# 1 Clement 16.17

- Author: [Clement of Rome](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/clement-of-rome/)
- Work: [1 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/) (*Epistula I ad Corinthios*)
- Date: ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) (disputed)
- 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/17/

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

## Greek text

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 translation (Claude)

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?

## Scripture references

- Matt 11:29: echo, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

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