1 Clement 21.8

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

Summary: Children should be raised in Christ's discipline.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:46–48

τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ παιδείας μεταλαμβανέτωσαν· μαθέτωσαν, τί ταπεινοφροσύνη παρὰ θεῷ ἰσχύει, τί ἀγάπη ἁγνὴ παρὰ θεῷ δύναται, πῶς ὁ φόβος αὐτοῦ καλὸς καὶ μέγας καὶ σώζων πάντας τοὺς ἐν αὐτῷ ὁσίως ἀναστρεφομένους ἐν καθαρᾷ διανοίᾳ.

English · Claude translation

Let our children share in the discipline that is in Christ; let them learn what humility can do with God, what pure love can accomplish with God, how the fear of him is good and great and saves all who live in it in holiness with a pure mind.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:46–48 · 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.
Topics: Ethics

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1 Clem. 21.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/8/).

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1 Clem. 21.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/8/).

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