# 1 Clement 2.4

- 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 24:10–12; 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/2/4/

Summary: They labored in prayer for the salvation of all believers.

## Greek text

ἀγὼν ἦν ὑμῖν ἡμέρας τε καὶ νυκτὸς ὑπὲρ πάσης τῆς ἀδελφότητος, εἰς τὸ σώζεσθαι μετʼ ἐλέους καὶ συνειδήσεως τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ.

## English translation (Claude)

Day and night you contended for the whole brotherhood, that the number of his elect might be saved with mercy and conscience.

## Translation notes

- “With mercy and conscience”: obscure; some editors emend “conscience” (συνειδήσεως) to “concord” or “fear.”

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 2.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/4/).