Sophia Scriptura

1 Clement 17.2

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

Summary: Abraham humbly called himself dust and ashes.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:38

ἐμαρτυρήθη μεγάλως Ἀβραὰμ καὶ φίλος προσηγορεύθη τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ λέγει ἀτενίζων εἰς τὴν δόξαν τοῦ θεοῦ ταπεινοφρονῶν· Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι γῆ καὶ σποδός.

English · Claude translation

Abraham was greatly attested and was called the friend of God; and gazing on the glory of God, he says in humility, “But I am earth and ashes.”

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Lake, LCL 24:38 · 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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1 Clem. 17.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/2/).

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1 Clem. 17.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/2/).

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