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1 Clement 14.1

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

Summary: Obey God, not the ringleaders of jealousy.

Greek text · Lake, 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.

English · Claude translation

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.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:30 · 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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Notes

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): θεῷ ἡ τοῖς → θεῷ ἢ τοῖς.

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1 Clem. 14.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/1/).

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1 Clem. 14.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/1/).

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