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1 Clement 16.17

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

Summary: If the Lord was so humble, how much more should we be.

Greek text · Lake, 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;

English · Claude translation

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?

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:36–38 · 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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Christology, Ethics

Notes

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): ἅνδρες → ἄνδρες.

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1 Clem. 16.17 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/17/).

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1 Clem. 16.17 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/17/).

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