1 Clement 16.15

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

Summary: “I am a worm and not a man.”

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:36

καὶ πάλιν αὐτός φησιν· Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι σκώληξ καὶ οὐκ ἄνθρωπος, ὄνειδος ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἐξουθένημα λαοῦ.

English · Claude translation

And again he himself says: “But I am a worm and not a man, a reproach of men and despised by the people.

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:36 · 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.

Scripture

Ps 22:6 (21:7 LXX) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Christology

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1 Clem. 16.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/15/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 16.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/15/).

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