1 Clement 10.2

Clement of Rome · 1 Clement · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Abraham obediently left his home to inherit God's promises.

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Greek text · Lake, 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·

English · Claude translation

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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Source: Lake, LCL 24:24 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · 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
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

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1 Clem. 10.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/2/).

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1 Clem. 10.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/2/).

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