Sophia Scriptura

1 Clement 14.4

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

Summary: The kind will inherit the land.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:30–32

γέγραπται γάρ· Χρηστοὶ ἔσονται οἰκήτορες γῆς, ἄκακοι δὲ ὑπολειφθήσονται ἐπʼ αὐτῆς· οἱ δὲ παρανομοῦντες ἐξολεθρευθήσονται ἀπʼ αὐτῆς.

English · Claude translation

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.”

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:30–32 · 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 (missing elision mark)): ἐπ αὐτῆς → ἐπʼ αὐτῆς.

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1 Clem. 14.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/4/).

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1 Clem. 14.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/4/).

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