς ὄμμασιν τῆς ψυχῆς εἰς τὸ μακρόθυμον αὐτοῦ βούλημα· νοήσωμεν, πῶς ἀόργητος ὑπάρχει πρὸς πᾶσαν τὴν κτίσιν αὐτοῦ.
idōmen auton kata dianoian kai emblepsōmen tois ommasin tēs psychēs eis to makrothymon autou boulēma; noēsōmen, pōs aorgētos hyparchei pros pasan tēn ktisin autou.
Let us behold him in our mind and look with the eyes of our soul on his patient will; let us consider how free from anger he is toward all his creation.
Notes and citation
Summary: Contemplate God's patience toward all creation.
Topics: Providence
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 19.3 (Lake, LCL 24:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/19-3).
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Chapter 20
20.1Lake, LCL 24:42
Οἱ οὐρανοὶ τῇ διοικήσει αὐτοῦ σαλευόμενοι ἐν εἰρήνῃ ὑποτάσσονται αὐτῷ.
Hoi ouranoi tę̄ dioikēsei autou saleuomenoi en eirēnę̄ hypotassontai autǭ.
The heavens, moved by his management, are subject to him in peace.
Notes and citation
Summary: The heavens obey God in peace.
- Chapter 20 describes the harmony of creation as a model for the church.
Topics: Creation, Providence
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 20.1 (Lake, LCL 24:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/20-1).
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20.2Lake, LCL 24:42
ἡμέρα τε καὶ νὺξ τὸν τεταγμένον ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ δρόμον διανύουσιν, μηδὲν ἀλλήλοις ἐμποδίζοντα.
hēmera te kai nyx ton tetagmenon hypʼ autou dromon dianyousin, mēden allēlois empodizonta.
Day and night complete the course assigned by him, in no way hindering one another.
Notes and citation
Summary: Day and night keep their order.
Topics: Creation, Providence
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 20.2 (Lake, LCL 24:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/20-2).
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20.3Lake, LCL 24:42
ἥλιός τε καὶ σελήνη, ἀστέρων τε χοροὶ κατὰ τὴν διαταγὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ δίχα πάσης παρεκβάσεως ἐξελίσσουσιν τοὺς ἐπιτεταγμένους αὐτοῖς ὁρισμούς.
hēlios te kai selēnē, asterōn te choroi kata tēn diatagēn autou en homonoią dicha pasēs parekbaseōs exelissousin tous epitetagmenous autois horismous.
The sun and moon and the choirs of stars, according to his arrangement, roll on in concord within their appointed limits, without any deviation.
Notes and citation
Summary: Sun, moon, and stars move in concord.
Topics: Creation, Providence
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 20.3 (Lake, LCL 24:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/20-3).
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20.4Lake, LCL 24:42–44
γῆ κυοφοροῦσα κατὰ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἰδίοις καιροῖς τὴν πανπληθῆ ἀνθρώποις τε καὶ θηρσὶν καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς οὖσιν ἐπʼ αὐτῆς ζώοις ἀνατέλλει τροφήν, μὴ διχοστατοῦσα μηδὲ ἀλλοιοῦσά τι τῶν δεδογματισμένων ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ.
gē kyophorousa kata to thelēma autou tois idiois kairois tēn panplēthē anthrōpois te kai thērsin kai pasin tois ousin epʼ autēs zōois anatellei trophēn, mē dichostatousa mēde alloiousa ti tōn dedogmatismenōn hypʼ autou.
The earth, bearing fruit according to his will in its proper seasons, brings forth abundant food for human beings and beasts and all the living things upon it, without dissent and without altering any of his decrees.
Notes and citation
Summary: The earth yields food in its seasons.
Topics: Creation, Providence
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 20.4 (Lake, LCL 24:42–44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/20-4).
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20.5Lake, LCL 24:44
ἀβύσσων τε ἀνεξιχνίαστα καὶ νερτέρων ἀνεκδιήγητα κλίματα τοῖς αὐτοῖς συνέχεται προστάγμασιν.
abyssōn te anexichniasta kai nerterōn anekdiēgēta klimata tois autois synechetai prostagmasin.
The unsearchable regions of the abysses and the indescribable realms of the underworld are held together by the same ordinances.
Notes and citation
Summary: Even the depths obey God's ordinances.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 20.5 (Lake, LCL 24:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/20-5).
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20.6Lake, LCL 24:44
τὸ κύτος τῆς ἀπείρου θαλάσσης κατὰ τὴν δημιουργίαν αὐτοῦ συσταθὲν εἰς τὰς συναγωγὰς οὐ παρεκβαίνει τὰ περιτεθειμένα αὐτῇ κλεῖθρα, ἀλλὰ καθὼς διέταξεν αὐτῇ, οὕτως ποιεῖ.
to kytos tēs apeirou thalassēs kata tēn dēmiourgian autou systathen eis tas synagōgas ou parekbainei ta peritetheimena autę̄ kleithra, alla kathōs dietaxen autę̄, houtōs poiei.
The hollow of the boundless sea, gathered together by his workmanship into its collections, does not pass the barriers set around it, but does as he appointed for it.
Notes and citation
Summary: The sea keeps within its bounds.
Topics: Creation, Providence
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 20.6 (Lake, LCL 24:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/20-6).
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20.7Lake, LCL 24:44
εἶπεν γάρ· Ἕως ὧδε ἥξεις, καὶ τὰ κύματά σου ἐν σοὶ συντριβήσεται.
eipen gar; Heōs hōde hēxeis, kai ta kymata sou en soi syntribēsetai.
For he said, “Thus far you shall come, and your waves shall be broken within you.”
Job 38:11 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: God set the sea's limits.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 20.7 (Lake, LCL 24:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/20-7).
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20.8Lake, LCL 24:44
ὠκεανὸς ἀπέραντος ἀνθρώποις καὶ οἱ μετʼ αὐτὸν κόσμοι ταῖς αὐταῖς ταγαῖς τοῦ δεσπότου διευθύνονται.
ōkeanos aperantos anthrōpois kai hoi metʼ auton kosmoi tais autais tagais tou despotou dieuthynontai.
The ocean, impassable for human beings, and the worlds beyond it are directed by the same ordinances of the Master.
Notes and citation
Summary: The ocean and the worlds beyond it obey God.
- “The worlds beyond it”: lands thought to lie beyond the ocean that surrounds the known world.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 20.8 (Lake, LCL 24:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/20-8).
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20.9Lake, LCL 24:44
καιροὶ ἐαρινοὶ καὶ θερινοὶ καὶ μετοπωρινοὶ καὶ χειμερινοὶ ἐν εἰρήνῃ μεταπαραδιδόασιν ἀλλήλοις.
kairoi earinoi kai therinoi kai metopōrinoi kai cheimerinoi en eirēnę̄ metaparadidoasin allēlois.
The seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter give way to one another in peace.
Notes and citation
Summary: The seasons follow one another in peace.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 20.9 (Lake, LCL 24:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/20-9).
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20.10Lake, LCL 24:44
ἀνέμων σταθμοὶ κατὰ τὸν ἴδιον καιρὸν τὴν λειτουργίαν αὐτῶν ἀπροσκόπως ἐπιτελοῦσιν· ἀέναοί τε πηγαί, πρὸς ἀπόλαυσιν καὶ ὑγείαν δημιουργηθεῖσαι, δίχα ἐλλείψεως παρέχονται τοὺς πρὸς ζωῆς ἀνθρώποις μαζούς· τά τε ἐλάχιστα τῶν ζώων τὰς συνελεύσεις αὐτῶν ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ καὶ εἰρήνῃ ποιοῦνται.
anemōn stathmoi kata ton idion kairon tēn leitourgian autōn aproskopōs epitelousin; aenaoi te pēgai, pros apolausin kai hygeian dēmiourgētheisai, dicha elleipseōs parechontai tous pros zōēs anthrōpois mazous; ta te elachista tōn zōōn tas syneleuseis autōn en homonoią kai eirēnę̄ poiountai.
The stations of the winds fulfill their service at their proper time without stumbling; the ever-flowing springs, created for enjoyment and health, offer their breasts for human life without fail; and the smallest of living creatures come together in concord and peace.
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Summary: Winds, springs, and the smallest creatures live in peace.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 20.10 (Lake, LCL 24:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/20-10).
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20.11Lake, LCL 24:44
ταῦτα πάντα ὁ μέγας δημιουργὸς καὶ δεσπότης τῶν ἁπάντων ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ ὁμονοίᾳ προσέταξεν εἶναι, εὐεργετῶν τὰ πάντα, ὑπερεκπερισσῶς δὲ ἡμᾶς τοὺς προσπεφευγότας τοῖς οἰκτιρμοῖς αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,
tauta panta ho megas dēmiourgos kai despotēs tōn hapantōn en eirēnę̄ kai homonoią prosetaxen einai, euergetōn ta panta, hyperekperissōs de hēmas tous prospepheugotas tois oiktirmois autou dia tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou,
All these things the great Creator and Master of all has ordained to be in peace and concord, doing good to all things, but most abundantly to us who have taken refuge in his compassion through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Notes and citation
Summary: God ordained all things in peace and blesses us through Christ.
Topics: Providence
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 20.11 (Lake, LCL 24:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/20-11).
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20.12Lake, LCL 24:44–46
ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ ἡ μεγαλωσύνη εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.
hǭ hē doxa kai hē megalōsynē eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn. amēn.
to whom be the glory and the majesty forever and ever. Amen.
Notes and citation
Summary: Doxology.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 20.12 (Lake, LCL 24:44–46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/20-12).
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Chapter 21
21.1Lake, LCL 24:46
Ὁρᾶτε, ἀγαπητοί, μὴ αἱ εὐεργεσίαι αὐτοῦ αἱ πολλαὶ γένωνται εἰς κρίμα ἡμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ ἀξίως αὐτοῦ πολιτευόμενοι τὰ καλὰ καὶ εὐάρεστα ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ποιῶμεν μεθʼ ὁμονοίας.
Horate, agapētoi, mē hai euergesiai autou hai pollai genōntai eis krima hēmin, ean mē axiōs autou politeuomenoi ta kala kai euaresta enōpion autou poiōmen methʼ homonoias.
Take care, beloved, that his many benefits do not become a judgment on us, if we do not live worthily of him and do what is good and pleasing in his sight with concord.
Notes and citation
Summary: God's blessings will judge us if we live unworthily.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 21.1 (Lake, LCL 24:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/21-1).
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21.2Lake, LCL 24:46
λέγει γάρ που· Πνεῦμα κυρίου λύχνος ἐρευνῶν τὰ ταμιεῖα τῆς γαστρός·
legei gar pou; Pneuma kyriou lychnos ereunōn ta tamieia tēs gastros;
For he says somewhere, “The Spirit of the Lord is a lamp searching the inner chambers of the belly.”
Prov 20:27 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: God's Spirit searches our innermost being.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 21.2 (Lake, LCL 24:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/21-2).
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21.3Lake, LCL 24:46
ἴδωμεν, πῶς ἐγγύς ἐστιν, καὶ ὅτι οὐδὲν λέληθεν αὐτὸν τῶν ἐννοιῶν ἡμῶν οὐδὲ τῶν διαλογισμῶν ὧν ποιούμεθα·
idōmen, pōs engys estin, kai hoti ouden lelēthen auton tōn ennoiōn hēmōn oude tōn dialogismōn hōn poioumetha;
Let us see how near he is, and that none of our thoughts or of the reasonings we make escapes him.
Notes and citation
Summary: God knows all our thoughts.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): ἴδωμεν. πῶς → ἴδωμεν, πῶς.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 21.3 (Lake, LCL 24:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/21-3).
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21.4Lake, LCL 24:46
δίκαιον οὖν ἐστὶν μὴ λειποτακτεῖν ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ.
dikaion oun estin mē leipotaktein hēmas apo tou thelēmatos autou.
It is right, then, that we should not desert our post, away from his will.
Notes and citation
Summary: Do not desert God's will.
- “Desert our post” (λειποτακτεῖν): a military term.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 21.4 (Lake, LCL 24:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/21-4).
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21.5Lake, LCL 24:46
μᾶλλον ἀνθρώποις ἄφροσι καὶ ἀνοήτοις καὶ ἐπαιρομένοις καὶ ἐγκαυχωμένοις ἐν ἀλαζονείᾳ τοῦ λόγου αὐτῶν προσκόψωμεν ἢ τῷ θεῷ.
mallon anthrōpois aphrosi kai anoētois kai epairomenois kai enkauchōmenois en alazoneią tou logou autōn proskopsōmen ē tǭ theǭ.
Let us rather give offense to foolish and senseless people who exalt themselves and boast in the arrogance of their speech, than to God.
Notes and citation
Summary: Better to offend the proud than to offend God.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 21.5 (Lake, LCL 24:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/21-5).
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21.6Lake, LCL 24:46
τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, οὗ τὸ αἷμα ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐδόθη, ἐντραπῶμεν, τοὺς προηγουμένους ἡμῶν αἰδεσθῶμεν, τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τιμήσωμεν, τοὺς νέους παιδεύσωμεν τὴν παιδείαν τοῦ φόβου τοῦ θεοῦ, τὰς γυναῖκας ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν διορθωσώμεθα.
ton kyrion Iēsoun Christon, hou to haima hyper hēmōn edothē, entrapōmen, tous proēgoumenous hēmōn aidesthōmen, tous presbyterous timēsōmen, tous neous paideusōmen tēn paideian tou phobou tou theou, tas gynaikas hēmōn epi to agathon diorthōsōmetha.
Let us reverence the Lord Jesus Christ, whose blood was given for us; let us respect those who lead us; let us honor the older; let us instruct the young in the discipline of the fear of God; let us direct our wives toward what is good.
Notes and citation
Summary: Reverence Christ, respect leaders, honor elders, teach the young, guide wives in goodness.
- “The older” (τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους): older men, or the presbyters (see 3.3).
Topics: Church office, Marriage
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 21.6 (Lake, LCL 24:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/21-6).
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21.7Lake, LCL 24:46
τὸ ἀξιαγάπητον τῆς ἁγνείας ἦθος ἐνδειξάσθωσαν, τὸ ἀκέραιον τῆς πραΰτητος αὐτῶν βούλημα ἀποδειξάτωσαν, τὸ ἐπιεικὲς τῆς γλώσσης αὐτῶν διὰ τῆς σιγῆς φανερὸν ποιησάτωσαν, τὴν ἀγάπην αὐτῶν μὴ κατὰ προσκλίσεις, ἀλλὰ πᾶσιν τοῖς φοβουμένοις τὸν θεὸν ὁσίως ἴσην παρεχέτωσαν.
to axiagapēton tēs hagneias ēthos endeixasthōsan, to akeraion tēs praÿtētos autōn boulēma apodeixatōsan, to epieikes tēs glōssēs autōn dia tēs sigēs phaneron poiēsatōsan, tēn agapēn autōn mē kata proskliseis, alla pasin tois phoboumenois ton theon hosiōs isēn parechetōsan.
Let them display the lovable character of purity; let them show the sincere will of their gentleness; let them make the gentleness of their tongue plain by their silence; let them give their love, not according to partiality, but equally to all who fear God in holiness.
Notes and citation
Summary: Wives should show purity, gentleness, and impartial love.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 21.7 (Lake, LCL 24:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/21-7).
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21.8Lake, LCL 24:46–48
τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ παιδείας μεταλαμβανέτωσαν· μαθέτωσαν, τί ταπεινοφροσύνη παρὰ θεῷ ἰσχύει, τί ἀγάπη ἁγνὴ παρὰ θεῷ δύναται, πῶς ὁ φόβος αὐτοῦ καλὸς καὶ μέγας καὶ σώζων πάντας τοὺς ἐν αὐτῷ ὁσίως ἀναστρεφομένους ἐν καθαρᾷ διανοίᾳ.
ta tekna hēmōn tēs en Christǭ paideias metalambanetōsan; mathetōsan, ti tapeinophrosynē para theǭ ischyei, ti agapē hagnē para theǭ dynatai, pōs ho phobos autou kalos kai megas kai sōzōn pantas tous en autǭ hosiōs anastrephomenous en katharą dianoią.
Let our children share in the discipline that is in Christ; let them learn what humility can do with God, what pure love can accomplish with God, how the fear of him is good and great and saves all who live in it in holiness with a pure mind.
Notes and citation
Summary: Children should be raised in Christ's discipline.
Topics: Ethics, Parents and children
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 21.8 (Lake, LCL 24:46–48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/21-8).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/21-8
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21.9Lake, LCL 24:48
ἐρευνητὴς γάρ ἐστιν ἐννοιῶν καὶ ἐνθυμήσεων· οὗ ἡ πνοὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν ἐστίν, καὶ ὅταν θέλῃ, ἀνελεῖ αὐτήν.
ereunētēs gar estin ennoiōn kai enthymēseōn; hou hē pnoē autou en hēmin estin, kai hotan thelę̄, anelei autēn.
For he is a searcher of thoughts and intentions; his breath is in us, and when he wishes, he will take it away.
Heb 4:12 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God searches our thoughts and holds our life.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 21.9 (Lake, LCL 24:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/21-9).
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Chapter 22
22.1Lake, LCL 24:48
Ταῦτα δὲ πάντα βεβαιοῖ ἡ ἐν Χριστῷ πίστις· καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου οὕτως προσκαλεῖται ἡμᾶς· Δεῦτε, τέκνα, ἀκούσατέ μου, φόβον κυρίου διδάξω ὑμᾶς.
Tauta de panta bebaioi hē en Christǭ pistis; kai gar autos dia tou pneumatos tou hagiou houtōs proskaleitai hēmas; Deute, tekna, akousate mou, phobon kyriou didaxō hymas.
All these things are confirmed by faith in Christ. For he himself, through the Holy Spirit, calls us thus: “Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Ps 34:11 (33:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ calls us through the Spirit in Psalm 34.
- Chapter 22 quotes Ps 34:11–17 (33:12–18 LXX) and Ps 32:10, as words of Christ spoken by the Spirit.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 22.1 (Lake, LCL 24:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/22-1).
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22.2Lake, LCL 24:48
τίς ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὁ θέλων ζωήν, ἀγαπῶν ἡμέρας ἰδεῖν ἀγαθάς;
tis estin anthrōpos ho thelōn zōēn, agapōn hēmeras idein agathas?
Who is the man who desires life, who loves to see good days?
Ps 34:12 (33:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Who desires life?
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 22.2 (Lake, LCL 24:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/22-2).
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22.3Lake, LCL 24:48
παῦσον τὴν γλῶσσάν σου ἀπὸ κακοῦ, καὶ χείλη σου τοῦ μὴ λαλῆσαι δόλον.
pauson tēn glōssan sou apo kakou, kai cheilē sou tou mē lalēsai dolon.
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.
Ps 34:13 (33:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Guard your tongue.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 22.3 (Lake, LCL 24:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/22-3).
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22.4Lake, LCL 24:48
ἔκκλινον ἀπὸ κακοῦ, καὶ ποίησον ἀγαθόν.
ekklinon apo kakou, kai poiēson agathon.
Turn away from evil and do good.
Ps 34:14 (33:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Turn from evil and do good.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 22.4 (Lake, LCL 24:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/22-4).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/22-4
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22.5Lake, LCL 24:48
ζήτησον εἰρήνην, καὶ δίωξον αὐτήν·
zētēson eirēnēn, kai diōxon autēn;
Seek peace and pursue it.
Ps 34:14 (33:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Seek peace.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 22.5 (Lake, LCL 24:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/22-5).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/22-5
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22.6Lake, LCL 24:48
ὀφθαλμοὶ κυρίου ἐπὶ δικαίους, καὶ ὦτα αὐτοῦ πρὸς δέησιν αὐτῶν· πρόσωπον δὲ κυρίου ἐπὶ ποιοῦντας κακά, τοῦ ἐξολεθρεῦσαι ἐκ γῆς τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν.
ophthalmoi kyriou epi dikaious, kai ōta autou pros deēsin autōn; prosōpon de kyriou epi poiountas kaka, tou exolethreusai ek gēs to mnēmosynon autōn.
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to destroy their memory from the earth.
Ps 34:15 (33:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:16 (33:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God watches over the righteous and opposes evildoers.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 22.6 (Lake, LCL 24:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/22-6).
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22.7Lake, LCL 24:48
ἐκέκραξεν ὁ δίκαιος, καὶ ὁ κύριος εἰσήκουσεν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν θλίψεων αὐτοῦ ἐρύσατο αὐτόν.
ekekraxen ho dikaios, kai ho kyrios eisēkousen autou, kai ek pasōn tōn thlipseōn autou erysato auton.
The righteous cried out, and the Lord heard him and delivered him from all his troubles.
Ps 34:17 (33:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God delivers the righteous.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 22.7 (Lake, LCL 24:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/22-7).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/22-7
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22.8Lake, LCL 24:48
Πολλαὶ αἱ μάστιγες τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ, τοὺς δὲ ἐλπίζοντας ἐπὶ κύριον ἔλεος κυκλώσει.
Pollai hai mastiges tou hamartōlou, tous de elpizontas epi kyrion eleos kyklōsei.
Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy will surround those who hope in the Lord.”
Ps 32:10 (31:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Mercy surrounds those who trust the Lord.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 22.8 (Lake, LCL 24:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/22-8).
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Chapter 23
23.1Lake, LCL 24:48–50
Ὁ οἰκτίρμων κατὰ πάντα καὶ εὐεργετικὸς πατὴρ ἔχει σπλάγχνα ἐπὶ τοὺς φοβουμένους αὐτόν, ἠπίως τε καὶ προσηνῶς τὰς χάριτας αὐτοῦ ἀποδιδοῖ τοῖς προσερχομένοις αὐτῷ ἁπλῇ διανοίᾳ.
Ho oiktirmōn kata panta kai euergetikos patēr echei splanchna epi tous phoboumenous auton, ēpiōs te kai prosēnōs tas charitas autou apodidoi tois proserchomenois autǭ haplę̄ dianoią.
The Father, who is merciful in all things and kind, has compassion on those who fear him, and gently and graciously gives his favors to those who come to him with a single mind.
Notes and citation
Summary: The merciful Father gives graciously to the single-minded.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): διανοιᾳ → διανοίᾳ.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 23.1 (Lake, LCL 24:48–50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/23-1).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/23-1
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23.2Lake, LCL 24:50
διὸ μὴ διψυχῶμεν, μηδὲ ἰνδαλλέσθω ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ ταῖς ὑπερβαλλούσαις καὶ ἐνδόξοις δωρεαῖς αὐτοῦ.
dio mē dipsychōmen, mēde indallesthō hē psychē hēmōn epi tais hyperballousais kai endoxois dōreais autou.
Therefore let us not be double-minded, nor let our soul indulge in fancies about his surpassing and glorious gifts.
Notes and citation
Summary: Do not doubt God's gifts.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 23.2 (Lake, LCL 24:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/23-2).
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23.3Lake, LCL 24:50
πόρρω γενέσθω ἀφʼ ἡμῶν ἡ γραφὴ αὕτη, ὅπου λέγει· Ταλαίπωροί εἰσιν οἱ δίψυχοι, οἱ διστάζοντες τῇ ψυχῇ, οἱ λέγοντες· Ταῦτα ἠκούσαμεν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ ἰδού, γεγηράκαμεν, καὶ οὐδὲν ἡμῖν τούτων συνβέβηκεν.
porrō genesthō aphʼ hēmōn hē graphē hautē, hopou legei; Talaipōroi eisin hoi dipsychoi, hoi distazontes tę̄ psychę̄, hoi legontes; Tauta ēkousamen kai epi tōn paterōn hēmōn, kai idou, gegērakamen, kai ouden hēmin toutōn synbebēken.
Let this scripture be far from us where it says: “Wretched are the double-minded, who doubt in their soul, who say, ‘We heard these things even in our fathers' time, and look, we have grown old, and none of them has happened to us.’
Jas 1:8 (echo, low confidence) · 2 Pet 3:4 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Doubters complain that God's promises have not come true.
- The source of this quotation (also in 2 Clem. 11.2–4) is unknown; perhaps a lost apocryphal book.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 23.3 (Lake, LCL 24:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/23-3).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/23-3
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23.4Lake, LCL 24:50
ὦ ἀνόητοι, συμβάλετε ἑαυτοὺς ξύλῳ· λάβετε ἄμπελον· πρῶτον μὲν φυλλοροεῖ, εἶτα βλαστὸς γίνεται, εἶτα φύλλον, εἶτα ἄνθος, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ὄμφαξ, εἶτα σταφυλὴ παρεστηκυῖα. ὁρᾶτε, ὅτι ἐν καιρῷ ὀλίγῳ εἰς πέπειρον καταντᾷ ὁ καρπὸς τοῦ ξύλου.
ō anoētoi, symbalete heautous xylǭ; labete ampelon; prōton men phylloroei, eita blastos ginetai, eita phyllon, eita anthos, kai meta tauta omphax, eita staphylē parestēkuia. horate, hoti en kairǭ oligǭ eis pepeiron katantą ho karpos tou xylou.
You fools, compare yourselves to a tree; take a vine: first it sheds its leaves, then comes a shoot, then a leaf, then a flower, and after that the sour grape, then the ripe bunch.’ You see that in a short time the fruit of the tree comes to ripeness.
Mark 13:28 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Like fruit on a vine, God's promises ripen in their time.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing and accent)): ὧ ἀνόητοι → ὦ ἀνόητοι.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 23.4 (Lake, LCL 24:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/23-4).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/23-4
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23.5Lake, LCL 24:50
ἐπʼ ἀληθείας ταχὺ καὶ ἐξαίφνης τελειωθήσεται τὸ βούλημα αὐτοῦ, συνεπιμαρτυρούσης καὶ τῆς γραφῆς, ὅτι ταχὺ ἥξει καὶ οὐ χρονιεῖ, καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἥξει ὁ κύριος εἰς τὸν ναὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ ἅγιος, ὃν ὑμεῖς προσδοκᾶτε.
epʼ alētheias tachy kai exaiphnēs teleiōthēsetai to boulēma autou, synepimartyrousēs kai tēs graphēs, hoti tachy hēxei kai ou chroniei, kai exaiphnēs hēxei ho kyrios eis ton naon autou, kai ho hagios, hon hymeis prosdokate.
Truly his will shall be accomplished quickly and suddenly, as the scripture also testifies: “He will come quickly and will not delay; and the Lord will come suddenly to his temple, and the Holy One whom you expect.”
Isa 13:22 (allusion, medium confidence) · Mal 3:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Hab 2:3 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Lord will come suddenly.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 23.5 (Lake, LCL 24:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/23-5).
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Chapter 24
24.1Lake, LCL 24:50
Κατανοήσωμεν, ἀγαπητοί, πῶς ὁ δεσπότης ἐπιδείκνυται διηνεκῶς ἡμῖν τὴν μέλλουσαν ἀνάστασιν ἔσεσθαι, ἧς τὴν ἀπαρχὴν ἐποιήσατο τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστήσας.
Katanoēsōmen, agapētoi, pōs ho despotēs epideiknytai diēnekōs hēmin tēn mellousan anastasin esesthai, hēs tēn aparchēn epoiēsato ton kyrion Iēsoun Christon ek nekrōn anastēsas.
Let us consider, beloved, how the Master continually shows us the resurrection that is to be, of which he has made the Lord Jesus Christ the firstfruit by raising him from the dead.
1 Cor 15:20 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ's resurrection is the firstfruit of ours.
Topics: Eschatology, Christology, Resurrection and ascension of Christ, Resurrection of the body
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 24.1 (Lake, LCL 24:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/24-1).
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24.2Lake, LCL 24:50
ἴδωμεν, ἀγαπητοί, τὴν κατὰ καιρὸν γινομένην ἀνάστασιν.
idōmen, agapētoi, tēn kata kairon ginomenēn anastasin.
Let us look, beloved, at the resurrection that happens at its proper time.
Notes and citation
Summary: Nature shows resurrection.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): ἀγαπητοί. τὴν → ἀγαπητοί, τὴν.
Topics: Eschatology, Resurrection of the body
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 24.2 (Lake, LCL 24:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/24-2).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/24-2
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24.3Lake, LCL 24:50
ἡμέρα καὶ νὺξ ἀνάστασιν ἡμῖν δηλοῦσιν· κοιμᾶται ἡ νύξ, ἀνίσταται ἡ ἡμέρα· ἡ ἡμέρα ἄπεισιν, νὺξ ἐπέρχεται.
hēmera kai nyx anastasin hēmin dēlousin; koimatai hē nyx, anistatai hē hēmera; hē hēmera apeisin, nyx eperchetai.
Day and night show us a resurrection: the night falls asleep, the day rises; the day departs, the night comes on.
Notes and citation
Summary: Day and night picture resurrection.
Topics: Eschatology, Resurrection of the body
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 24.3 (Lake, LCL 24:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/24-3).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
24.4Lake, LCL 24:50–52
λάβωμεν τοὺς καρπούς· ὁ σπόρος πῶς καὶ τίνα τρόπον γίνεται;
labōmen tous karpous; ho sporos pōs kai tina tropon ginetai?
Let us take the crops: how and in what way does the sowing happen?
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Summary: Sowing pictures resurrection.
Topics: Eschatology, Resurrection of the body
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 24.4 (Lake, LCL 24:50–52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/24-4).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
24.5Lake, LCL 24:52
ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων καὶ ἔβαλεν εἰς τὴν γῆν ἕκαστον τῶν σπερμάτων, ἅτινα πεσόντα εἰς τὴν γῆν ξηρὰ καὶ γυμνὰ διαλύεται· εἶτʼ ἐκ τῆς διαλύσεως ἡ μεγαλειότης τῆς προνοίας τοῦ δεσπότου ἀνίστησιν αὐτά, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς πλείονα αὔξει καὶ ἐκφέρει καρπόν.
exēlthen ho speirōn kai ebalen eis tēn gēn hekaston tōn spermatōn, hatina pesonta eis tēn gēn xēra kai gymna dialyetai; eitʼ ek tēs dialyseōs hē megaleiotēs tēs pronoias tou despotou anistēsin auta, kai ek tou henos pleiona auxei kai ekpherei karpon.
The sower went out and cast each of the seeds into the ground; falling into the ground dry and bare, they decay. Then from their decay the greatness of the Master's providence raises them up, and from one seed many grow and bear fruit.
Mark 4:3 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 15:36 (echo, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 15:37 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Seeds decay and rise to bear fruit.
Topics: Eschatology, Resurrection of the body
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 24.5 (Lake, LCL 24:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/24-5).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/1-clement/24-5
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.