1 Clement 25.1–52.4
Greek text: Lake, LCL 24 (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).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0). Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885).
Chapter 25
25.1Lake, LCL 24:52
Ἴδωμεν τὸ παράδοξον σημεῖον τὸ γινόμενον ἐν τοῖς ἀνατολικοῖς τόποις, τουτέστιν τοῖς περὶ τὴν Ἀραβίαν.
Idōmen to paradoxon sēmeion to ginomenon en tois anatolikois topois, toutestin tois peri tēn Arabian.
Let us consider the marvelous sign that takes place in the eastern regions, that is, around Arabia.
Notes and citation
Summary: The sign of the phoenix.
- Chapter 25 retells the ancient legend of the phoenix (told also by Herodotus, Histories 2.73), which Clement takes as fact and as a sign of the resurrection.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 25.1 (Lake, LCL 24:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-25-1).
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25.2Lake, LCL 24:52
ὄρνεον γάρ ἐστιν, ὃ προσονομάζεται φοῖνιξ· τοῦτο μονογενὲς ὑπάρχον ζῇ ἔτη πεντακόσια, γενόμενόν τε ἤδη πρὸς ἀπόλυσιν τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτό, σηκὸν ἑαυτῷ ποιεῖ ἐκ λιβάνου καὶ σμύρνης καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ἀρωμάτων, εἰς ὃν πληρωθέντος τοῦ χρόνου εἰσέρχεται καὶ τελευτᾷ.
orneon gar estin, ho prosonomazetai phoinix; touto monogenes hyparchon zę̄ etē pentakosia, genomenon te ēdē pros apolysin tou apothanein auto, sēkon heautǭ poiei ek libanou kai smyrnēs kai tōn loipōn arōmatōn, eis hon plērōthentos tou chronou eiserchetai kai teleutą.
There is a bird called the phoenix. It is the only one of its kind and lives five hundred years; and when it comes near its dissolution and death, it makes itself a nest of frankincense and myrrh and other spices, and when its time is fulfilled it enters it and dies.
Notes and citation
Summary: The phoenix dies in a nest of spices.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 25.2 (Lake, LCL 24:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-25-2).
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25.3Lake, LCL 24:52
σηπομένης δὲ τῆς σαρκὸς σκώληξ τις γεννᾶται, ὃς ἐκ τῆς ἰκμάδος τοῦ τετελευτηκότος ζώου ἀνατρεφόμενος πτεροφυεῖ· εἶτα γενναῖος γενόμενος αἴρει τὸν σηκὸν ἐκεῖνον, ὅπου τὰ ὀστᾶ τοῦ προγεγονότος ἐστίν, καὶ ταῦτα βαστάζων διανύει ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀραβικῆς χώρας ἕως τῆς Αἰγύπτου εἰς τὴν λεγομένην Ἡλιούπολιν,
sēpomenēs de tēs sarkos skōlēx tis gennatai, hos ek tēs ikmados tou teteleutēkotos zōou anatrephomenos pterophyei; eita gennaios genomenos airei ton sēkon ekeinon, hopou ta osta tou progegonotos estin, kai tauta bastazōn dianyei apo tēs Arabikēs chōras heōs tēs Aigyptou eis tēn legomenēn Hēlioupolin,
As its flesh decays, a worm is born, which is nourished by the moisture of the dead creature and grows wings. Then, when it has grown strong, it takes up the nest in which are the bones of its parent, and carrying them it makes its way from the country of Arabia to Egypt, to the city called Heliopolis;
Notes and citation
Summary: A new phoenix carries its parent's bones to Egypt.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 25.3 (Lake, LCL 24:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-25-3).
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25.4Lake, LCL 24:52
καὶ ἡμέρας, βλεπόντων πάντων, ἐπιπτὰς ἐπὶ τὸν τοῦ ἡλίου βωμὸν τίθησιν αὐτὰ καὶ οὕτως εἰς τοὐπίσω ἀφορμᾷ.
kai hēmeras, blepontōn pantōn, epiptas epi ton tou hēliou bōmon tithēsin auta kai houtōs eis toupisō aphormą.
and in the daytime, in the sight of all, it flies to the altar of the sun, places them there, and so sets off back again.
Notes and citation
Summary: It lays them on the altar of the sun.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 25.4 (Lake, LCL 24:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-25-4).
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25.5Lake, LCL 24:52–54
οἱ οὖν ἱερεῖς ἐπισκέπτονται τὰς ἀναγραφὰς τῶν χρόνων καὶ εὑρίσκουσιν αὐτὸν πεντακοσιοστοῦ ἔτους πεπληρωμένου ἐληλυθέναι.
hoi oun hiereis episkeptontai tas anagraphas tōn chronōn kai heuriskousin auton pentakosiostou etous peplērōmenou elēlythenai.
Then the priests examine the records of the times and find that it has come at the completion of the five-hundredth year.
Notes and citation
Summary: The priests confirm its five-hundred-year cycle.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 25.5 (Lake, LCL 24:52–54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-25-5).
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Chapter 26
26.1Lake, LCL 24:54
Μέγα καὶ θαυμαστὸν οὖν νομίζομεν εἶναι, εἰ ὁ δημιουργὸς τῶν ἁπάντων ἀνάστασιν ποιήσεται τῶν ὁσίως αὐτῷ δουλευσάντων ἐν πεποιθήσει πίστεως ἀγαθῆς, ὅπου καὶ διʼ ὀρνέου δείκνυσιν ἡμῖν τὸ μεγαλεῖον τῆς ἐπαγγελίας αὐτοῦ;
Mega kai thaumaston oun nomizomen einai, ei ho dēmiourgos tōn hapantōn anastasin poiēsetai tōn hosiōs autǭ douleusantōn en pepoithēsei pisteōs agathēs, hopou kai diʼ orneou deiknysin hēmin to megaleion tēs epangelias autou?
Do we then think it a great and marvelous thing that the Creator of all things will raise up those who have served him in holiness in the confidence of a good faith, when he shows us the greatness of his promise even through a bird?
Notes and citation
Summary: If God shows resurrection through a bird, he will surely raise the faithful.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 26.1 (Lake, LCL 24:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-26-1).
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26.2Lake, LCL 24:54
λέγει γάρ που· Καὶ ἐξαναστήσεις με, καὶ ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, καί· Ἐκοιμήθην καὶ ὕπνωσα, ἐξηγέρθην, ὅτι σὺ μετʼ ἐμοῦ εἶ.
legei gar pou; Kai exanastēseis me, kai exomologēsomai soi, kai; Ekoimēthēn kai hypnōsa, exēgerthēn, hoti sy metʼ emou ei.
For he says somewhere, “And you will raise me up, and I will give thanks to you,” and, “I lay down and slept; I rose up, for you are with me.”
Ps 28:7 (27:7 LXX) (allusion, low confidence) · Ps 3:5 (3:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Psalms speak of being raised.
- The first quotation is not found exactly in any known text of the Psalms.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 26.2 (Lake, LCL 24:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-26-2).
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26.3Lake, LCL 24:54
καὶ πάλιν Ἰὼβ λέγει· Καὶ ἀναστήσεις τὴν σάρκα μου ταύτην τὴν ἀναντλήσασαν ταῦτα πάντα.
kai palin Iōb legei; Kai anastēseis tēn sarka mou tautēn tēn anantlēsasan tauta panta.
And again Job says, “And you will raise this flesh of mine, which has endured all these things.”
Job 19:26 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Job looked for the resurrection of the flesh.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 26.3 (Lake, LCL 24:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-26-3).
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Chapter 27
27.1Lake, LCL 24:54
Ταύτῃ οὖν τῇ ἐλπίδι προσδεδέσθωσαν αἱ ψυχαὶ ἡμῶν τῷ πιστῷ ἐν ταῖς ἐπαγγελίαις καὶ τῷ δικαίῳ ἐν τοῖς κρίμασιν.
Tautę̄ oun tę̄ elpidi prosdedesthōsan hai psychai hēmōn tǭ pistǭ en tais epangeliais kai tǭ dikaiǭ en tois krimasin.
In this hope, then, let our souls be bound to him who is faithful in his promises and righteous in his judgments.
Notes and citation
Summary: Hold fast to God, faithful in his promises.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 27.1 (Lake, LCL 24:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-27-1).
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27.2Lake, LCL 24:54
ὁ παραγγείλας μὴ ψεύδεσθαι, πολλῷ μᾶλλον αὐτὸς οὐ ψεύσεται· οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀδύνατον παρὰ τῷ θεῷ εἰ μὴ τὸ ψεύσασθαι.
ho parangeilas mē pseudesthai, pollǭ mallon autos ou pseusetai; ouden gar adynaton para tǭ theǭ ei mē to pseusasthai.
He who commanded us not to lie will much more not lie himself; for nothing is impossible with God except to lie.
Heb 6:18 (allusion, medium confidence) · Titus 1:2 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God cannot lie.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 27.2 (Lake, LCL 24:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-27-2).
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27.3Lake, LCL 24:54
ἀναζωπυρησάτω οὖν ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ νοήσωμεν ὅτι πάντα ἐγγὺς αὐτῷ ἐστιν.
anazōpyrēsatō oun hē pistis autou en hēmin, kai noēsōmen hoti panta engys autǭ estin.
Let faith in him be rekindled in us, then, and let us understand that all things are near to him.
Notes and citation
Summary: Rekindle faith; all things are near to God.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 27.3 (Lake, LCL 24:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-27-3).
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27.4Lake, LCL 24:54
ἐν λόγῳ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ συνεστήσατο τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἐν λόγῳ δύναται αὐτὰ καταστρέψαι.
en logǭ tēs megalōsynēs autou synestēsato ta panta, kai en logǭ dynatai auta katastrepsai.
By the word of his majesty he established all things, and by a word he can overthrow them.
Heb 1:3 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God made all things by his word.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 27.4 (Lake, LCL 24:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-27-4).
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27.5Lake, LCL 24:54
Τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ· Τί ἐποίησας; ἢ τίς ἀντιστήσεται τῷ κράτει τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ; ὅτε θέλει καὶ ὡς θέλει ποιήσει πάντα, καὶ οὐδὲν μὴ παρέλθῃ τῶν δεδογματισμένων ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ.
Tis erei autǭ; Ti epoiēsas? ē tis antistēsetai tǭ kratei tēs ischyos autou? hote thelei kai hōs thelei poiēsei panta, kai ouden mē parelthę̄ tōn dedogmatismenōn hypʼ autou.
“Who will say to him, ‘What have you done?’ Or who will resist the might of his strength?” When he wills and as he wills he will do all things, and none of the things he has decreed will pass away.
Matt 24:35 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: No one can resist God's power.
Extrabiblical texts: Wis 12:12 (Wisdom of Solomon [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 27.5 (Lake, LCL 24:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-27-5).
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27.6Lake, LCL 24:54
πάντα ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ εἰσίν, καὶ οὐδὲν λέληθεν τὴν βουλὴν αὐτοῦ,
panta enōpion autou eisin, kai ouden lelēthen tēn boulēn autou,
All things are before him, and nothing has escaped his counsel,
Notes and citation
Summary: Nothing escapes God.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 27.6 (Lake, LCL 24:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-27-6).
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27.7Lake, LCL 24:54–56
εἰ οἱ οὐρανοὶ διηγοῦνται δόξαν θεοῦ, ποίησιν δὲ χειρῶν αὐτοῦ ἀναγγέλλει τὸ στερέωμα· ἡ ἡμέρα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐρεύγεται ῥῆμα, καὶ νὺξ νυκτὶ ἀναγγέλλει γνῶσιν· καὶ οὐκ εἰσὶν λόγοι οὐδὲ λαλιαί, ὧν οὐχὶ ἀκούονται αἱ φωναὶ αὐτῶν.
ei hoi ouranoi diēgountai doxan theou, poiēsin de cheirōn autou anangellei to stereōma; hē hēmera tę̄ hēmerą ereugetai rhēma, kai nyx nykti anangellei gnōsin; kai ouk eisin logoi oude laliai, hōn ouchi akouontai hai phōnai autōn.
since “the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night proclaims knowledge. There are no words or speeches whose voices are not heard.”
Ps 19:1–3 (18:2-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The heavens declare God's glory.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 27.7 (Lake, LCL 24:54–56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-27-7).
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Chapter 28
28.1Lake, LCL 24:56
Πάντων οὖν βλεπομένων καὶ ἀκουομένων, φοβηθῶμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀπολίπωμεν φαύλων ἔργων μιαρὰς ἐπιθυμίας, ἵνα τῷ ἐλέει αὐτοῦ σκεπασθῶμεν ἀπὸ τῶν μελλόντων κριμάτων.
Pantōn oun blepomenōn kai akouomenōn, phobēthōmen auton, kai apolipōmen phaulōn ergōn miaras epithymias, hina tǭ eleei autou skepasthōmen apo tōn mellontōn krimatōn.
Since, then, all things are seen and heard, let us fear him and abandon the foul desires of evil deeds, so that by his mercy we may be sheltered from the judgments to come.
Notes and citation
Summary: Fear God and flee evil, since he sees all.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip: two words run together): αὐτοῦσκεπασθῶμεν → αὐτοῦ σκεπασθῶμεν.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 28.1 (Lake, LCL 24:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-28-1).
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28.2Lake, LCL 24:56
ποῦ γάρ τις ἡμῶν δύναται φυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς κραταιᾶς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ; ποῖος δὲ κόσμος δέξεταί τινα τῶν αὐτομολούντων ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ;
pou gar tis hēmōn dynatai phygein apo tēs krataias cheiros autou? poios de kosmos dexetai tina tōn automolountōn apʼ autou?
For where can any of us flee from his mighty hand? And what world will receive any who desert him?
Notes and citation
Summary: No one can escape God.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 28.2 (Lake, LCL 24:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-28-2).
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28.3Lake, LCL 24:56
λέγει γάρ που τὸ γραφεῖον· Ποῦ ἀφήξω καὶ ποῦ κρυβήσομαι ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου; ἐὰν ἀναβῶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, σὺ ἐκεῖ εἶ· ἐὰν ἀπέλθω εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα τῆς γῆς, ἐκεῖ ἡ δεξιά σου· ἐὰν καταστρώσω εἰς τὰς ἀβύσσους, ἐκεῖ τὸ πνεῦμά σου.
legei gar pou to grapheion; Pou aphēxō kai pou krybēsomai apo tou prosōpou sou? ean anabō eis ton ouranon, sy ekei ei; ean apelthō eis ta eschata tēs gēs, ekei hē dexia sou; ean katastrōsō eis tas abyssous, ekei to pneuma sou.
For the writing says somewhere: “Where shall I go, and where shall I hide from your presence? If I go up into heaven, you are there; if I go away to the ends of the earth, there is your right hand; if I make my bed in the abysses, there is your Spirit.”
Ps 139:7–10 (138:7-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God is everywhere.
- “The writing” (τὸ γραφεῖον): an unusual word for Scripture; here the Psalms.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): τῆς γῆς. ἐκεῖ → τῆς γῆς, ἐκεῖ.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 28.3 (Lake, LCL 24:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-28-3).
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28.4Lake, LCL 24:56
ποῖ οὖν τις ἀπέλθῃ ἢ ποῦ ἀποδράσῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ τὰ πάντα ἐμπεριέχοντος;
poi oun tis apelthę̄ ē pou apodrasę̄ apo tou ta panta emperiechontos?
Where then can anyone go, or where can he run away from him who embraces all things?
Notes and citation
Summary: God embraces all things.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 28.4 (Lake, LCL 24:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-28-4).
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Chapter 29
29.1Lake, LCL 24:56
Προσέλθωμεν οὖν αὐτῷ ἐν ὁσιότητι ψυχῆς, ἁγνὰς καὶ ἀμιάντους χεῖρας αἴροντες πρὸς αὐτόν, ἀγαπῶντες τὸν ἐπιεικῆ καὶ εὔσπλαγχνον πατέρα ἡμῶν, ὃς ἐκλογῆς μέρος ἡμᾶς ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ.
Proselthōmen oun autǭ en hosiotēti psychēs, hagnas kai amiantous cheiras airontes pros auton, agapōntes ton epieikē kai eusplanchnon patera hēmōn, hos eklogēs meros hēmas epoiēsen heautǭ.
Let us therefore approach him in holiness of soul, lifting pure and undefiled hands to him, loving our gentle and compassionate Father, who has made us his chosen portion.
1 Tim 2:8 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Approach God in holiness; he has chosen us.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 29.1 (Lake, LCL 24:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-29-1).
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29.2Lake, LCL 24:56–58
οὕτω γὰρ γέγραπται· Ὅτε διεμέριζεν ὁ ὕψιστος ἔθνη, ὡς διέσπειρεν υἱοὺς Ἀδάμ, ἔστησεν ὅρια ἐθνῶν κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ἀγγέλων θεοῦ. ἐγενήθη μερὶς κυρίου λαὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰακώβ, σχοίνισμα κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
houtō gar gegraptai; Hote diemerizen ho hypsistos ethnē, hōs diespeiren huious Adam, estēsen horia ethnōn kata arithmon angelōn theou. egenēthē meris kyriou laos autou Iakōb, schoinisma klēronomias autou Israēl.
For so it is written: “When the Most High divided the nations, when he scattered the sons of Adam, he fixed the boundaries of the nations according to the number of the angels of God. His people Jacob became the portion of the Lord; Israel the lot of his inheritance.”
Deut 32:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 32:9 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: God chose his people as his portion.
- “According to the number of the angels of God”: the Septuagint reading of Deut 32:8.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 29.2 (Lake, LCL 24:56–58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-29-2).
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29.3Lake, LCL 24:58
καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ τόπῳ λέγει· Ἰδού, κύριος λαμβάνει ἑαυτῷ ἔθνος ἐκ μέσου ἐθνῶν, ὥσπερ λαμβάνει ἄνθρωπος τὴν ἀπαρχὴν αὐτοῦ τῆς ἅλω· καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνους ἐκείνου ἅγια ἁγίων.
kai en heterǭ topǭ legei; Idou, kyrios lambanei heautǭ ethnos ek mesou ethnōn, hōsper lambanei anthrōpos tēn aparchēn autou tēs halō; kai exeleusetai ek tou ethnous ekeinou hagia hagiōn.
And in another place he says: “Behold, the Lord takes for himself a nation out of the midst of nations, as a man takes the firstfruit of his threshing floor; and out of that nation shall come the Holy of Holies.”
Deut 4:34 (allusion, medium confidence) · Deut 14:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · Num 18:27 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: God takes a people for himself like firstfruits.
- This quotation is not found as such in Scripture; it combines phrases from Deut 4:34; 14:2; Num 18:27; 2 Chr 31:14; Ezek 48:12.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 29.3 (Lake, LCL 24:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-29-3).
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Chapter 30
30.1Lake, LCL 24:58
Ἁγίου οὖν μερὶς ὑπάρχοντες ποιήσωμεν τὰ τοῦ ἁγιασμοῦ πάντα, φεύγοντες καταλαλιάς, μιαράς τε καὶ ἀνάγνους συμπλοκάς, μέθας τε καὶ νεωτερισμοὺς καὶ βδελυκτὰς ἐπιθυμίας, μυσερὰν μοιχείαν, βδελυκτὴν ὑπερηφανίαν.
Hagiou oun meris hyparchontes poiēsōmen ta tou hagiasmou panta, pheugontes katalalias, miaras te kai anagnous symplokas, methas te kai neōterismous kai bdelyktas epithymias, myseran moicheian, bdelyktēn hyperēphanian.
Since, then, we are the portion of the Holy One, let us do all the things of holiness, fleeing slander, foul and impure embraces, drunkenness and rebellion and detestable desires, abominable adultery, detestable pride.
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Summary: As God's holy portion, flee slander, impurity, drunkenness, rebellion, adultery, and pride.
- “Adultery” (μοιχείαν) and “impure embraces”: see the glossary.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing breathing)): Αγίου → Ἁγίου.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 30.1 (Lake, LCL 24:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-30-1).
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30.2Lake, LCL 24:58
Θεὸς γάρ, φησίν, ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται, ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν.
Theos gar, phēsin, hyperēphanois antitassetai, tapeinois de didōsin charin.
“For God,” it says, “opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Prov 3:34 (quotation, high confidence) · Jas 4:6 (quotation, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 5:5 (quotation, medium confidence)
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Summary: God opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 30.2 (Lake, LCL 24:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-30-2).
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30.3Lake, LCL 24:58
κολληθῶμεν οὖν ἐκείνοις, οἷς ἡ χάρις ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ δέδοται· ἐνδυσώμεθα τὴν ὁμόνοιαν ταπεινοφρονοῦντες, ἐγκρατευόμενοι, ἀπὸ παντὸς ψιθυρισμοῦ καὶ καταλαλιᾶς πόρρω ἑαυτοὺς ποιοῦντες, ἔργοις δικαιούμενοι, μὴ λόγοις.
kollēthōmen oun ekeinois, hois hē charis apo tou theou dedotai; endysōmetha tēn homonoian tapeinophronountes, enkrateuomenoi, apo pantos psithyrismou kai katalalias porrō heautous poiountes, ergois dikaioumenoi, mē logois.
Let us therefore join ourselves to those to whom grace has been given by God. Let us clothe ourselves with concord, being humble-minded and self-controlled, keeping ourselves far from all whispering and slander, being justified by works and not by words.
Jas 2:24 (echo, medium confidence) · Col 3:12 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Be humble and self-controlled, justified by deeds, not words.
- “Justified by works and not by words”: the contrast is between deeds and empty talk; compare 32.4 on justification through faith, and Jas 2:24.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 30.3 (Lake, LCL 24:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-30-3).
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30.4Lake, LCL 24:58
λέγει γάρ· Ὁ τὰ πολλὰ λέγων καὶ ἀντακούσεται· ἢ ὁ εὔλαλος οἴεται εἶναι δίκαιος;
legei gar; Ho ta polla legōn kai antakousetai; ē ho eulalos oietai einai dikaios?
For it says: “He who speaks much will also hear much in reply. Or does the fluent talker think himself righteous?
Job 11:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Much talk does not make one righteous.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 30.4 (Lake, LCL 24:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-30-4).
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30.5Lake, LCL 24:58
εὐλογημένος γεννητὸς γυναικὸς ὀλιγόβιος. μὴ πολὺς ἐν ῥήμασιν γίνου.
eulogēmenos gennētos gynaikos oligobios. mē polys en rhēmasin ginou.
Blessed is the one born of woman who has a short life.” Do not be abundant in words.
Job 11:3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Do not use many words.
- The Septuagint of Job 11:2–3 differs considerably from the Hebrew.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 30.5 (Lake, LCL 24:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-30-5).
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30.6Lake, LCL 24:58–60
ὁ ἔπαινος ἡμῶν ἔστω ἐν θεῷ καὶ μὴ ἐξ αὐτῶν· αὐτεπαινέτους γὰρ μισεῖ ὁ θεός.
ho epainos hēmōn estō en theǭ kai mē ex autōn; autepainetous gar misei ho theos.
Let our praise be in God and not from ourselves; for God hates those who praise themselves.
Notes and citation
Summary: Seek praise from God, not self.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 30.6 (Lake, LCL 24:58–60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-30-6).
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30.7Lake, LCL 24:60
ἡ μαρτυρία τῆς ἀγαθῆς πράξεως ἡμῶν διδόσθω ὑπʼ ἄλλων, καθὼς ἐδόθη τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν τοῖς δικαίοις.
hē martyria tēs agathēs praxeōs hēmōn didosthō hypʼ allōn, kathōs edothē tois patrasin hēmōn tois dikaiois.
Let the testimony to our good conduct be given by others, as it was given to our fathers who were righteous.
Notes and citation
Summary: Let others testify to our good deeds.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 30.7 (Lake, LCL 24:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-30-7).
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30.8Lake, LCL 24:60
θράσος καὶ αὐθάδεια καὶ τόλμα τοῖς κατηραμένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ· ἐπιείκεια καὶ ταπεινοφροσύνη καὶ πραΰτης παρὰ τοῖς ηὐλογημένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ.
thrasos kai authadeia kai tolma tois katēramenois hypo tou theou; epieikeia kai tapeinophrosynē kai praÿtēs para tois ēulogēmenois hypo tou theou.
Boldness and arrogance and audacity belong to those who are cursed by God; gentleness and humility and meekness are with those who are blessed by God.
Notes and citation
Summary: Arrogance marks the cursed; humility, the blessed.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 30.8 (Lake, LCL 24:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-30-8).
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Chapter 31
31.1Lake, LCL 24:60
Κολληθῶμεν οὖν τῇ εὐλογίᾳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἴδωμεν, τίνες αἱ ὁδοὶ τῆς εὐλογίας. ἀνατυλίξωμεν τὰ ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς γενόμενα.
Kollēthōmen oun tę̄ eulogią autou kai idōmen, tines hai hodoi tēs eulogias. anatylixōmen ta apʼ archēs genomena.
Let us therefore cling to his blessing and see what the ways of blessing are. Let us unroll the record of what has happened from the beginning.
Notes and citation
Summary: Look at the ways of God's blessing from the beginning.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 31.1 (Lake, LCL 24:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-31-1).
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31.2Lake, LCL 24:60
τίνος χάριν ηὐλογήθη ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ, οὐχὶ δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἀλήθειαν διὰ πίστεως ποιήσας;
tinos charin ēulogēthē ho patēr hēmōn Abraam, ouchi dikaiosynēn kai alētheian dia pisteōs poiēsas?
Why was our father Abraham blessed? Was it not because he did righteousness and truth through faith?
Gen 15:6 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Abraham was blessed for righteousness through faith.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 31.2 (Lake, LCL 24:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-31-2).
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31.3Lake, LCL 24:60
Ἰσαὰκ μετὰ πεποιθήσεως γινώσκων τὸ μέλλον ἡδέως προσήγετο θυσία.
Isaak meta pepoithēseōs ginōskōn to mellon hēdeōs prosēgeto thysia.
Isaac, knowing with confidence what was to come, was gladly led forward as a sacrifice.
Gen 22:7 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Isaac willingly went to be sacrificed.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 31.3 (Lake, LCL 24:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-31-3).
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31.4Lake, LCL 24:60
Ἰακὼβ μετὰ ταπεινοφροσύνης ἐξεχώρησεν τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ διʼ ἀδελφὸν καὶ ἐπορεύθη πρὸς Λαβὰν καὶ ἐδούλευσεν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ τὸ δωδεκάσκηπτρον τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
Iakōb meta tapeinophrosynēs exechōrēsen tēs gēs autou diʼ adelphon kai eporeuthē pros Laban kai edouleusen, kai edothē autǭ to dōdekaskēptron tou Israēl.
Jacob in humility left his land because of his brother and went to Laban and served him; and the twelve tribes of Israel were given to him.
Gen 28:5 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 29:18 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Jacob's humility; the twelve tribes came from him.
- “The twelve tribes” (τὸ δωδεκάσκηπτρον): literally “the twelve scepters.”
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 31.4 (Lake, LCL 24:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-31-4).
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Chapter 32
32.1Lake, LCL 24:60
Ὃ ἐάν τις καθʼ ἓν ἕκαστον εἰλικρινῶς κατανοήσῃ, ἐπιγνώσεται μεγαλεῖα τῶν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ δεδομένων δωρεῶν.
Ho ean tis kathʼ hen hekaston eilikrinōs katanoēsę̄, epignōsetai megaleia tōn hypʼ autou dedomenōn dōreōn.
If anyone considers these things one by one with sincerity, he will recognize the greatness of the gifts given by him.
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Summary: Consider the greatness of God's gifts.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 32.1 (Lake, LCL 24:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-32-1).
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32.2Lake, LCL 24:60–62
ἐξ αὐτοῦ γὰρ ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευῖται πάντες οἱ λειτουργοῦντες τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ τοῦ θεοῦ· ἐξ αὐτοῦ ὁ κύριος Ἰησοῦς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα· ἐξ αὐτοῦ βασιλεῖς καὶ ἄρχοντες καὶ ἡγούμενοι κατὰ τὸν Ἰούδαν· τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ σκῆπτρα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐν μικρᾷ δόξῃ ὑπάρχουσιν, ὡς ἐπαγγειλαμένου τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅτι ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡς οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
ex autou gar hiereis kai Leuitai pantes hoi leitourgountes tǭ thysiastēriǭ tou theou; ex autou ho kyrios Iēsous to kata sarka; ex autou basileis kai archontes kai hēgoumenoi kata ton Ioudan; ta de loipa skēptra autou ouk en mikrą doxę̄ hyparchousin, hōs epangeilamenou tou theou, hoti estai to sperma sou hōs hoi asteres tou ouranou.
For from him came all the priests and Levites who serve at the altar of God; from him came the Lord Jesus according to the flesh; from him came kings and rulers and leaders in the line of Judah. And his other scepters are in no small glory, since God promised, “Your seed shall be as the stars of heaven.”
Rom 9:5 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 15:5 (quotation, medium confidence) · Gen 22:17 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: From Jacob came priests, Christ in the flesh, and kings.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (raised dot for full stop)): κατὰ σάρκα. ἐξ αὐτοῦ → κατὰ σάρκα· ἐξ αὐτοῦ.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 32.2 (Lake, LCL 24:60–62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-32-2).
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32.3Lake, LCL 24:62
πάντες οὖν ἐδοξάσθησαν καὶ ἐμεγαλύνθησαν οὐ διʼ αὐτῶν ἢ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῶν ἢ τῆς δικαιοπραγίας ἧς κατειργάσαντο, ἀλλὰ διὰ τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ.
pantes oun edoxasthēsan kai emegalynthēsan ou diʼ autōn ē tōn ergōn autōn ē tēs dikaiopragias hēs kateirgasanto, alla dia tou thelēmatos autou.
All of them, then, were glorified and made great, not through themselves or their works or the righteous deeds they did, but through his will.
Notes and citation
Summary: They were glorified by God's will, not their own works.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 32.3 (Lake, LCL 24:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-32-3).
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32.4Lake, LCL 24:62
καὶ ἡμεῖς οὖν, διὰ θελήματος αὐτοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ κληθέντες, οὐ διʼ ἑαυτῶν δικαιούμεθα, οὐδὲ διὰ τῆς ἡμετέρας σοφίας ἢ συνέσεως ἢ εὐσεβείας ἢ ἔργων ὧν κατειργασάμεθα ἐν ὁσιότητι καρδίας, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς πίστεως, διʼ ἧς πάντας τοὺς ἀπʼ αἰῶνος ὁ παντοκράτωρ θεὸς ἐδικαίωσεν· ᾧ ἔστω ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.
kai hēmeis oun, dia thelēmatos autou en Christǭ Iēsou klēthentes, ou diʼ heautōn dikaioumetha, oude dia tēs hēmeteras sophias ē syneseōs ē eusebeias ē ergōn hōn kateirgasametha en hosiotēti kardias, alla dia tēs pisteōs, diʼ hēs pantas tous apʼ aiōnos ho pantokratōr theos edikaiōsen; hǭ estō hē doxa eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn. amēn.
And we, therefore, who have been called through his will in Christ Jesus, are not justified through ourselves, nor through our own wisdom or understanding or piety or the works we have done in holiness of heart, but through faith, through which the almighty God has justified all people from the beginning; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Rom 3:28 (echo, medium confidence) · Eph 2:8 (echo, medium confidence) · Titus 3:5 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: We are justified not by our own wisdom, piety, or works, but through faith.
- Clement here says believers are justified “through faith” and not “through the works we have done” (compare Rom 3:28; Gal 2:16). Chapter 33 immediately adds that this is no reason to stop doing good.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (damaged characters in the digital text, restored from Lake's printed text; digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): ἔργων ὦν → ἔργων ὧν; διʼ ἦς → διʼ ἧς; ʽ??ʼ παντοκράτωρ → ὁ παντοκράτωρ.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 32.4 (Lake, LCL 24:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-32-4).
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Chapter 33
33.1Lake, LCL 24:62
Τί οὖν ποιήσωμεν, ἀδελφοί; ἀργήσωμεν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγαθοποιΐας καὶ ἐγκαταλίπωμεν τὴν ἀγάπην; μηθαμῶς τοῦτο ἐάσαι ὁ δεσπότης ἐφʼ ἡμῖν γε γενηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ σπεύσωμεν μετὰ ἐκτενείας καὶ προθυμίας πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἐπιτελεῖν.
Ti oun poiēsōmen, adelphoi? argēsōmen apo tēs agathopoiïas kai enkatalipōmen tēn agapēn? mēthamōs touto easai ho despotēs ephʼ hēmin ge genēthēnai, alla speusōmen meta ekteneias kai prothymias pan ergon agathon epitelein.
What then shall we do, brothers? Shall we be idle in doing good and abandon love? May the Master never let this happen to us; but let us hurry with earnestness and eagerness to accomplish every good work.
Rom 6:1 (echo, medium confidence) · Titus 3:1 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Faith is no excuse for idleness; hurry to do good.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong letter)): πᾶς ἔργον → πᾶν ἔργον.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 33.1 (Lake, LCL 24:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-33-1).
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33.2Lake, LCL 24:62
αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ δημιουργὸς καὶ δεσπότης τῶν ἁπάντων ἐπὶ τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ ἀγαλλιᾶται.
autos gar ho dēmiourgos kai despotēs tōn hapantōn epi tois ergois autou agalliatai.
For the Creator and Master of all things himself rejoices in his works.
Notes and citation
Summary: God rejoices in his works.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 33.2 (Lake, LCL 24:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-33-2).
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33.3Lake, LCL 24:62–64
τῷ γὰρ παμμεγεθεστάτῳ αὐτοῦ κράτει οὐρανοὺς ἐστήρισεν καὶ τῇ ἀκαταλήπτῳ αὐτοῦ συνέσει διεκόσμησεν αὐτούς· γῆν τε διεχώρισεν ἀπὸ τοῦ περιέχοντος αὐτὴν ὕδατος καὶ ἥδρασεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἀσφαλῆ τοῦ ἰδίου βουλήματος θεμέλιον· τά τε ἐν αὐτῇ ζῶα φοιτῶντα τῇ ἑαυτοῦ διατάξει ἐκέλευσεν εἶναι· θάλασσαν καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ζῶα προετοιμάσας ἐνέκλεισεν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ δυνάμει.
tǭ gar pammegethestatǭ autou kratei ouranous estērisen kai tę̄ akatalēptǭ autou synesei diekosmēsen autous; gēn te diechōrisen apo tou periechontos autēn hydatos kai hēdrasen epi ton asphalē tou idiou boulēmatos themelion; ta te en autę̄ zōa phoitōnta tę̄ heautou diataxei ekeleusen einai; thalassan kai ta en autę̄ zōa proetoimasas enekleisen tę̄ heautou dynamei.
For by his supreme power he established the heavens, and by his incomprehensible understanding he set them in order. He separated the earth from the water surrounding it and set it firm on the secure foundation of his own will. The living creatures that roam on it he commanded to exist by his own decree. Having prepared the sea and the creatures in it, he enclosed them by his own power.
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Summary: God made and ordered heaven, earth, and sea.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 33.3 (Lake, LCL 24:62–64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-33-3).
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33.4Lake, LCL 24:64
ἐπὶ πᾶσι τὸ ἐξοχώτατον καὶ παμμέγεθες κατὰ διάνοιαν, ἄνθρωπον, ταῖς ἱεραῖς καὶ ἀμώμοις χερσὶν ἔπλασεν τῆς ἑαυτοῦ εἰκόνος χαρακτῆρα.
epi pasi to exochōtaton kai pammegethes kata dianoian, anthrōpon, tais hierais kai amōmois chersin eplasen tēs heautou eikonos charaktēra.
Above all, as the most excellent and greatest work of his mind, he formed man with his holy and blameless hands, the imprint of his own image.
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Summary: God formed humanity in his image.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 33.4 (Lake, LCL 24:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-33-4).
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33.5Lake, LCL 24:64
οὕτως γάρ φησιν ὁ θεός· Ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον κατʼ εἰκόνα καὶ καθʼ ὁμοίωσιν ἡμετέραν· καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς.
houtōs gar phēsin ho theos; Poiēsōmen anthrōpon katʼ eikona kai kathʼ homoiōsin hēmeteran; kai epoiēsen ho theos ton anthrōpon, arsen kai thēly epoiēsen autous.
For God speaks thus: “Let us make man according to our image and likeness. And God made man; male and female he made them.”
Gen 1:26 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:27 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: God made man male and female in his image.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 33.5 (Lake, LCL 24:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-33-5).
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33.6Lake, LCL 24:64
ταῦτα οὖν πάντα τελειώσας ἐπῄνεσεν αὐτὰ καὶ ηὐλόγησεν καὶ εἶπεν· Αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε.
tauta oun panta teleiōsas epę̄nesen auta kai ēulogēsen kai eipen; Auxanesthe kai plēthynesthe.
So, having finished all these things, he praised them and blessed them and said, “Increase and multiply.”
Gen 1:28 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:31 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: God blessed his creation.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 33.6 (Lake, LCL 24:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-33-6).
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33.7Lake, LCL 24:64
ἴδωμεν, ὅτι ἐν ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς πάντες ἐκοσμήθησαν οἱ δίκαιοι, καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ κύριος ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς ἑαυτὸν κοσμήσας ἐχάρη.
idōmen, hoti en ergois agathois pantes ekosmēthēsan hoi dikaioi, kai autos de ho kyrios ergois agathois heauton kosmēsas echarē.
Let us see that all the righteous have been adorned with good works, and the Lord himself, having adorned himself with good works, rejoiced.
Notes and citation
Summary: The righteous and God himself are adorned with good works.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 33.7 (Lake, LCL 24:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-33-7).
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33.8Lake, LCL 24:64
ἔχοντες οὖν τοῦτον τὸν ὑπογραμμὸν ἀόκνως προσέλθωμεν τῷ θελήματι αὐτοῦ· ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ἰσχύος ἡμῶν ἐργασώμεθα ἔργον δικαιοσύνης.
echontes oun touton ton hypogrammon aoknōs proselthōmen tǭ thelēmati autou; ex holēs tēs ischyos hēmōn ergasōmetha ergon dikaiosynēs.
Having therefore this example, let us come without hesitation to his will; let us do the work of righteousness with all our strength.
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Summary: Do the work of righteousness with all your strength.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 33.8 (Lake, LCL 24:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-33-8).
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Chapter 34
34.1Lake, LCL 24:64
Ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἐργάτης μετὰ παρρησίας λαμβάνει τὸν ἄρτον τοῦ ἔργου αὐτοῦ, ὁ νωθρὸς καὶ παρειμένος οὐκ ἀντοφθαλμεῖ τῷ ἐργοπαρέκτῃ αὐτοῦ.
Ho agathos ergatēs meta parrēsias lambanei ton arton tou ergou autou, ho nōthros kai pareimenos ouk antophthalmei tǭ ergoparektę̄ autou.
The good worker receives the bread of his work with confidence; the lazy and careless worker does not look his employer in the face.
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Summary: The good worker has confidence before his employer.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip at the end of the section in the digital text): ἐργοπαρέκτῃ αὐτοῦ, → ἐργοπαρέκτῃ αὐτοῦ..
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 34.1 (Lake, LCL 24:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-34-1).
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34.2Lake, LCL 24:64
δέον οὖν ἐστὶν προθύμους ἡμᾶς εἶναι εἰς ἀγαθοποιΐαν· ἐξ αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐστιν τὰ πάντα.
deon oun estin prothymous hēmas einai eis agathopoiïan; ex autou gar estin ta panta.
We must therefore be eager to do good; for all things are from him.
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Summary: Be eager to do good.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 34.2 (Lake, LCL 24:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-34-2).
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34.3Lake, LCL 24:64
προλέγει γὰρ ἡμῖν· Ἰδοὺ ὁ κύριος, καὶ ὁ μισθὸς αὐτοῦ πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, ἀποδοῦναι ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ.
prolegei gar hēmin; Idou ho kyrios, kai ho misthos autou pro prosōpou autou, apodounai hekastǭ kata to ergon autou.
For he tells us in advance: “Behold, the Lord, and his reward is before his face, to pay each according to his work.”
Isa 40:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 62:11 (allusion, medium confidence) · Prov 24:12 (allusion, medium confidence) · Rev 22:12 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: The Lord comes with his reward.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 34.3 (Lake, LCL 24:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-34-3).
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34.4Lake, LCL 24:64
προτρέπεται οὖν ἡμᾶς πιστεύοντας ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, μὴ ἀργοὺς μηδὲ παρειμένους εἶναι ἐπὶ πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθόν.
protrepetai oun hēmas pisteuontas ex holēs tēs kardias epʼ autǭ, mē argous mēde pareimenous einai epi pan ergon agathon.
So he urges us, who believe in him with all our heart, not to be idle or careless in any good work.
Titus 3:1 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Do not be idle in good works.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 34.4 (Lake, LCL 24:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-34-4).
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34.5Lake, LCL 24:64–66
τὸ καύχημα ἡμῶν καὶ ἡ παρρησία ἔστω ἐν αὐτῷ· ὑποτασσώμεθα τῷ θελήματι αὐτοῦ· κατανοήσωμεν τὸ πᾶν πλῆθος τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ, πῶς τῷ θελήματι αὐτοῦ λειτουργοῦσιν παρεστῶτες.
to kauchēma hēmōn kai hē parrēsia estō en autǭ; hypotassōmetha tǭ thelēmati autou; katanoēsōmen to pan plēthos tōn angelōn autou, pōs tǭ thelēmati autou leitourgousin parestōtes.
Let our boast and our confidence be in him; let us submit to his will; let us consider the whole multitude of his angels, how they stand by and serve his will.
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Summary: Serve God's will as the angels do.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 34.5 (Lake, LCL 24:64–66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-34-5).
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34.6Lake, LCL 24:66
λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· Μύριαι μυριάδες παρειστήκεισαν αὐτῷ, καὶ χίλιαι χιλιάδες ἐλειτούργουν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐκέκραγον, Ἅγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος κύριος σαβαώθ, πλήρης πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ.
legei gar hē graphē; Myriai myriades pareistēkeisan autǭ, kai chiliai chiliades eleitourgoun autǭ, kai ekekragon, Hagios, hagios, hagios kyrios sabaōth, plērēs pasa hē ktisis tēs doxēs autou.
For the scripture says: “Ten thousand times ten thousand stood by him, and a thousand thousands served him, and they cried, ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole creation is full of his glory.’”
Dan 7:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 6:3 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The angels cry “Holy, holy, holy.”
- “The whole creation”: Isa 6:3 has “the whole earth.”
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 34.6 (Lake, LCL 24:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-34-6).
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34.7Lake, LCL 24:66
καὶ ἡμεῖς οὖν ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ συναχθέντες τῇ συνειδήσει, ὡς ἐξ ἑνὸς στόματος βοήσωμεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐκτενῶς εἰς τὸ μετόχους ἡμᾶς γενέσθαι τῶν μεγάλων καὶ ἐνδόξων ἐπαγγελιῶν αὐτοῦ.
kai hēmeis oun en homonoią epi to auto synachthentes tę̄ syneidēsei, hōs ex henos stomatos boēsōmen pros auton ektenōs eis to metochous hēmas genesthai tōn megalōn kai endoxōn epangeliōn autou.
And we too, then, gathered together in concord with one conscience, let us cry out to him earnestly as from one mouth, that we may share in his great and glorious promises.
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Summary: Pray together with one voice.
- Some see here a reference to the Sanctus in the church's worship; the text does not say so directly.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (stray commas)): καὶ ἡμεῖς, οὖν, → καὶ ἡμεῖς οὖν.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 34.7 (Lake, LCL 24:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-34-7).
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34.8Lake, LCL 24:66
λέγει γάρ· Ὀφθαλμὸς οὐκ εἶδεν, καὶ οὖς οὐκ ἤκουσεν, καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἀνέβη, ὅσα ἡτοίμασεν κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτόν.
legei gar; Ophthalmos ouk eiden, kai ous ouk ēkousen, kai epi kardian anthrōpou ouk anebē, hosa hētoimasen kyrios tois hypomenousin auton.
For he says: “Eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and it has not entered into the human heart, what the Lord has prepared for those who wait for him.”
1 Cor 2:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 64:4 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: God has prepared unimaginable things for those who wait for him.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): καὶ οὕς οὐκ → καὶ οὖς οὐκ.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 34.8 (Lake, LCL 24:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-34-8).
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Chapter 35
35.1Lake, LCL 24:66
Ὡς μακάρια καὶ θαυμαστὰ τὰ δῶρα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀγαπητοί.
Hōs makaria kai thaumasta ta dōra tou theou, agapētoi.
How blessed and marvelous are the gifts of God, beloved!
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Summary: God's gifts are marvelous.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 35.1 (Lake, LCL 24:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-35-1).
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35.2Lake, LCL 24:66
ζωὴ ἐν ἀθανασίᾳ, λαμπρότης ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ἀλήθεια ἐν παρρησίᾳ, πίστις ἐν πεποιθήσει, ἐγκράτεια ἐν ἁγιασμῷ· καὶ ταῦτα ὑπέπιπτεν πάντα ὑπὸ τὴν διάνοιαν ἡμῶν.
zōē en athanasią, lamprotēs en dikaiosynę̄, alētheia en parrēsią, pistis en pepoithēsei, enkrateia en hagiasmǭ; kai tauta hypepipten panta hypo tēn dianoian hēmōn.
Life in immortality, splendor in righteousness, truth in boldness, faith in confidence, self-control in holiness: and all these fall within our understanding.
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Summary: God's present gifts: life, righteousness, truth, faith, self-control.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 35.2 (Lake, LCL 24:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-35-2).
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35.3Lake, LCL 24:66
τίνα οὖν ἄρα ἐστὶν τὰ ἑτοιμαζόμενα τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν; ὁ δημιουργὸς καὶ πατὴρ τῶν αἰώνων ὁ πανάγιος αὐτὸς γινώσκει τὴν ποσότητα καὶ τὴν καλλονὴν αὐτῶν.
tina oun ara estin ta hetoimazomena tois hypomenousin? ho dēmiourgos kai patēr tōn aiōnōn ho panagios autos ginōskei tēn posotēta kai tēn kallonēn autōn.
What, then, are the things being prepared for those who wait? The Creator and Father of the ages, the all-holy, himself knows their number and their beauty.
Notes and citation
Summary: Only God knows what he has prepared.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 35.3 (Lake, LCL 24:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-35-3).
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35.4Lake, LCL 24:66
ἡμεῖς οὖν ἀγωνισώμεθα εὑρεθῆναι ἐν τῷ ἀριθμῷ τῶν ὑπομενόντων, ὅπως μεταλάβωμεν τῶν ἐπηγγελμένων δωρεῶν.
hēmeis oun agōnisōmetha heurethēnai en tǭ arithmǭ tōn hypomenontōn, hopōs metalabōmen tōn epēngelmenōn dōreōn.
Let us therefore strive to be found among the number of those who wait, so that we may share in the promised gifts.
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Summary: Strive to be among those who wait for God.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 35.4 (Lake, LCL 24:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-35-4).
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35.5Lake, LCL 24:66–68
πῶς δὲ ἔσται τοῦτο, ἀγαπητοί; ἐὰν ἐστηριγμένη ᾖ ἡ διάνοια ἡμῶν πιστῶς πρὸς τὸν θεόν, ἐὰν ἐκζητῶμεν τὰ εὐάρεστα καὶ εὐπρόσδεκτα αὐτῷ, ἐὰν ἐπιτελέσωμεν τὰ ἀνήκοντα τῇ ἀμώμῳ βουλήσει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθήσωμεν τῇ ὁδῷ τῆς ἀληθείας, ἀπορρίψαντες ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν πᾶσαν ἀδικίαν καὶ πονηρίαν, πλεονεξίαν, ἔρεις, κακοηθείας τε καὶ δόλους, ψιθυρισμούς τε καὶ καταλαλιάς, θεοστυγίαν, ὑπερηφανίαν τε καὶ ἀλαζονείαν, κενοδοξίαν τε καὶ ἀφιλοξενίαν.
pōs de estai touto, agapētoi? ean estērigmenē ę̄ hē dianoia hēmōn pistōs pros ton theon, ean ekzētōmen ta euaresta kai euprosdekta autǭ, ean epitelesōmen ta anēkonta tę̄ amōmǭ boulēsei autou, kai akolouthēsōmen tę̄ hodǭ tēs alētheias, aporripsantes aphʼ heautōn pasan adikian kai ponērian, pleonexian, ereis, kakoētheias te kai dolous, psithyrismous te kai katalalias, theostygian, hyperēphanian te kai alazoneian, kenodoxian te kai aphiloxenian.
But how shall this be, beloved? If our mind is fixed faithfully on God; if we seek what is pleasing and acceptable to him; if we accomplish what befits his blameless will and follow the way of truth, casting away from ourselves all unrighteousness and wickedness, greed, strife, malice and deceit, whispering and slander, hatred of God, pride and arrogance, vainglory and inhospitality.
Rom 1:29–32 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Keep your mind on God and cast away all sin.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): ἐστηριγμενη → ἐστηριγμένη.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 35.5 (Lake, LCL 24:66–68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-35-5).
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35.6Lake, LCL 24:68
ταῦτα γὰρ οἱ πράσσοντες στυγητοὶ τῷ θεῷ ὑπάρχουσιν· οὐ μόνον δὲ οἱ πράσσοντες αὐτά, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ συνευδοκοῦντες αὐτοῖς.
tauta gar hoi prassontes stygētoi tǭ theǭ hyparchousin; ou monon de hoi prassontes auta, alla kai hoi syneudokountes autois.
For those who do these things are hateful to God; and not only those who do them, but also those who approve of them.
Rom 1:32 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Those who do or approve of these sins are hateful to God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): ἀλλά καὶ → ἀλλὰ καὶ.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 35.6 (Lake, LCL 24:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-35-6).
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35.7Lake, LCL 24:68
λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· Τῷ δὲ ἁμαρτωλῷ εἶπεν ὁ θεός· Ἱνατί σὺ διηγῇ τὰ δικαιώματά μου, καὶ ἀναλαμβάνεις τὴν διαθήκην μου ἐπὶ στόματός σου;
legei gar hē graphē; Tǭ de hamartōlǭ eipen ho theos; Hinati sy diēgę̄ ta dikaiōmata mou, kai analambaneis tēn diathēkēn mou epi stomatos sou?
For the scripture says: “But to the sinner God said, ‘Why do you recite my ordinances and take my covenant on your lips?
Ps 50:16 (49:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God rebukes the hypocrite (Psalm 50).
- 35.7–12 quote Ps 50:16–23 (49:16–23 LXX).
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 35.7 (Lake, LCL 24:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-35-7).
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35.8Lake, LCL 24:68
σὺ δὲ ἐμίσησας παιδείαν καὶ ἐξέβαλες τοὺς λόγους μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω. εἰ ἐθεώρεις κλέπτην, συνέτρεχες αὐτῷ, καὶ μετὰ μοιχῶν τὴν μερίδα σου ἐτίθεις. τὸ στόμα σου ἐπλεόνασεν κακίαν, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα σου περιέπλεκεν δολιότητα. καθήμενος κατὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου κατελάλεις, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς μητρός σου ἐτίθεις σκάνδαλον.
sy de emisēsas paideian kai exebales tous logous mou eis ta opisō. ei etheōreis kleptēn, synetreches autǭ, kai meta moichōn tēn merida sou etitheis. to stoma sou epleonasen kakian, kai hē glōssa sou periepleken doliotēta. kathēmenos kata tou adelphou sou katelaleis, kai kata tou huiou tēs mētros sou etitheis skandalon.
You hated discipline and threw my words behind you. If you saw a thief, you ran with him, and you threw in your lot with adulterers. Your mouth multiplied wickedness, and your tongue wove deceit. You sat and spoke against your brother, and put a stumbling block before your mother's son.
Ps 50:17–20 (49:17-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The hypocrite's sins.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing); punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): κλέπτην. συνέτρεχες → κλέπτην, συνέτρεχες; ή γλῶσσα → ἡ γλῶσσα.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 35.8 (Lake, LCL 24:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-35-8).
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35.9Lake, LCL 24:68
ταῦτα ἐποίησας, καὶ ἐσίγησα· ὑπέλαβες, ἄνομε, ὅτι ἔσομαί σοι ὅμοιος.
tauta epoiēsas, kai esigēsa; hypelabes, anome, hoti esomai soi homoios.
These things you did, and I kept silent; you supposed, lawless one, that I would be like you.
Ps 50:21 (49:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God's silence is not approval.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 35.9 (Lake, LCL 24:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-35-9).
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35.10Lake, LCL 24:68
ἐλέγξω σε καὶ παραστήσω σε κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου.
elenxō se kai parastēsō se kata prosōpon sou.
I will rebuke you and set your sins before your face.
Ps 50:21 (49:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God will expose sin.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): προσωπόν σου → πρόσωπόν σου.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 35.10 (Lake, LCL 24:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-35-10).
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35.11Lake, LCL 24:68
σύνετε δὴ ταῦτα, οἱ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι τοῦ θεοῦ, μήποτε ἁρπάσῃ ὡς λέων, καὶ μὴ ᾖ ὁ ῥυόμενος.
synete dē tauta, hoi epilanthanomenoi tou theou, mēpote harpasę̄ hōs leōn, kai mē ę̄ ho rhyomenos.
Understand these things, you who forget God, lest he seize you like a lion and there be no one to deliver.
Ps 50:22 (49:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Warning to those who forget God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): τοῦ θεοῦ. μήποτε → τοῦ θεοῦ, μήποτε.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 35.11 (Lake, LCL 24:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-35-11).
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35.12Lake, LCL 24:68–70
θυσία αἰνέσεως δοξάσει με, καὶ ἐκεῖ ὁδός, ᾗ δείξω αὐτῷ τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ.
thysia aineseōs doxasei me, kai ekei hodos, hę̄ deixō autǭ to sōtērion tou theou.
A sacrifice of praise will glorify me, and there is the way by which I will show him the salvation of God.’”
Ps 50:23 (49:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A sacrifice of praise leads to salvation.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 35.12 (Lake, LCL 24:68–70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-35-12).
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Chapter 36
36.1Lake, LCL 24:70
Αὕτη ἡ ὁδός, ἀγαπητοί, ἐν ᾗ εὕρομεν τὸ σωτήριον ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν ἀρχιερέα τῶν προσφορῶν ἡμῶν, τὸν προστάτην καὶ βοηθὸν τῆς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν.
Hautē hē hodos, agapētoi, en hę̄ heuromen to sōtērion hēmōn, Iēsoun Christon, ton archierea tōn prosphorōn hēmōn, ton prostatēn kai boēthon tēs astheneias hēmōn.
This is the way, beloved, in which we found our salvation, Jesus Christ, the high priest of our offerings, the protector and helper of our weakness.
Heb 2:17 (allusion, medium confidence) · Heb 3:1 (allusion, medium confidence) · Heb 4:15 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jesus Christ is our salvation and high priest.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): ἐν ᾖ εὕρομεν → ἐν ᾗ εὕρομεν.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 36.1 (Lake, LCL 24:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-36-1).
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36.2Lake, LCL 24:70
διὰ τούτου ἀτενίζομεν εἰς τὰ ὕψη τῶν οὐρανῶν, διὰ τούτου ἐνοπτριζόμεθα τὴν ἄμωμον καὶ ὑπερτάτην ὄψιν αὐτοῦ, διὰ τούτου ἠνεῴχθησαν ἡμῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῆς καρδίας, διὰ τούτου ἡ ἀσύνετος καὶ ἐσκοτωμένη διάνοια ἡμῶν ἀναθάλλει εἰς τὸ φῶς, διὰ τούτου ἠθέλησεν ὁ δεσπότης τῆς ἀθανάτου γνώσεως ἡμᾶς γεύσασθαι, ὃς ὢν ἀπαύγασμα τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ, τοσούτῳ μείζων ἐστὶν ἀγγέλων, ὅσῳ διαφορώτερον ὄνομα κεκληρονόμηκεν.
dia toutou atenizomen eis ta hypsē tōn ouranōn, dia toutou enoptrizometha tēn amōmon kai hypertatēn opsin autou, dia toutou ēneǭchthēsan hēmōn hoi ophthalmoi tēs kardias, dia toutou hē asynetos kai eskotōmenē dianoia hēmōn anathallei eis to phōs, dia toutou ēthelēsen ho despotēs tēs athanatou gnōseōs hēmas geusasthai, hos ōn apaugasma tēs megalōsynēs autou, tosoutǭ meizōn estin angelōn, hosǭ diaphorōteron onoma keklēronomēken.
Through him we fix our gaze on the heights of heaven; through him we see as in a mirror his blameless and supreme face; through him the eyes of our heart were opened; through him our foolish and darkened mind springs up into the light; through him the Master willed that we should taste immortal knowledge. He, being the radiance of his majesty, is as much greater than the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent.
Heb 1:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Heb 1:4 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Cor 3:18 (echo, medium confidence) · Eph 1:18 (echo, medium confidence) · Rom 1:21 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Through Christ we see God and taste immortal knowledge.
- 36.2–5 closely follow Heb 1:3–13.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): ὃς ὦν ἀπαύγασμα → ὃς ὢν ἀπαύγασμα.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 36.2 (Lake, LCL 24:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-36-2).
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36.3Lake, LCL 24:70
γέγραπται γὰρ οὕτως· Ὁ ποιῶν τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ πνεύματα καὶ τοὺς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ πυρὸς φλόγα.
gegraptai gar houtōs; Ho poiōn tous angelous autou pneumata kai tous leitourgous autou pyros phloga.
For it is written thus: “He makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.”
Ps 104:4 (103:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 1:7 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The angels are God's servants.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 36.3 (Lake, LCL 24:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-36-3).
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36.4Lake, LCL 24:70
ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ οὕτως εἶπεν ὁ δεσπότης· Υἱός μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε· αἴτησαι παρʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ δώσω σοι ἔθνη τὴν κληρονομίαν σου καὶ τὴν κατάσχεσίν σου τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς.
epi de tǭ huiǭ autou houtōs eipen ho despotēs; Huios mou ei sy, egō sēmeron gegennēka se; aitēsai parʼ emou, kai dōsō soi ethnē tēn klēronomian sou kai tēn kataschesin sou ta perata tēs gēs.
But of his Son the Master said thus: “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, and the ends of the earth as your possession.”
Ps 2:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 2:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 1:5 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God calls Christ his Son.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (raised dot before the quotation)): ὁ δεσπότης. Υἱός → ὁ δεσπότης· Υἱός.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 36.4 (Lake, LCL 24:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-36-4).
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36.5Lake, LCL 24:70
καὶ πάλιν λέγει πρὸς αὐτόν· Κάθον ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου.
kai palin legei pros auton; Kathon ek dexiōn mou, heōs an thō tous echthrous sou hypopodion tōn podōn sou.
And again he says to him: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”
Ps 110:1 (109:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 1:13 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ sits at God's right hand.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 36.5 (Lake, LCL 24:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-36-5).
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36.6Lake, LCL 24:70
τίνες οὖν οἱ ἐχθροί; οἱ φαῦλοι καὶ ἀντιτασσομενοι τῷ θελήματι αὐτοῦ.
tines oun hoi echthroi? hoi phauloi kai antitassomenoi tǭ thelēmati autou.
Who, then, are the enemies? Those who are wicked and oppose his will.
Notes and citation
Summary: His enemies are those who oppose God's will.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 36.6 (Lake, LCL 24:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-36-6).
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Chapter 37
37.1Lake, LCL 24:70
Στρατευσώμεθα οὖν, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, μετὰ πάσης ἐκτενείας ἐν τοῖς ἀμώμοις προστάγμασιν αὐτοῦ.
Strateusōmetha oun, andres adelphoi, meta pasēs ekteneias en tois amōmois prostagmasin autou.
Let us therefore serve as soldiers, men and brothers, with all earnestness under his blameless commands.
Notes and citation
Summary: Serve God like soldiers.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong letter)): προστώγμασιν → προστάγμασιν.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 37.1 (Lake, LCL 24:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-37-1).
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37.2Lake, LCL 24:70–72
κατανοήσωμεν τοὺς στρατευομένους τοῖς ἡγουμένοις ἡμῶν, πῶς εὐτάκτως, πῶς ἑκτικῶς, πῶς ὑποτεταγμένως ἐπιτελοῦσιν τὰ διατασσόμενα.
katanoēsōmen tous strateuomenous tois hēgoumenois hēmōn, pōs eutaktōs, pōs hektikōs, pōs hypotetagmenōs epitelousin ta diatassomena.
Let us consider those who serve as soldiers under our commanders: how orderly, how readily, how submissively they carry out what is commanded.
Notes and citation
Summary: Soldiers obey their commanders in good order.
- “Our commanders” (τοῖς ἡγουμένοις ἡμῶν): the Roman army; or possibly “our rulers,” the emperor's officers.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 37.2 (Lake, LCL 24:70–72; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-37-2).
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37.3Lake, LCL 24:72
οὐ πάντες εἰσὶν ἔπαρχοι οὐδὲ χιλίαρχοι οὐδὲ ἑκατόνταρχοι οὐδὲ πεντηκόνταρχοι οὐδὲ τὸ καθεξῆς, ἀλλʼ ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν ἡγουμένων ἐπιτελεῖ.
ou pantes eisin eparchoi oude chiliarchoi oude hekatontarchoi oude pentēkontarchoi oude to kathexēs, allʼ hekastos en tǭ idiǭ tagmati ta epitassomena hypo tou basileōs kai tōn hēgoumenōn epitelei.
Not all are prefects or tribunes or centurions or captains of fifty and so on; but each in his own rank carries out what is commanded by the emperor and the commanders.
1 Cor 15:23 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Each soldier serves in his own rank.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong ending)): ἑκατόνταρχαι → ἑκατόνταρχοι.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 37.3 (Lake, LCL 24:72; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-37-3).
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37.4Lake, LCL 24:72
οἱ μεγάλοι δίχα τῶν μικρῶν οὐ δύνανται εἶναι, οὔτε οἱ μικροὶ δίχα τῶν μεγάλων· σύγκρασίς τίς ἐστιν ἐν πᾶσιν, καὶ ἐν τούτοις χρῆσις.
hoi megaloi dicha tōn mikrōn ou dynantai einai, oute hoi mikroi dicha tōn megalōn; synkrasis tis estin en pasin, kai en toutois chrēsis.
The great cannot exist without the small, nor the small without the great; there is a certain mixture in all things, and in this there is usefulness.
Notes and citation
Summary: Great and small need each other.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 37.4 (Lake, LCL 24:72; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-37-4).
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37.5Lake, LCL 24:72
λάβωμεν τὸ σῶμα ἡμῶν· ἡ κεφαλὴ δίχα τῶν ποδῶν οὐδέν ἐστιν, οὕτως οὐδὲ οἱ πόδες δίχα τῆς κεφαλῆς· τὰ δὲ ἐλάχιστα μέλη τοῦ σώματος ἡμῶν ἀναγκαῖα καὶ εὔχρηστά εἰσιν ὅλῳ τῷ σώματι· ἀλλὰ πάντα συνπνεῖ καὶ ὑποταγῇ μιᾷ χρῆται εἰς τὸ σώζεσθαι ὅλον τὸ σῶμα.
labōmen to sōma hēmōn; hē kephalē dicha tōn podōn ouden estin, houtōs oude hoi podes dicha tēs kephalēs; ta de elachista melē tou sōmatos hēmōn anankaia kai euchrēsta eisin holǭ tǭ sōmati; alla panta synpnei kai hypotagę̄ mią chrētai eis to sōzesthai holon to sōma.
Let us take our body: the head without the feet is nothing, and so are the feet without the head; the smallest members of our body are necessary and useful to the whole body; indeed, all breathe together and are united in one subjection, so that the whole body may be saved.
1 Cor 12:21 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 12:22 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Like the body's members, all serve the whole.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (stray iota subscript)): σώμᾳτι → σώματι.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 37.5 (Lake, LCL 24:72; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-37-5).
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Chapter 38
38.1Lake, LCL 24:72
Σωζέσθω οὖν ἡμῶν ὅλον τὸ σῶμα ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ ὑποτασσέσθω ἕκαστος τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καθὼς ἐτέθη ἐν τῷ χαρίσματι αὐτοῦ.
Sōzesthō oun hēmōn holon to sōma en Christǭ Iēsou, kai hypotassesthō hekastos tǭ plēsion autou, kathōs etethē en tǭ charismati autou.
So let our whole body be saved in Christ Jesus, and let each be subject to his neighbor, according to the spiritual gift given to him.
1 Pet 4:10 (echo, medium confidence) · Eph 5:21 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Let each serve the others with his own gift.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 38.1 (Lake, LCL 24:72; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-38-1).
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38.2Lake, LCL 24:72–74
ὁ ἰσχυρὸς τημελείτω τὸν ἀσθενῆ, ὁ δὲ ἀσθενὴς ἐντρεπέσθω τὸν ἰσχυρόν· ὁ πλούσιος ἐπιχορηγείτω τῷ πτωχῷ, ὁ δὲ πτωχὸς εὐχαριστείτω τῷ θεῷ, ὅτι ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ, διʼ οὗ ἀναπληρωθῇ αὐτοῦ τὸ ὑστέρημα· ὁ σοφὸς ἐνδεικνύσθω τὴν σοφίαν αὐτοῦ μὴ ἐν λόγοις, ἀλλʼ ἐν ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς· ὁ ταπεινοφρονῶν μὴ ἑαυτῷ μαρτυρείτω, ἀλλʼ ἐάτω ὑφʼ ἑτέρου ἑαυτὸν μαρτυρεῖσθαι· ὁ ἁγνὸς ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ μὴ ἀλαζονευέσθω, γινώσκων ὅτι ἕτερός ἐστιν ὁ ἐπιχορηγῶν αὐτῷ τὴν ἐγκράτειαν.
ho ischyros tēmeleitō ton asthenē, ho de asthenēs entrepesthō ton ischyron; ho plousios epichorēgeitō tǭ ptōchǭ, ho de ptōchos eucharisteitō tǭ theǭ, hoti edōken autǭ, diʼ hou anaplērōthę̄ autou to hysterēma; ho sophos endeiknysthō tēn sophian autou mē en logois, allʼ en ergois agathois; ho tapeinophronōn mē heautǭ martyreitō, allʼ eatō hyphʼ heterou heauton martyreisthai; ho hagnos en tę̄ sarki mē alazoneuesthō, ginōskōn hoti heteros estin ho epichorēgōn autǭ tēn enkrateian.
Let the strong care for the weak, and let the weak respect the strong. Let the rich man supply the poor, and let the poor man thank God that he gave him someone through whom his need may be met. Let the wise show his wisdom not in words but in good works. Let the humble not testify to himself but let another testify to him. Let the one who is pure in the flesh not boast, knowing that it is another who grants him his self-control.
1 Cor 7:7 (echo, low confidence)
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Summary: Strong and weak, rich and poor, wise and humble should serve one another without boasting.
- “Pure in the flesh” (ὁ ἁγνὸς ἐν τῇ σαρκί): probably celibate (see the glossary on ἁγνεία).
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 38.2 (Lake, LCL 24:72–74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-38-2).
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38.3Lake, LCL 24:74
ἀναλογισώμεθα οὖν, ἀδελφοί, ἐκ ποίας ὕλης ἐγενήθημεν, ποῖοι καὶ τίνες εἰσήλθαμεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον, ἐκ ποίου τάφου καὶ σκότους ὁ πλάσας ἡμᾶς καὶ δημιουργήσας εἰσήγαγεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον αὐτοῦ, προετοιμάσας τὰς εὐεργεσίας αὐτοῦ, πρὶν ἡμᾶς γεννηθῆναι.
analogisōmetha oun, adelphoi, ek poias hylēs egenēthēmen, poioi kai tines eisēlthamen eis ton kosmon, ek poiou taphou kai skotous ho plasas hēmas kai dēmiourgēsas eisēgagen eis ton kosmon autou, proetoimasas tas euergesias autou, prin hēmas gennēthēnai.
Let us consider, then, brothers, from what matter we were made, what and who we were when we came into the world, from what grave and darkness he who formed and created us brought us into his world, having prepared his benefits before we were born.
Notes and citation
Summary: Remember that we came from nothing and owe all to God.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 38.3 (Lake, LCL 24:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-38-3).
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38.4Lake, LCL 24:74
ταῦτα οὖν πάντα ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔχοντες ὀφείλομεν κατὰ πάντα εὐχαριστεῖν αὐτῷ· ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.
tauta oun panta ex autou echontes opheilomen kata panta eucharistein autǭ; hǭ hē doxa eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn. amēn.
Since, then, we have all these things from him, we ought to give him thanks for everything; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Notes and citation
Summary: Give thanks to God for everything.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 38.4 (Lake, LCL 24:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-38-4).
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Chapter 39
39.1Lake, LCL 24:74
Ἅφρονες καὶ ἀσύνετοι καὶ μωροὶ καὶ ἀπαίδευτοι χλευάζουσιν ἡμᾶς καὶ μυκτηρίζουσιν, ἑαυτοὺς βουλόμενοι ἐπαίρεσθαι ταῖς διανοίαις αὐτῶν.
Haphrones kai asynetoi kai mōroi kai apaideutoi chleuazousin hēmas kai myktērizousin, heautous boulomenoi epairesthai tais dianoiais autōn.
Senseless, foolish, stupid, and ignorant people mock and deride us, wanting to exalt themselves in their own imaginations.
Notes and citation
Summary: Fools mock us to exalt themselves.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 39.1 (Lake, LCL 24:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-39-1).
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39.2Lake, LCL 24:74
τί γὰρ δύναται θνητός; ἢ τίς ἰσχὺς γηγενοῦς;
ti gar dynatai thnētos? ē tis ischys gēgenous?
For what can a mortal do? Or what strength has one born of earth?
Notes and citation
Summary: Mortals have no strength of their own.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 39.2 (Lake, LCL 24:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-39-2).
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39.3Lake, LCL 24:74
γέγραπται γάρ· Οὐκ ἦν μορφὴ πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου, ἀλλʼ ἢ αὔραν καὶ φωνὴν ἤκουον·
gegraptai gar; Ouk ēn morphē pro ophthalmōn mou, allʼ ē auran kai phōnēn ēkouon;
For it is written: “There was no form before my eyes, but I heard a breath and a voice:
Job 4:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A vision in Job.
- 39.3–9 quote Job 4:16–18; 15:15; 4:19–5:5 in the Septuagint form.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 39.3 (Lake, LCL 24:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-39-3).
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39.4Lake, LCL 24:74
Τί γάρ; μὴ καθαρὸς ἔσται βροτὸς ἔναντι κυρίου; ἢ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ ἄμεμπτος ἀνήρ, εἰ κατὰ παίδων αὐτοῦ οὐ πιστεύει, κατὰ δὲ ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ σκολιόν τι ἐπενόησεν;
Ti gar? mē katharos estai brotos enanti kyriou? ē apo tōn ergōn autou amemptos anēr, ei kata paidōn autou ou pisteuei, kata de angelōn autou skolion ti epenoēsen?
What then? Shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? Or a man blameless in his works, when he does not trust his servants and has found something crooked in his angels?
Job 4:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Job 4:18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: No mortal is pure before God.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 39.4 (Lake, LCL 24:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-39-4).
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39.5Lake, LCL 24:74–76
οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ· ἔα δέ, οἱ κατοικοῦντες οἰκίας πηλίνας, ἐξ ὧν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ πηλοῦ ἐσμεν· ἔπαισεν αὐτοὺς σητὸς τρόπον, καὶ ἀπὸ πρωΐθεν ἕως ἑσπέρας οὐκ ἔτι εἰσίν· παρὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτοὺς ἑαυτοῖς βοηθῆσαι ἀπώλοντο.
ouranos de ou katharos enōpion autou; ea de, hoi katoikountes oikias pēlinas, ex hōn kai autoi ek tou autou pēlou esmen; epaisen autous sētos tropon, kai apo prōïthen heōs hesperas ouk eti eisin; para to mē dynasthai autous heautois boēthēsai apōlonto.
Heaven is not pure in his sight; how much less those who dwell in houses of clay, of which we ourselves are made, of the same clay. He struck them like a moth, and from morning to evening they are no more; because they could not help themselves, they perished.
Job 15:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Job 4:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Job 4:20 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Mortals are frail and perish.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 39.5 (Lake, LCL 24:74–76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-39-5).
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39.6Lake, LCL 24:76
ἐνεφύσησεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐτελεύτησαν παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν αὐτοὺς σοφίαν.
enephysēsen autois, kai eteleutēsan para to mē echein autous sophian.
He breathed on them and they died, because they had no wisdom.
Job 4:21 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They died for lack of wisdom.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 39.6 (Lake, LCL 24:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-39-6).
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39.7Lake, LCL 24:76
ἐπικάλεσαι δέ, εἴ τίς σοι ὑπακούσεται, ἢ εἴ τινα ἁγίων ἀγγέλων ὄψῃ· καὶ γὰρ ἄφρονα ἀναιρεῖ ὀργή, πεπλανημένον δὲ θανατοῖ ζῆλος.
epikalesai de, ei tis soi hypakousetai, ē ei tina hagiōn angelōn opsę̄; kai gar aphrona anairei orgē, peplanēmenon de thanatoi zēlos.
But call, if anyone will answer you, or if you will see any of the holy angels; for anger destroys the fool, and envy kills the one who has gone astray.
Job 5:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Job 5:2 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Anger and envy destroy the foolish.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent); punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): ἤ εἴ τινα → ἢ εἴ τινα; ὀργή. πεπλανημένον → ὀργή, πεπλανημένον.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 39.7 (Lake, LCL 24:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-39-7).
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39.8Lake, LCL 24:76
ἐγὼ δὲ ἑώρακα ἄφρονας ῥίζας βάλλοντας, ἀλλʼ εὐθέως ἐβρώθη αὐτῶν ἡ δίαιτα.
egō de heōraka aphronas rhizas ballontas, allʼ eutheōs ebrōthē autōn hē diaita.
I have seen fools putting down roots, but at once their dwelling was devoured.
Job 5:3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The fool's prosperity is short-lived.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 39.8 (Lake, LCL 24:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-39-8).
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39.9Lake, LCL 24:76
πόρρω γένοιντο οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ σωτηρίας· κολαβρισθείησαν ἐπὶ θύραις ἡσσόνων, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐξαιρούμενος· ἃ γὰρ ἐκείνοις ἡτοίμασται, δίκαιοι ἔδονται, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐκ κακῶν οὐκ ἐξαίρετοι ἔσονται.
porrō genointo hoi huioi autōn apo sōtērias; kolabristheiēsan epi thyrais hēssonōn, kai ouk estai ho exairoumenos; ha gar ekeinois hētoimastai, dikaioi edontai, autoi de ek kakōn ouk exairetoi esontai.
May their sons be far from safety; may they be mocked at the doors of their inferiors, and there shall be no one to deliver them. For what has been prepared for them the righteous will eat, and they themselves shall not be delivered from evils.”
Job 5:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Job 5:5 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The fool's children will find no help.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 39.9 (Lake, LCL 24:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-39-9).
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Chapter 40
40.1Lake, LCL 24:76
Προδήλων οὖν ἡμῖν ὄντων τούτων, καὶ ἐγκεκυφότες εἰς τὰ βάθη τῆς θείας γνώσεως, πάντα τάξει ποιεῖν ὀφείλομεν, ὅσα ὁ δεσπότης ἐπιτελεῖν ἐκέλευσεν κατὰ καιροὺς τεταγμένους.
Prodēlōn oun hēmin ontōn toutōn, kai enkekyphotes eis ta bathē tēs theias gnōseōs, panta taxei poiein opheilomen, hosa ho despotēs epitelein ekeleusen kata kairous tetagmenous.
Since these things are plain to us, and since we have looked into the depths of divine knowledge, we ought to do in order all the things that the Master has commanded us to perform at the appointed times.
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Summary: Do everything in the order God has appointed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): γνώσεως. πάντα → γνώσεως, πάντα.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 40.1 (Lake, LCL 24:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-40-1).
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40.2Lake, LCL 24:76
τάς τε προσφορὰς καὶ λειτουργίας ἐπιτελεῖσθαι, καὶ οὐκ εἰκῆ ἢ ἀτάκτως ἐκέλευσεν γίνεσθαι, ἀλλʼ ὡρισμένοις καιροῖς καὶ ὥραις.
tas te prosphoras kai leitourgias epiteleisthai, kai ouk eikē ē ataktōs ekeleusen ginesthai, allʼ hōrismenois kairois kai hōrais.
He commanded the offerings and services to be performed, and not carelessly or in disorder, but at fixed times and hours.
Notes and citation
Summary: God set times for worship.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 40.2 (Lake, LCL 24:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-40-2).
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40.3Lake, LCL 24:76
ποῦ τε καὶ διὰ τίνων ἐπιτελεῖσθαι θέλει, αὐτὸς ὥρισεν τῇ ὑπερτάτῳ αὐτοῦ βουλήσει, ἵνʼ ὁσίως πάντα γινόμενα ἐν εὐδοκήσει εὐπρόσδεκτα εἴη τῷ θελήματι αὐτοῦ.
pou te kai dia tinōn epiteleisthai thelei, autos hōrisen tę̄ hypertatǭ autou boulēsei, hinʼ hosiōs panta ginomena en eudokēsei euprosdekta eiē tǭ thelēmati autou.
Where and by whom he wishes them to be performed, he himself has determined by his supreme will, so that all things done in holiness according to his good pleasure might be acceptable to his will.
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Summary: God determined where and by whom worship is offered.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): βουλήσει. ἵνʼ → βουλήσει, ἵνʼ.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 40.3 (Lake, LCL 24:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-40-3).
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40.4Lake, LCL 24:76–78
οἱ οὖν τοῖς προστεταγμένοις καιροῖς ποιοῦντες τὰς προσφορὰς αὐτῶν εὐπρόσδεκτοί τε καὶ μακάριοι· τοῖς γὰρ νομίμοις τοῦ δεσπότου ἀκολουθοῦντες οὐ διαμαρτάνουσιν.
hoi oun tois prostetagmenois kairois poiountes tas prosphoras autōn euprosdektoi te kai makarioi; tois gar nomimois tou despotou akolouthountes ou diamartanousin.
So those who make their offerings at the appointed times are acceptable and blessed; for since they follow the ordinances of the Master, they do not go wrong.
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Summary: Offerings made in order are acceptable.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 40.4 (Lake, LCL 24:76–78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-40-4).
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40.5Lake, LCL 24:78
τῷ γὰρ ἀρχιερεῖ ἴδιαι λειτουργίαι δεδομέναι εἰσίν, καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἴδιος ὁ τόπος προστέτακται, καὶ Λευΐταις ἴδιαι διακονίαι ἐπίκεινται· ὁ λαϊκὸς ἄνθρωπος τοῖς λαϊκοῖς προστάγμασιν δέδεται.
tǭ gar archierei idiai leitourgiai dedomenai eisin, kai tois hiereusin idios ho topos prostetaktai, kai Leuïtais idiai diakoniai epikeintai; ho laïkos anthrōpos tois laïkois prostagmasin dedetai.
For to the high priest his own services have been given, and to the priests their own place has been assigned, and on the Levites their own ministries are laid; the layman is bound by the ordinances for laymen.
Notes and citation
Summary: In Israel's worship each order had its own role.
- “Layman” (λαϊκός): the earliest Christian use of the word. Clement argues from the order of Israel's worship to order in the church; he does not say that Christian ministers are priests.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong diacritic)): λαῖκοῖς → λαϊκοῖς.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 40.5 (Lake, LCL 24:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-40-5).
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Chapter 41
41.1Lake, LCL 24:78
Ἕκαστος ἡμῶν, ἀδελφοί, ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι εὐαριστείτω τῷ θεῷ ἐν ἀγαθῇ συνειδήσει ὑπάρχων, μὴ παρεκβαίνων τὸν ὡρισμένον τῆς λειτουργίας αὐτοῦ κανόνα, ἐν σεμνότητι.
Hekastos hēmōn, adelphoi, en tǭ idiǭ tagmati euaristeitō tǭ theǭ en agathę̄ syneidēsei hyparchōn, mē parekbainōn ton hōrismenon tēs leitourgias autou kanona, en semnotēti.
Let each of us, brothers, in his own rank, be pleasing to God with a good conscience, not transgressing the appointed rule of his ministry, with reverence.
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Summary: Each should serve God in his own rank.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 41.1 (Lake, LCL 24:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-41-1).
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41.2Lake, LCL 24:78
οὐ πανταχοῦ, ἀδελφοί, προσφέρονται θυσίαι ἐνδελεχισμοῦ ἢ εὐχῶν ἢ περὶ ἁμαρτίας καὶ πλημμελείας, ἀλλʼ ἢ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ μόνῃ· κἀκεῖ δὲ οὐκ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ προσφέρεται, ἀλλʼ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ναοῦ πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον, μωμοσκοπηθὲν τὸ προσφερόμενον διὰ τοῦ ἀρχιερέως καὶ τῶν προειρημένων λειτουργῶν.
ou pantachou, adelphoi, prospherontai thysiai endelechismou ē euchōn ē peri hamartias kai plēmmeleias, allʼ ē en Hierousalēm monę̄; kakei de ouk en panti topǭ prospheretai, allʼ emprosthen tou naou pros to thysiastērion, mōmoskopēthen to prospheromenon dia tou archiereōs kai tōn proeirēmenōn leitourgōn.
Not everywhere, brothers, are the daily sacrifices offered, or the vow offerings, or the sin and trespass offerings, but only in Jerusalem; and even there they are not offered in every place, but before the sanctuary at the altar, after what is offered has been inspected for blemishes by the high priest and the ministers already mentioned.
Deut 12:13 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Sacrifices were offered only in the appointed place and manner.
- The present tense speaks as if the temple still stood. Whether this means the letter was written before AD 70 is debated; most date it ca. 96, and Josephus also describes the temple in the present tense after its fall.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 41.2 (Lake, LCL 24:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-41-2).
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41.3Lake, LCL 24:78
οἱ οὖν παρὰ τὸ καθῆκον τῆς βουλήσεως αὐτοῦ ποιοῦντές τι θάνατον τὸ πρόστιμον ἔχουσιν.
hoi oun para to kathēkon tēs boulēseōs autou poiountes ti thanaton to prostimon echousin.
So those who do anything contrary to what befits his will have death as their penalty.
Notes and citation
Summary: Disobeying God's order brought death.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 41.3 (Lake, LCL 24:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-41-3).
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41.4Lake, LCL 24:78
ὁρᾶτε, ἀδελφοί· ὅσῳ πλείονος κατηξιώθημεν γνώσεως, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ὑποκείμεθα κινδύνῳ.
horate, adelphoi; hosǭ pleionos katēxiōthēmen gnōseōs, tosoutǭ mallon hypokeimetha kindynǭ.
You see, brothers: the greater the knowledge we have been counted worthy of, the greater the danger to which we are exposed.
Luke 12:48 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Greater knowledge means greater responsibility.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 41.4 (Lake, LCL 24:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-41-4).
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Chapter 42
42.1Lake, LCL 24:78–80
Οἱ ἀπόστολοι ἡμῖν εὐηγγελίσθησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐξεπέμφθη.
Hoi apostoloi hēmin euēngelisthēsan apo tou kyriou Iēsou Christou, Iēsous ho Christos apo tou theou exepemphthē.
The apostles received the gospel for us from the Lord Jesus Christ; Jesus the Christ was sent from God.
Notes and citation
Summary: The gospel came from God through Christ to the apostles.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 42.1 (Lake, LCL 24:78–80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-42-1).
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42.2Lake, LCL 24:80
ὁ Χριστὸς οὖν ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι ἀπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ· ἐγένοντο οὖν ἀμφότερα εὐτάκτως ἐκ θελήματος θεοῦ.
ho Christos oun apo tou theou kai hoi apostoloi apo tou Christou; egenonto oun amphotera eutaktōs ek thelēmatos theou.
So Christ is from God, and the apostles from Christ; both, then, came about in good order by the will of God.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ from God, the apostles from Christ: all in good order.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): ὁ Χριστος → ὁ Χριστὸς.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 42.2 (Lake, LCL 24:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-42-2).
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42.3Lake, LCL 24:80
παραγγελίας οὖν λαβόντες καὶ πληροφορηθέντες διὰ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ πιστωθέντες ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τοῦ θεοῦ, μετὰ πληροφορίας πνεύματος ἁγίου ἐξῆλθον εὐαγγελιζόμενοι, τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ μέλλειν ἔρχεσθαι,
parangelias oun labontes kai plērophorēthentes dia tēs anastaseōs tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou kai pistōthentes en tǭ logǭ tou theou, meta plērophorias pneumatos hagiou exēlthon euangelizomenoi, tēn basileian tou theou mellein erchesthai,
So having received their commands, and being fully assured through the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and confirmed in the word of God, with the full assurance of the Holy Spirit they went out proclaiming the good news that the kingdom of God was about to come.
Notes and citation
Summary: The apostles went out preaching the coming kingdom.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 42.3 (Lake, LCL 24:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-42-3).
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42.4Lake, LCL 24:80
κατὰ χώρας οὖν καὶ πόλεις κηρύσσοντες καθίστανον τὰς ἀπαρχὰς αὐτῶν, δοκιμάσαντες τῷ πνεύματι, εἰς ἐπισκόπους καὶ διακόνους τῶν μελλόντων πιστεύειν.
kata chōras oun kai poleis kēryssontes kathistanon tas aparchas autōn, dokimasantes tǭ pneumati, eis episkopous kai diakonous tōn mellontōn pisteuein.
So, preaching in country and city, they appointed their firstfruits, after testing them by the Spirit, to be bishops and deacons of those who would believe.
Acts 14:23 (echo, medium confidence) · Phil 1:1 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The apostles appointed bishops and deacons from their first converts.
- In 1 Clement the “bishops” (overseers) appear to be the same people as the presbyters (compare 44.4–5; 57.1); see the glossary.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 42.4 (Lake, LCL 24:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-42-4).
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42.5Lake, LCL 24:80
καὶ τοῦτο οὐ καινῶς· ἐκ γὰρ δὴ πολλῶν χρόνων ἐγέγραπτο περὶ ἐπισκόπων καὶ διακόνων. οὕτως γάρ που λέγει ἡ γραφή· Καταστήσω τοὺς ἐπισκόπους αὐτῶν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ τοὺς διακόνους αὐτῶν ἐν πίστει.
kai touto ou kainōs; ek gar dē pollōn chronōn egegrapto peri episkopōn kai diakonōn. houtōs gar pou legei hē graphē; Katastēsō tous episkopous autōn en dikaiosynę̄ kai tous diakonous autōn en pistei.
And this was nothing new, for bishops and deacons had been written about many ages before. For thus says the scripture somewhere: “I will appoint their bishops in righteousness and their deacons in faith.”
Isa 60:17 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Scripture foretold bishops and deacons.
- A free form of Isa 60:17 LXX (“I will give your rulers in peace and your overseers in righteousness”).
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 42.5 (Lake, LCL 24:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-42-5).
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Chapter 43
43.1Lake, LCL 24:80
Καὶ τί θαυμαστόν, εἰ οἱ ἐν Χριστῷ πιστευθέντες παρὰ θεοῦ ἔργον τοιοῦτο κατέστησαν τοὺς προειρημένους; ὅπου καὶ ὁ μακάριος πιστὸς θεράπων ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ Μωϋσῆς τὰ διατεταγμένα αὐτῷ πάντα ἐσημειώσατο ἐν ταῖς ἱεραῖς βίβλοις, ᾧ καὶ ἐπηκολούθησαν οἱ λοιποὶ προφῆται, συνεπιμαρτυροῦντες τοῖς ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ νενομοθετημένοις.
Kai ti thaumaston, ei hoi en Christǭ pisteuthentes para theou ergon toiouto katestēsan tous proeirēmenous? hopou kai ho makarios pistos therapōn en holǭ tǭ oikǭ Mōÿsēs ta diatetagmena autǭ panta esēmeiōsato en tais hierais biblois, hǭ kai epēkolouthēsan hoi loipoi prophētai, synepimartyrountes tois hypʼ autou nenomothetēmenois.
And what wonder is it if those who had been entrusted in Christ by God with such a work appointed the persons mentioned? For the blessed Moses also, “a faithful servant in all his house,” recorded in the sacred books all the things commanded him, and the rest of the prophets followed him, bearing witness together to the laws he had given.
Num 12:7 (quotation, medium confidence) · Heb 3:5 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Moses too recorded God's commands, and the prophets confirmed them.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 43.1 (Lake, LCL 24:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-43-1).
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43.2Lake, LCL 24:80–82
ἐκεῖνος γάρ, ζήλου ἐμπεσόντος περὶ τῆς ἱερωσύνης καὶ στασιαζουσῶν τῶν φυλῶν, ὁποία αὐτῶν εἴη τῷ ἐνδόξῳ ὀνόματι κεκοσμημένη, ἐκέλευσεν τοὺς δώδεκα φυλάρχους προσενεγκεῖν αὐτῷ ῥάβδους ἐπιγεγραμμένας ἑκάστης φυλῆς κατʼ ὄνομα· καὶ λαβὼν αὐτὰς ἔδησεν καὶ ἐσφράγισεν τοῖς δακτυλίοις τῶν φυλάρχων, καὶ ἀπέθετο αὐτὰς εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν τοῦ θεοῦ.
ekeinos gar, zēlou empesontos peri tēs hierōsynēs kai stasiazousōn tōn phylōn, hopoia autōn eiē tǭ endoxǭ onomati kekosmēmenē, ekeleusen tous dōdeka phylarchous prosenenkein autǭ rhabdous epigegrammenas hekastēs phylēs katʼ onoma; kai labōn autas edēsen kai esphragisen tois daktyliois tōn phylarchōn, kai apetheto autas eis tēn skēnēn tou martyriou epi tēn trapezan tou theou.
For when jealousy arose concerning the priesthood and the tribes were quarreling over which of them should be adorned with that glorious name, he commanded the twelve tribal chiefs to bring him rods inscribed with the name of each tribe. And taking them he bound them and sealed them with the rings of the tribal chiefs, and laid them up in the tent of witness on the table of God.
Num 17:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Num 17:4 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Moses settled the priesthood dispute with the twelve rods.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 43.2 (Lake, LCL 24:80–82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-43-2).
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43.3Lake, LCL 24:82
καὶ κλείσας τὴν σκηνὴν ἐσφράγισεν τὰς κλεῖδας ὡσαύτως καὶ τὰς ῥάβδους,
kai kleisas tēn skēnēn esphragisen tas kleidas hōsautōs kai tas rhabdous,
And having closed the tent he sealed the keys, as he had the rods,
Notes and citation
Summary: Moses sealed the tent.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 43.3 (Lake, LCL 24:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-43-3).
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43.4Lake, LCL 24:82
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ἧς ἂν φυλῆς ἡ ῥάβδος βλαστήσῃ, ταύτην ἐκλέλεκται ὁ θεὸς εἰς τὸ ἱερατεύειν καὶ λειτουργεῖν αὐτῷ.
kai eipen autois; Andres adelphoi, hēs an phylēs hē rhabdos blastēsę̄, tautēn eklelektai ho theos eis to hierateuein kai leitourgein autǭ.
and said to them, “Men and brothers, the tribe whose rod blossoms, this God has chosen to serve as priests and to minister to him.”
Num 17:5 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: The blossoming rod would show God's choice.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): Ἅνδρες → Ἄνδρες; ἦς ἂν → ἧς ἂν.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 43.4 (Lake, LCL 24:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-43-4).
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43.5Lake, LCL 24:82
πρωΐας δὲ γενομένης συνεκάλεσεν πάντα τὸν Ἰσραήλ, τὰς ἑξακοσίας χιλιάδας τῶν ἀνδρῶν, καὶ ἐπεδείξατο τοῖς φυλάρχοις τὰς σφραγῖδας, καὶ ἤνοιξεν τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου καὶ προεῖλεν τὰς ῥάβδους· καὶ εὑρέθη ἡ ῥάβδος Ἀαρὼν οὐ μόνον βεβλαστηκυῖα, ἀλλὰ καὶ καρπὸν ἔχουσα.
prōïas de genomenēs synekalesen panta ton Israēl, tas hexakosias chiliadas tōn andrōn, kai epedeixato tois phylarchois tas sphragidas, kai ēnoixen tēn skēnēn tou martyriou kai proeilen tas rhabdous; kai heurethē hē rhabdos Aarōn ou monon beblastēkuia, alla kai karpon echousa.
When morning came he called together all Israel, the six hundred thousand men, and showed the tribal chiefs the seals, and opened the tent of witness and brought out the rods; and the rod of Aaron was found not only to have blossomed but also to be bearing fruit.
Num 17:8 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Aaron's rod blossomed and bore fruit.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 43.5 (Lake, LCL 24:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-43-5).
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43.6Lake, LCL 24:82
τί δοκεῖτε, ἀγαπητοί; οὐ προῄδει Μωϋσῆς τοῦτο μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι; μάλιστα ᾔδει· ἀλλʼ ἵνα μὴ ἀκαταστασία γένηται ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ, οὕτως ἐποίησεν, εἰς τὸ δοξασθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ καὶ μόνου θεοῦ· ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.
ti dokeite, agapētoi? ou proę̄dei Mōÿsēs touto mellein esesthai? malista ę̄dei; allʼ hina mē akatastasia genētai en tǭ Israēl, houtōs epoiēsen, eis to doxasthēnai to onoma tou alēthinou kai monou theou; hǭ hē doxa eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn. amēn.
What do you think, beloved? Did not Moses know beforehand that this would happen? Certainly he knew. But so that there might be no disorder in Israel, he did this, so that the name of the true and only God might be glorified; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
John 17:3 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Moses acted to prevent disorder.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): ᾦ ἡ δόξα → ᾧ ἡ δόξα.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 43.6 (Lake, LCL 24:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-43-6).
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Chapter 44
44.1Lake, LCL 24:82
Καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι ἡμῶν ἔγνωσαν διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὅτι ἔρις ἔσται ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς.
Kai hoi apostoloi hēmōn egnōsan dia tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, hoti eris estai epi tou onomatos tēs episkopēs.
Our apostles also knew through our Lord Jesus Christ that there would be strife over the office of bishop.
Notes and citation
Summary: The apostles foresaw strife over the office of bishop.
- “The office of bishop” (τοῦ ὀνόματος τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς): literally “the name of the oversight.”
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 44.1 (Lake, LCL 24:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-44-1).
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44.2Lake, LCL 24:82–84
διὰ ταύτην οὖν τὴν αἰτίαν πρόγνωσιν εἰληφότες τελείαν κατέστησαν τοὺς προειρημένους, καὶ μεταξὺ ἐπινομὴν δεδώκασιν, ὅπως, ἐὰν κοιμηθῶσιν, διαδέξωνται ἕτεροι δεδοκιμασμένοι ἄνδρες τὴν λειτουργίαν αὐτῶν.
dia tautēn oun tēn aitian prognōsin eilēphotes teleian katestēsan tous proeirēmenous, kai metaxy epinomēn dedōkasin, hopōs, ean koimēthōsin, diadexōntai heteroi dedokimasmenoi andres tēn leitourgian autōn.
For this reason, therefore, having received perfect foreknowledge, they appointed those already mentioned, and afterward they gave a further instruction, that if these should fall asleep, other approved men should succeed to their ministry.
Notes and citation
Summary: The apostles provided for others to succeed the leaders they appointed.
- “A further instruction” (ἐπινομήν): the word is rare and its meaning uncertain; some editors read ἐπιμονήν, “permanence.” This passage is central to later discussions of succession in church office.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent); digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent and breathing); digitization slip: letter misread in the transcription): μπταξὺ → μεταξὺ; δεδωκασιν → δεδώκασιν; δεδοκιμασμὲνοι ἅνδρες → δεδοκιμασμένοι ἄνδρες.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 44.2 (Lake, LCL 24:82–84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-44-2).
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44.3Lake, LCL 24:84
τοὺς οὖν κατασταθέντας ὑπʼ ἐκείνων ἢ μεταξὺ ὑφʼ ἑτέρων ἐλλογίμων ἀνδρῶν συνενδοκησάσης τῆς ἐκκλησίας πάσης, καὶ λειτουργήσαντας ἀμέμπτως τῷ ποιμνίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ ταπεινοφροσύνης, ἡσύχως καὶ ἀβαναύσως, μεμαρτυρημένους τε πολλοῖς χρόνοις ὑπὸ πάντων, τούτους οὐ δικαίως νομίζομεν ἀποβάλλεσθαι τῆς λειτουργίας.
tous oun katastathentas hypʼ ekeinōn ē metaxy hyphʼ heterōn ellogimōn andrōn synendokēsasēs tēs ekklēsias pasēs, kai leitourgēsantas amemptōs tǭ poimniǭ tou Christou meta tapeinophrosynēs, hēsychōs kai abanausōs, memartyrēmenous te pollois chronois hypo pantōn, toutous ou dikaiōs nomizomen apoballesthai tēs leitourgias.
Those, then, who were appointed by them, or afterward by other eminent men with the consent of the whole church, and who have ministered blamelessly to the flock of Christ with humility, quietly and unselfishly, and have for a long time been well spoken of by all: these, we consider, are unjustly removed from their ministry.
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Summary: Leaders rightly appointed and blameless should not be removed.
- “Unselfishly” (ἀβαναύσως): literally “without vulgarity,” not in a grasping or mercenary way.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 44.3 (Lake, LCL 24:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-44-3).
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44.4Lake, LCL 24:84
ἁμαρτία γὰρ οὐ μικρὰ ἡμῖν ἔσται, ἐὰν τοὺς ἀμέμπτως καὶ ὁσίως προσενεγκόντας τὰ δῶρα τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς ἀποβάλωμεν.
hamartia gar ou mikra hēmin estai, ean tous amemptōs kai hosiōs prosenenkontas ta dōra tēs episkopēs apobalōmen.
For it will be no small sin for us if we depose from the office of bishop those who have offered the gifts blamelessly and in holiness.
Notes and citation
Summary: Deposing blameless bishops is a serious sin.
- “Offered the gifts”: probably the church's offerings in worship, including the Eucharist.
Topics: Church office, Eucharist
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 44.4 (Lake, LCL 24:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-44-4).
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44.5Lake, LCL 24:84
μακάριοι οἱ προοδοιπορήσαντες πρεσβύτεροι, οἵτινες ἔγκαρπον καὶ τελείαν ἔσχον τὴν ἀνάλυσιν· οὐ γὰρ εὐλαβοῦνται μή τις αὐτοὺς μεταστήσῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱδρυμένου αὐτοῖς τόπου.
makarioi hoi proodoiporēsantes presbyteroi, hoitines enkarpon kai teleian eschon tēn analysin; ou gar eulabountai mē tis autous metastēsę̄ apo tou hidrymenou autois topou.
Blessed are the presbyters who have gone on ahead, whose departure was fruitful and complete; for they need not fear that anyone will remove them from the place established for them.
Notes and citation
Summary: Blessed are the presbyters who died in office.
- Here “presbyters” are evidently the same people called “bishops” in 44.4.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 44.5 (Lake, LCL 24:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-44-5).
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44.6Lake, LCL 24:84
ὁρῶμεν γάρ, ὅτι ἐνίους ὑμεῖς μετηγάγετε καλῶς πολιτευομένους ἐκ τῆς ἀμέμπτως αὐτοῖς τετιμημένης λειτουργίας.
horōmen gar, hoti enious hymeis metēgagete kalōs politeuomenous ek tēs amemptōs autois tetimēmenēs leitourgias.
For we see that you have removed some who were living well from the ministry that they had carried out blamelessly and with honor.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Corinthians removed blameless leaders.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 44.6 (Lake, LCL 24:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-44-6).
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Chapter 45
45.1Lake, LCL 24:84
Φιλόνεικοι ἔστε, ἀδελφοί, καὶ ζηλωταὶ περὶ τῶν ἀνηκόντων εἰς σωτηρίαν.
Philoneikoi este, adelphoi, kai zēlōtai peri tōn anēkontōn eis sōtērian.
Be contentious, brothers, and zealous, about the things that pertain to salvation.
Notes and citation
Summary: Be zealous only for what leads to salvation.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 45.1 (Lake, LCL 24:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-45-1).
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45.2Lake, LCL 24:84–86
ἐγκεκύφατε εἰς τὰς ἱερὰς γραφάς, τὰς ἀληθεῖς, τὰς διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου.
enkekyphate eis tas hieras graphas, tas alētheis, tas dia tou pneumatos tou hagiou.
You have looked into the sacred scriptures, which are true, which were given through the Holy Spirit.
2 Tim 3:16 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The scriptures are true and given by the Spirit.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 45.2 (Lake, LCL 24:84–86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-45-2).
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45.3Lake, LCL 24:86
ἐπίστασθε, ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄδικον οὐδὲ παραπεποιημένον γέγραπται ἐν αὐταῖς. οὐχ εὑρήσετε δικαίους ἀποβεβλημένους ἀπὸ ὁσίων ἀνδρῶν.
epistasthe, hoti ouden adikon oude parapepoiēmenon gegraptai en autais. ouch heurēsete dikaious apobeblēmenous apo hosiōn andrōn.
You know that nothing unjust or falsified has been written in them. You will not find righteous people cast out by holy men.
Notes and citation
Summary: Scripture never shows the righteous rejected by the holy.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 45.3 (Lake, LCL 24:86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-45-3).
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45.4Lake, LCL 24:86
ἐδιώχθησαν δίκαιοι, ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ ἀνόμων· ἐφυλακίσθησαν, ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ ἀνοσίων· ἐλιθάσθησαν ὑπὸ παρανόμων· ἀπεκτάνθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν μιαρὸν καὶ ἄδικον ζῆλον ἀνειληφότων.
ediōchthēsan dikaioi, allʼ hypo anomōn; ephylakisthēsan, allʼ hypo anosiōn; elithasthēsan hypo paranomōn; apektanthēsan hypo tōn miaron kai adikon zēlon aneilēphotōn.
The righteous were persecuted, but by the lawless; they were imprisoned, but by the unholy; they were stoned by transgressors; they were killed by those who had taken up foul and unrighteous jealousy.
Heb 11:36 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The righteous were persecuted only by the wicked.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 45.4 (Lake, LCL 24:86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-45-4).
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45.5Lake, LCL 24:86
ταῦτα πάσχοντες εὐκλεῶς ἤνεγκαν.
tauta paschontes eukleōs ēnenkan.
Suffering these things, they endured them gloriously.
Notes and citation
Summary: They endured with glory.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 45.5 (Lake, LCL 24:86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-45-5).
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45.6Lake, LCL 24:86
τί γὰρ εἴπωμεν, ἀδελφοί; Δανιὴλ ὑπὸ τῶν φοβουμένων τὸν θεὸν ἐβλήθη εἰς λάκκον λεόντων;
ti gar eipōmen, adelphoi? Daniēl hypo tōn phoboumenōn ton theon eblēthē eis lakkon leontōn?
For what shall we say, brothers? Was Daniel cast into the lions' den by those who fear God?
Dan 6:16 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Daniel was persecuted by the ungodly.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 45.6 (Lake, LCL 24:86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-45-6).
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45.7Lake, LCL 24:86
ἢ Ἀνανίας καὶ Ἀζαρίας καὶ Μισαὴλ ὑπὸ τῶν θρησκευόντων τὴν μεγαλοπρεπῆ καὶ ἔνδοξον θρησκείαν τοῦ ὑψίστου κατείρχθησαν εἰς κάμινον πυρός; μηθαμῶς τοῦτο γένοιτο. τίνες οὖν οἱ ταῦτα δράσαντες; οἱ στυγητοὶ καὶ πάσης κακίας πλήρεις εἰς τοσοῦτο ἐξήρισαν θυμοῦ, ὥστε τοὺς ἐν ὁσίᾳ καὶ ἀμώμῳ προθέσει δουλεύοντας τῷ θεῷ εἰς αἰκίαν περιβαλεῖν, μὴ εἰδότες ὅτι ὁ ὕψιστος ὑπέρμαχος καὶ ὑπερασπιστής ἐστιν τῶν ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει λατρευόντων τῷ παναρέτῳ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ· ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.
ē Ananias kai Azarias kai Misaēl hypo tōn thrēskeuontōn tēn megaloprepē kai endoxon thrēskeian tou hypsistou kateirchthēsan eis kaminon pyros? mēthamōs touto genoito. tines oun hoi tauta drasantes? hoi stygētoi kai pasēs kakias plēreis eis tosouto exērisan thymou, hōste tous en hosią kai amōmǭ prothesei douleuontas tǭ theǭ eis aikian peribalein, mē eidotes hoti ho hypsistos hypermachos kai hyperaspistēs estin tōn en katharą syneidēsei latreuontōn tǭ panaretǭ onomati autou; hǭ hē doxa eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn. amēn.
Or were Ananias and Azarias and Misael shut up in the furnace of fire by those who practiced the magnificent and glorious worship of the Most High? Far be it! Who, then, were those who did these things? Hateful men, full of all wickedness, were stirred to such anger that they subjected to torture those who served God with a holy and blameless purpose, not knowing that the Most High is the champion and protector of those who worship his all-virtuous name with a pure conscience; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Dan 3:20 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The three young men were persecuted by the wicked, but God protects his worshipers.
- Ananias, Azarias, and Misael: the Hebrew names of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Dan 1:7).
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 45.7 (Lake, LCL 24:86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-45-7).
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45.8Lake, LCL 24:86
οἱ δὲ ὑπομένοντες ἐν πεποιθήσει δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν ἐκληρονόμησαν, ἐπήρθησάν τε καὶ ἔγγραφοι ἐγένοντο ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ μνημοσύνῳ αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.
hoi de hypomenontes en pepoithēsei doxan kai timēn eklēronomēsan, epērthēsan te kai engraphoi egenonto apo tou theou en tǭ mnēmosynǭ autou eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn. amēn.
But those who endured with confidence inherited glory and honor; they were exalted and were inscribed by God in his memorial forever and ever. Amen.
Mal 3:16 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Those who endured were honored by God.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 45.8 (Lake, LCL 24:86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-45-8).
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Chapter 46
46.1Lake, LCL 24:86
Τοιούτοις οὖν ὑποδείγμασιν κολληθῆναι καὶ ἡμᾶς δεῖ, ἀδελφοί.
Toioutois oun hypodeigmasin kollēthēnai kai hēmas dei, adelphoi.
To such examples, then, we too must hold fast, brothers.
Notes and citation
Summary: Follow these examples.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 46.1 (Lake, LCL 24:86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-46-1).
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46.2Lake, LCL 24:86–88
γέγραπται γάρ· Κολλᾶσθε τοῖς ἁγίοις, ὅτι οἱ κολλώμενοι αὐτοῖς ἁγιασθήσονται.
gegraptai gar; Kollasthe tois hagiois, hoti hoi kollōmenoi autois hagiasthēsontai.
For it is written: “Hold fast to the saints, for those who hold fast to them will be made holy.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Cling to the holy.
- The source of this quotation is unknown.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 46.2 (Lake, LCL 24:86–88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-46-2).
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46.3Lake, LCL 24:88
καὶ πάλιν ἐν ἑτέρῳ τόπῳ λέγει· Μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἀθῷον ἀθῷος ἔσῃ καὶ μετὰ ἐκλεκτοῦ ἐκλεκτὸς ἔσῃ, καὶ μετὰ στρεβλοῦ διαστρέψεις.
kai palin en heterǭ topǭ legei; Meta andros athǭon athǭos esę̄ kai meta eklektou eklektos esę̄, kai meta streblou diastrepseis.
And again in another place he says: “With an innocent man you will be innocent, and with a chosen man you will be chosen, and with a perverse man you will deal perversely.”
Ps 18:25 (17:26 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 18:26 (17:27 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: We become like our companions.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): ἔσῃ. καὶ μετὰ στρεβλοῦ → ἔσῃ, καὶ μετὰ στρεβλοῦ.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 46.3 (Lake, LCL 24:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-46-3).
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46.4Lake, LCL 24:88
κολληθῶμεν οὖν τοῖς ἀθῴοις καὶ δικαίοις· εἰσὶν δὲ οὗτοι ἐκλεκτοὶ τοῦ θεοῦ.
kollēthōmen oun tois athǭois kai dikaiois; eisin de houtoi eklektoi tou theou.
Let us therefore hold fast to the innocent and righteous; these are God's elect.
Notes and citation
Summary: Hold fast to the righteous.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 46.4 (Lake, LCL 24:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-46-4).
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46.5Lake, LCL 24:88
ἱνατί ἔρεις καὶ θυμοὶ καὶ διχοστασίαι καὶ σχίσματα πόλεμός τε ἐν ὑμῖν;
hinati ereis kai thymoi kai dichostasiai kai schismata polemos te en hymin?
Why are there strifes and angers and dissensions and schisms and war among you?
Jas 4:1 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Why is there strife among you?
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 46.5 (Lake, LCL 24:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-46-5).
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46.6Lake, LCL 24:88
ἢ οὐχὶ ἕνα θεὸν ἔχομεν καὶ ἕνα Χριστὸν καὶ ἓν πνεῦμα τῆς χάριτος τὸ ἐκχυθὲν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς; καὶ μία κλῆσις ἐν Χριστῷ;
ē ouchi hena theon echomen kai hena Christon kai hen pneuma tēs charitos to ekchythen ephʼ hēmas? kai mia klēsis en Christǭ?
Do we not have one God and one Christ and one Spirit of grace poured out upon us? And is there not one calling in Christ?
Eph 4:4–6 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: One God, one Christ, one Spirit, one calling.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): ἔνα Χριστὸν → ἕνα Χριστὸν.
Topics: Trinity, Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 46.6 (Lake, LCL 24:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-46-6).
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46.7Lake, LCL 24:88
ἱνατί διέλκομεν καὶ διασπῶμεν τὰ μέλη τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ στασιάζομεν πρὸς τὸ σῶμα τὸ ἴδιον, καὶ εἰς τοσαύτην ἀπόνοιαν ἐρχόμεθα, ὥστε ἐπιλαθέσθαι ἡμᾶς, ὅτι μέλη ἐσμὲν ἀλλήλων; μνήσθητε τῶν λόγων τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ.
hinati dielkomen kai diaspōmen ta melē tou Christou kai stasiazomen pros to sōma to idion, kai eis tosautēn aponoian erchometha, hōste epilathesthai hēmas, hoti melē esmen allēlōn? mnēsthēte tōn logōn tou kyriou Iēsou.
Why do we tear apart and rend the members of Christ, and rebel against our own body, and reach such a pitch of madness as to forget that we are members of one another? Remember the words of the Lord Jesus.
Rom 12:5 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 12:12 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Division tears apart Christ's body.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 46.7 (Lake, LCL 24:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-46-7).
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46.8Lake, LCL 24:88
εἶπεν γάρ· Οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκείνῳ· καλὸν ἦν αὐτῷ, εἰ οὐκ ἐγεννήθη, ἦ ἕνα τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν μου σκανδαλίσαι κρεῖττον ἢν αὐτῷ περιτεθῆναι μύλον καὶ καταπον τισθῆναι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, ἢ ἕνα τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν μου διαστρέψαι.
eipen gar; Ouai tǭ anthrōpǭ ekeinǭ; kalon ēn autǭ, ei ouk egennēthē, ē hena tōn eklektōn mou skandalisai kreitton ēn autǭ peritethēnai mylon kai katapon tisthēnai eis tēn thalassan, ē hena tōn eklektōn mou diastrepsai.
For he said: “Woe to that man! It would have been better for him not to have been born than to cause one of my elect to stumble. It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around him and be drowned in the sea than to lead astray one of my elect.”
Matt 26:24 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 18:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 17:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Mark 9:42 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jesus's warning against causing his elect to stumble.
- A combination of sayings found in Matt 26:24 and Matt 18:6 (Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2).
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 46.8 (Lake, LCL 24:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-46-8).
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46.9Lake, LCL 24:88
τὸ σχίσμα ὑμῶν πολλοὺς διέστρεψεν, πολλοὺς εἰς ἀθυμίαν ἔβαλεν, πολλοὺς εἰς δισταγμόν, τοὺς πάντας ἡμᾶς εἰς λύπην· καὶ ἐπίμονος ὑμῶν ἐστιν ἡ στάσις.
to schisma hymōn pollous diestrepsen, pollous eis athymian ebalen, pollous eis distagmon, tous pantas hēmas eis lypēn; kai epimonos hymōn estin hē stasis.
Your schism has led many astray, has cast many into discouragement, many into doubt, and all of us into grief; and your faction still continues.
Notes and citation
Summary: The schism has harmed many and still continues.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (stray punctuation); digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong letter)): πολλοὺς· εἰς δισταγμόν → πολλοὺς εἰς δισταγμόν; ἐπίμονος ἀμῶν → ἐπίμονος ὑμῶν.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 46.9 (Lake, LCL 24:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-46-9).
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Chapter 47
47.1Lake, LCL 24:88
Ἀναλάβετε τὴν ἐπιστολὴν τοῦ μακαρίου Παύλου τοῦ ἀποστόλου.
Analabete tēn epistolēn tou makariou Paulou tou apostolou.
Take up the letter of the blessed Paul the apostle.
Notes and citation
Summary: Reread Paul's letter to you.
- 1 Corinthians; the earliest explicit reference by name to a letter of Paul.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 47.1 (Lake, LCL 24:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-47-1).
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47.2Lake, LCL 24:88–90
τί πρῶτον ὑμῖν ἐν ἀρχῇ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἔγραψεν;
ti prōton hymin en archę̄ tou euangeliou egrapsen?
What did he first write to you in the beginning of the gospel?
Notes and citation
Summary: What Paul wrote at the start.
- “In the beginning of the gospel”: early in his preaching among them (compare Phil 4:15).
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 47.2 (Lake, LCL 24:88–90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-47-2).
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47.3Lake, LCL 24:90
ἐπʼ ἀληθείας πνευματικῶς ἐπέστειλεν ὑμῖν περὶ ἑαυτοῦ τε καὶ Κηφᾶ τε καὶ Ἀπολλώ, διὰ τὸ καὶ τότε προσκλίσεις ὑμᾶς πεποιῆσθαι.
epʼ alētheias pneumatikōs epesteilen hymin peri heautou te kai Kēpha te kai Apollō, dia to kai tote proskliseis hymas pepoiēsthai.
Truly, he wrote to you by the Spirit about himself and Cephas and Apollos, because even then you had formed factions.
1 Cor 1:12 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 3:4 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Paul rebuked their factions over Paul, Cephas, and Apollos.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 47.3 (Lake, LCL 24:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-47-3).
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47.4Lake, LCL 24:90
ἀλλʼ ἡ πρόσκλισις ἐκείνη ἥττονα ἁμαρτίαν ὑμῖν προσήνεγκεν· προσεκλίθητε γὰρ ἀποστόλοις μεμαρτυρημένοις καὶ ἀνδρὶ δεδοκιμασμένῳ παρʼ αὐτοῖς.
allʼ hē prosklisis ekeinē hēttona hamartian hymin prosēnenken; proseklithēte gar apostolois memartyrēmenois kai andri dedokimasmenǭ parʼ autois.
But that partisanship brought less sin upon you; for you were partisans of apostles who were well attested and of a man approved by them.
Notes and citation
Summary: Their earlier partisanship was less serious.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 47.4 (Lake, LCL 24:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-47-4).
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47.5Lake, LCL 24:90
νυνὶ δὲ κατανοήσατε, τίνες ὑμᾶς διέστρεψαν καὶ τὸ σεμνὸν τῆς περιβοήτου φιλαδελφίας ὑμῶν ἐμείωσαν.
nyni de katanoēsate, tines hymas diestrepsan kai to semnon tēs periboētou philadelphias hymōn emeiōsan.
But now consider who they are that have led you astray and diminished the dignity of your renowned love of the brethren.
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Summary: Now worse people have led them astray.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 47.5 (Lake, LCL 24:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-47-5).
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47.6Lake, LCL 24:90
αἰσχρά, ἀγαπητοί, καὶ λίαν αἰσχρά, καὶ ἀνάξια τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ ἀγωγῆς ἀκούεσθαι, τὴν βεβαιοτάτην καὶ ἀρχαίαν Κορινθίων ἐκκλησίαν διʼ ἓν ἢ δύο πρόσωπα στασιάζειν πρὸς τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους·
aischra, agapētoi, kai lian aischra, kai anaxia tēs en Christǭ agōgēs akouesthai, tēn bebaiotatēn kai archaian Korinthiōn ekklēsian diʼ hen ē dyo prosōpa stasiazein pros tous presbyterous;
It is shameful, beloved, very shameful, and unworthy of your conduct in Christ, that it should be reported that the most steadfast and ancient church of the Corinthians, because of one or two persons, is in revolt against its presbyters.
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Summary: The Corinthian church has rebelled against its presbyters because of one or two people.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 47.6 (Lake, LCL 24:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-47-6).
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47.7Lake, LCL 24:90
καὶ αὕτη ἡ ἀκοὴ οὐ μόνον εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐχώρησεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἑτεροκλινεῖς ὑπάρχοντας ἀφʼ ἡμῶν, ὥστε καὶ βλασφημίας ἐπιφέρεσθαι τῷ ὀνόματι κυρίου διὰ τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀφροσύνην, ἑαυτοῖς δὲ κίνδυνον ἐπεξεργάζεσθαι.
kai hautē hē akoē ou monon eis hēmas echōrēsen, alla kai eis tous heteroklineis hyparchontas aphʼ hēmōn, hōste kai blasphēmias epipheresthai tǭ onomati kyriou dia tēn hymeteran aphrosynēn, heautois de kindynon epexergazesthai.
And this report has reached not only us but also those who differ from us, so that blasphemies are being brought on the name of the Lord because of your folly, and you are creating danger for yourselves.
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Summary: The scandal brings blasphemy on the Lord's name.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 47.7 (Lake, LCL 24:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-47-7).
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Chapter 48
48.1Lake, LCL 24:90
Ἐξάρωμεν οὖν τοῦτο ἐν τάχει καὶ προσπέσωμεν τῷ δεσπότῃ καὶ κλαύσωμεν ἱκετεύοντες αὐτόν, ὅπως ἵλεως γενόμενος ἐπικαταλλαγῇ ἡμῖν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν σεμνὴν τῆς φιλαδελφίας ἡμῶν ἁγνὴν ἀγωγὴν ἀποκαταστήσῃ ἡμᾶς.
Exarōmen oun touto en tachei kai prospesōmen tǭ despotę̄ kai klausōmen hiketeuontes auton, hopōs hileōs genomenos epikatallagę̄ hēmin kai epi tēn semnēn tēs philadelphias hēmōn hagnēn agōgēn apokatastēsę̄ hēmas.
Let us therefore remove this quickly, and let us fall down before the Master and weep, begging him to be merciful and be reconciled to us, and to restore us to the seemly and pure conduct of our love of the brethren.
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Summary: Repent quickly and seek God's mercy.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): Ἐξαρωμεν → Ἐξάρωμεν; προσπεσωμεν → προσπέσωμεν.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 48.1 (Lake, LCL 24:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-48-1).
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48.2Lake, LCL 24:90
πύλη γὰρ δικαιοσύνης ἀνεῳγυῖα εἰς ζωὴν αὕτη, καθὼς γέγραπται· Ἀνοίξατέ μοι πύλας δικαιοσύνης, ἵνα εἰσελθὼν ἐν αὐταῖς ἐξομολογήσωμαι τῷ κυρίῳ.
pylē gar dikaiosynēs aneǭguia eis zōēn hautē, kathōs gegraptai; Anoixate moi pylas dikaiosynēs, hina eiselthōn en autais exomologēsōmai tǭ kyriǭ.
For this is a gate of righteousness opened to life, as it is written: “Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter by them and give thanks to the Lord.
Ps 118:19 (117:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Repentance is a gate to life.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 48.2 (Lake, LCL 24:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-48-2).
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48.3Lake, LCL 24:90–92
αὕτη ἡ πύλη τοῦ κυρίου· δίκαιοι εἰσελεύσονται ἐν αὐτῇ.
hautē hē pylē tou kyriou; dikaioi eiseleusontai en autę̄.
This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter by it.”
Ps 118:20 (117:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The gate of the Lord.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 48.3 (Lake, LCL 24:90–92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-48-3).
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48.4Lake, LCL 24:92
πολλῶν οὖν πυλῶν ἀνεῳγυιῶν ἡ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐν Χριστῷ, ἐν ᾗ μακάριοι πάντες οἱ εἰσελθόντες καὶ κατευθύνοντες τὴν πορείαν αὐτῶν ἐν ὁσιότητι καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ, ἀταράχως πάντα ἐπιτελοῦντες.
pollōn oun pylōn aneǭguiōn hē en dikaiosynę̄ hautē estin hē en Christǭ, en hę̄ makarioi pantes hoi eiselthontes kai kateuthynontes tēn poreian autōn en hosiotēti kai dikaiosynę̄, atarachōs panta epitelountes.
Though many gates are open, the gate of righteousness is the one in Christ; blessed are all who have entered by it and direct their way in holiness and righteousness, doing all things without disorder.
Luke 1:75 (echo, medium confidence) · John 10:9 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: The gate of righteousness is Christ.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 48.4 (Lake, LCL 24:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-48-4).
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48.5Lake, LCL 24:92
ἤτω τις πιστός, ἤτω δυνατὸς γνῶσιν ἐξειπεῖν, ἤτω σοφὸς ἐν διακρίσει λόγων, ἤτω ἁγνὸς ἐν ἔργοις.
ētō tis pistos, ētō dynatos gnōsin exeipein, ētō sophos en diakrisei logōn, ētō hagnos en ergois.
Let someone be faithful; let him be able to expound knowledge; let him be wise in discerning words; let him be pure in deeds.
1 Cor 12:8 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Whatever gifts one has—
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 48.5 (Lake, LCL 24:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-48-5).
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48.6Lake, LCL 24:92
τοσούτῳ γὰρ μᾶλλον ταπεινοφρονεῖν ὀφείλει, ὅσῳ δοκεῖ μᾶλλον μείζων εἶναι, καὶ ζητεῖν τὸ κοινωφελὲς πᾶσιν, καὶ μὴ τὸ ἑαυτοῦ.
tosoutǭ gar mallon tapeinophronein opheilei, hosǭ dokei mallon meizōn einai, kai zētein to koinōpheles pasin, kai mē to heautou.
for the greater he seems to be, the more humble-minded he ought to be, and he should seek the common good of all and not his own advantage.
1 Cor 10:24 (echo, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 10:33 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: —the greater one is, the humbler one should be.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 48.6 (Lake, LCL 24:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-48-6).
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Chapter 49
49.1Lake, LCL 24:92
Ὁ ἔχων ἀγάπην ἐν Χριστῷ ποιησάτω τὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ παραγγέλματα.
Ho echōn agapēn en Christǭ poiēsatō ta tou Christou parangelmata.
Let whoever has love in Christ keep the commandments of Christ.
John 14:15 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Love keeps Christ's commandments.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 49.1 (Lake, LCL 24:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-49-1).
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49.2Lake, LCL 24:92
τὸν δεσμὸν τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ θεοῦ τίς δύναται ἐξηγήσασθαι;
ton desmon tēs agapēs tou theou tis dynatai exēgēsasthai?
Who can describe the bond of the love of God?
Col 3:14 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God's love is indescribable.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 49.2 (Lake, LCL 24:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-49-2).
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49.3Lake, LCL 24:92
τὸ μεγαλεῖον τῆς καλλονῆς αὐτοῦ τίς ἀρκετὸς ἐξειπεῖν;
to megaleion tēs kallonēs autou tis arketos exeipein?
Who is able to express the greatness of its beauty?
Notes and citation
Summary: Love's beauty is beyond words.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 49.3 (Lake, LCL 24:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-49-3).
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49.4Lake, LCL 24:92
τὸ ὕψος, εἰς ὃ ἀνάγει ἡ ἀγάπη, ἀνεκδιήγητόν ἐστιν.
to hypsos, eis ho anagei hē agapē, anekdiēgēton estin.
The height to which love leads is indescribable.
Notes and citation
Summary: Love lifts us beyond telling.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 49.4 (Lake, LCL 24:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-49-4).
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49.5Lake, LCL 24:92
ἀγάπη κολλᾷ ἡμᾶς τῷ θεῷ, ἀγάπη καλύπτει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν, ἀγάπη πάντα ἀνέχεται, πάντα μακροθυμεῖ· οὐδὲν βάναυσον ἐν ἀγάπῃ, οὐδὲν ὑπερήφανον· ἀγάπη σχίσμα οὐκ ἔχει, ἀγάπη οὐ στασιάζει, ἀγάπη πάντα ποιεῖ ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ· ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐτελειώθησαν πάντες οἱ ἐκλεκτοὶ τοῦ θεοῦ, δίχα ἀγάπης οὐδὲν εὐάρεστόν ἐστιν τῷ θεῷ.
agapē kollą hēmas tǭ theǭ, agapē kalyptei plēthos hamartiōn, agapē panta anechetai, panta makrothymei; ouden banauson en agapę̄, ouden hyperēphanon; agapē schisma ouk echei, agapē ou stasiazei, agapē panta poiei en homonoią; en tę̄ agapę̄ eteleiōthēsan pantes hoi eklektoi tou theou, dicha agapēs ouden euareston estin tǭ theǭ.
Love unites us to God; “love covers a multitude of sins”; love bears all things, is patient in all things. There is nothing vulgar in love, nothing arrogant. Love does not cause schism, love does not rebel, love does all things in concord. In love all the elect of God were made perfect; without love nothing is pleasing to God.
1 Pet 4:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 10:12 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 13:4–7 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: A hymn to love, which unites, forgives, and makes perfect.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 49.5 (Lake, LCL 24:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-49-5).
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49.6Lake, LCL 24:92–94
ἐν ἀγάπῃ προσελάβετο ἡμᾶς ὁ δεσπότης· διὰ τὴν ἀγάπην, ἣν ἔσχεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν ἐν θελήματι θεοῦ, καὶ τὴν σάρκα ὑπὲρ τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν.
en agapę̄ proselabeto hēmas ho despotēs; dia tēn agapēn, hēn eschen pros hēmas, to haima autou edōken hyper hēmōn Iēsous Christos ho kyrios hēmōn en thelēmati theou, kai tēn sarka hyper tēs sarkos hēmōn kai tēn psychēn hyper tōn psychōn hēmōn.
In love the Master received us. Because of the love he had for us, Jesus Christ our Lord gave his blood for us by the will of God, and his flesh for our flesh and his soul for our souls.
Notes and citation
Summary: Out of love Christ gave his blood, flesh, and soul for us.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 49.6 (Lake, LCL 24:92–94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-49-6).
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Chapter 50
50.1Lake, LCL 24:94
Ὁρᾶτε, ἀγαπητοί, πῶς μέγα καὶ θαυμαστόν ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη, καὶ τῆς τελειότητος αὐτῆς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐξήγησις.
Horate, agapētoi, pōs mega kai thaumaston estin hē agapē, kai tēs teleiotētos autēs ouk estin exēgēsis.
You see, beloved, how great and wonderful love is, and there is no describing its perfection.
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Summary: Love's perfection cannot be described.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): ἀγαπητοι → ἀγαπητοί; πῶς μεγα → πῶς μέγα.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 50.1 (Lake, LCL 24:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-50-1).
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50.2Lake, LCL 24:94
τίς ἱκανὸς ἐν αὐτῇ εὑρεθῆναι, εἰ μὴ οὓς ἂν καταξιώσῃ ὁ θεός; δεώμεθα οὖν καὶ αἰτώμεθα ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλέους αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἐν ἀγάπῃ εὑρεθῶμεν δίχα προσκλίσεως ἀνθρωπίνης, ἄμωμοι.
tis hikanos en autę̄ heurethēnai, ei mē hous an kataxiōsę̄ ho theos? deōmetha oun kai aitōmetha apo tou eleous autou, hina en agapę̄ heurethōmen dicha proskliseōs anthrōpinēs, amōmoi.
Who is worthy to be found in it, except those whom God counts worthy? Let us therefore beg and pray from his mercy that we may be found in love, without human partisanship, blameless.
Notes and citation
Summary: Pray to be found in love.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 50.2 (Lake, LCL 24:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-50-2).
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50.3Lake, LCL 24:94
αἱ γενεαὶ πᾶσαι ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τῆσδε τῆς ἡμέρας παρῆλθον, ἀλλʼ οἱ ἐν ἀγάπῃ τελειωθέντες κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ χάριν ἔχουσιν χῶρον εὐσεβῶν, οἳ φανερωθήσονται ἐν τῇ ἐπισκοπῇ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Χριστοῦ.
hai geneai pasai apo Adam heōs tēsde tēs hēmeras parēlthon, allʼ hoi en agapę̄ teleiōthentes kata tēn tou theou charin echousin chōron eusebōn, hoi phanerōthēsontai en tę̄ episkopę̄ tēs basileias tou Christou.
All the generations from Adam to this day have passed away; but those who were made perfect in love by the grace of God have a place among the godly, who will be made manifest at the visitation of the kingdom of Christ.
Notes and citation
Summary: Those perfected in love await Christ's kingdom.
- “Visitation” (ἐπισκοπῇ): the coming of Christ's kingdom; the same root as “bishop.”
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 50.3 (Lake, LCL 24:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-50-3).
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50.4Lake, LCL 24:94
γέγραπται γάρ· Εἰσέλθετε εἰς τὰ ταμεῖα μικρὸν ὅσον ὅσον, ἕως οὗ παρέλθῃ ἡ ὀργὴ καὶ ὁ θυμός μου, καὶ μνησθήσομαι ἡμέρας ἀγαθῆς, καὶ ἀναστήσω ὑμᾶς ἐκ τῶν θηκῶν ὑμῶν.
gegraptai gar; Eiselthete eis ta tameia mikron hoson hoson, heōs hou parelthę̄ hē orgē kai ho thymos mou, kai mnēsthēsomai hēmeras agathēs, kai anastēsō hymas ek tōn thēkōn hymōn.
For it is written: “Enter into your chambers for a very little while, until my anger and wrath pass by; and I will remember a good day, and I will raise you from your tombs.”
Isa 26:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 37:12 (quotation, medium confidence)
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Summary: God promises to raise his people from their tombs.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): ἕως οὖ → ἕως οὗ.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 50.4 (Lake, LCL 24:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-50-4).
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50.5Lake, LCL 24:94
μακάριοί ἐσμεν, ἀγαπητοί, εἰ τὰ προστάγματα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐποιοῦμεν ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ ἀγάπης, εἰς τὸ ἀφεθῆναι ἡμῖν διʼ ἀγάπης τὰς ἁμαρτίας.
makarioi esmen, agapētoi, ei ta prostagmata tou theou epoioumen en homonoią agapēs, eis to aphethēnai hēmin diʼ agapēs tas hamartias.
Blessed are we, beloved, if we keep the commandments of God in the concord of love, so that our sins may be forgiven us through love.
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Summary: Keeping God's commands in love brings forgiveness.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 50.5 (Lake, LCL 24:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-50-5).
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50.6Lake, LCL 24:94
γέγραπται γάρ· Μακάριοι, ὧν ἀφέθησαν αἱ ἀνομίαι καὶ ὧν ἐπεκαλύφθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι· μακάριος ἀνήρ, οὗ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται κύριος ἁμαρτίαν, οὐδέ ἐστιν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ δόλος·
gegraptai gar; Makarioi, hōn aphethēsan hai anomiai kai hōn epekalyphthēsan hai hamartiai; makarios anēr, hou ou mē logisētai kyrios hamartian, oude estin en tǭ stomati autou dolos;
For it is written: “Blessed are they whose lawless deeds are forgiven and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not reckon, and in whose mouth there is no deceit.”
Ps 32:1 (31:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 32:2 (31:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 4:7 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Blessed are the forgiven.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): Μακάριοι, ὦν → Μακάριοι, ὧν; ἀνήρ, οὖ οὐ → ἀνήρ, οὗ οὐ.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 50.6 (Lake, LCL 24:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-50-6).
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50.7Lake, LCL 24:94–96
οὗτος ὁ μακαρισμὸς ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐκλελεγμένους ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.
houtos ho makarismos egeneto epi tous eklelegmenous hypo tou theou dia Iēsou Christou tou kyriou hēmōn, hǭ hē doxa eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn. amēn.
This blessing came upon those who have been chosen by God through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Notes and citation
Summary: The blessing is for God's chosen.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 50.7 (Lake, LCL 24:94–96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-50-7).
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Chapter 51
51.1Lake, LCL 24:96
Ὅσα οὖν παρεπέσαμεν καὶ ἐποιήσαμεν διά τινας παρεμπτώσεις τοῦ ἀντικειμένου, ἀξιώσωμεν ἀφεθῆναι ἡμῖν. καὶ ἐκεῖνοι δέ, οἵτινες ἀρχηγοὶ στάσεως καὶ διχοστασίας ἐγενήθησαν, ὀφείλουσιν τὸ κοινὸν τῆς ἐλπίδος σκοπεῖν.
Hosa oun parepesamen kai epoiēsamen dia tinas paremptōseis tou antikeimenou, axiōsōmen aphethēnai hēmin. kai ekeinoi de, hoitines archēgoi staseōs kai dichostasias egenēthēsan, opheilousin to koinon tēs elpidos skopein.
Whatever sins, then, we have committed and whatever we have done through any of the assaults of the adversary, let us ask that they be forgiven us. And those who became leaders of the faction and dissension ought to look to the common ground of our hope.
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Summary: Seek forgiveness; the ringleaders should consider the common hope.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): δια τινας → διά τινας.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 51.1 (Lake, LCL 24:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-51-1).
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51.2Lake, LCL 24:96
οἱ γὰρ μετὰ φόβου καὶ ἀγάπης πολιτευόμενοι ἑαυτοὺς θέλουσιν μᾶλλον αἰκίαις περιπίπτειν ἢ τοὺς πλησίον· μᾶλλον δὲ ἑαυτῶν κατάγνωσιν φέρουσιν ἢ τῆς παραδεδομένης ἡμῖν καλῶς καὶ δικαίως ὁμοφωνίας,
hoi gar meta phobou kai agapēs politeuomenoi heautous thelousin mallon aikiais peripiptein ē tous plēsion; mallon de heautōn katagnōsin pherousin ē tēs paradedomenēs hēmin kalōs kai dikaiōs homophōnias,
For those who live in fear and love would rather fall into sufferings themselves than have their neighbors do so; and they would rather bear condemnation of themselves than of the harmony that has been handed down to us well and justly.
Notes and citation
Summary: The loving would rather suffer than harm others or the church's harmony.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 51.2 (Lake, LCL 24:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-51-2).
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51.3Lake, LCL 24:96
καλὸν γὰρ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι περὶ τῶν παραπτωμάτων ἢ σκληρῦναι τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, καθὼς ἐσκληρύνθη ἡ καρδία τῶν στασιαζόντων πρὸς τὸν θεράποντα τοῦ θεοῦ Μωϋσῆν, ὧν τὸ κρίμα πρόδηλον ἐγενήθη,
kalon gar anthrōpǭ exomologeisthai peri tōn paraptōmatōn ē sklērynai tēn kardian autou, kathōs esklērynthē hē kardia tōn stasiazontōn pros ton theraponta tou theou Mōÿsēn, hōn to krima prodēlon egenēthē,
For it is better for a person to confess his transgressions than to harden his heart, as the heart of those who revolted against Moses, the servant of God, was hardened; their condemnation was made plain,
Num 16:1 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Better to confess than to harden one's heart like Korah's rebels.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 51.3 (Lake, LCL 24:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-51-3).
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51.4Lake, LCL 24:96
κατέβησαν γὰρ εἰς ᾅδου ζῶντες, καὶ θάνατος ποιμανεῖ αὐτούς.
katebēsan gar eis hądou zōntes, kai thanatos poimanei autous.
for they went down alive into Hades, and death will be their shepherd.
Num 16:33 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 49:14 (48:15 LXX) (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The rebels went down alive into Hades.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 51.4 (Lake, LCL 24:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-51-4).
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51.5Lake, LCL 24:96–98
Φαραὼ καὶ ἡ στρατιὰ αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡγούμενοι Αἰγύπτου, τά τε ἅρματα καὶ οἱ ἀνάβαται αὐτῶν οὐ διʼ ἄλλην τινὰ αἰτίαν ἐβυθίσθησαν εἰς θάλασσαν ἐρυθρὰν καὶ ἀπώλοντο, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ σκληρυνθῆναι αὐτῶν τὰς ἀσυνέτους καρδίας μετὰ τὸ γενέσθαι τὰ σημεῖα καὶ τὰ τέρατα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου διὰ τοῦ θεράποντος τοῦ θεοῦ Μωῦσέως.
Pharaō kai hē stratia autou kai pantes hoi hēgoumenoi Aigyptou, ta te harmata kai hoi anabatai autōn ou diʼ allēn tina aitian ebythisthēsan eis thalassan erythran kai apōlonto, alla dia to sklērynthēnai autōn tas asynetous kardias meta to genesthai ta sēmeia kai ta terata en gę̄ Aigyptou dia tou therapontos tou theou Mōyseōs.
Pharaoh and his army and all the leaders of Egypt, their chariots and their riders, were sunk into the Red Sea and perished for no other reason than that their foolish hearts were hardened after the signs and wonders had been done in the land of Egypt through Moses, the servant of God.
Exod 14:23 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 14:28 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Pharaoh perished because he hardened his heart.
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 51.5 (Lake, LCL 24:96–98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-51-5).
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Chapter 52
52.1Lake, LCL 24:98
Ἀπροσδεής, ἀδελφοί, ὁ δεσπότης ὑπάρχει τῶν ἁπάντων· οὐδὲν οὐδενὸς χρῄζει εἰ μὴ τὸ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι αὐτῷ.
Aprosdeēs, adelphoi, ho despotēs hyparchei tōn hapantōn; ouden oudenos chrę̄zei ei mē to exomologeisthai autǭ.
The Master of all things, brothers, needs nothing; he requires nothing of anyone except that confession be made to him.
Notes and citation
Summary: God needs nothing but our confession.
- “Confession” (ἐξομολογεῖσθαι): both confession of sin and praise; the quotations that follow use the word in both senses.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 52.1 (Lake, LCL 24:98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-52-1).
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52.2Lake, LCL 24:98
φησὶν γὰρ ὁ ἐκλεκτὸς Δαυείδ· Ἐξομολογήσομαι τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ ἀρέσει αὐτῷ ὑπὲρ μόσχον νέον κέρατα ἐκφέροντα καὶ ὁπλάς· ἰδέτωσαν πτωχοὶ καὶ εὐφρανθήτωσαν.
phēsin gar ho eklektos Daueid; Exomologēsomai tǭ kyriǭ, kai aresei autǭ hyper moschon neon kerata ekpheronta kai hoplas; idetōsan ptōchoi kai euphranthētōsan.
For the chosen David says: “I will confess to the Lord, and it will please him more than a young calf growing horns and hoofs. Let the poor see and rejoice.”
Ps 69:31 (68:32 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 69:32 (68:33 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Praise pleases God more than sacrifice.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 52.2 (Lake, LCL 24:98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-52-2).
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52.3Lake, LCL 24:98
καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Θῦσον τῷ θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως καὶ ἀπόδος τῷ ὑψίστῳ τὰς εὐχάς σου· καὶ ἐπικάλεσαί με ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεώς σου, καὶ ἐξελοῦμαί σε, καὶ δοξάσεις με.
kai palin legei; Thyson tǭ theǭ thysian aineseōs kai apodos tǭ hypsistǭ tas euchas sou; kai epikalesai me en hēmerą thlipseōs sou, kai exeloumai se, kai doxaseis me.
And again he says: “Offer to God a sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High; and call upon me in the day of your affliction, and I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.”
Ps 50:14 (49:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 50:15 (49:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Offer praise and call on God in trouble.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 52.3 (Lake, LCL 24:98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-52-3).
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52.4Lake, LCL 24:98
θυσία γὰρ τῷ θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον.
thysia gar tǭ theǭ pneuma syntetrimmenon.
For “a sacrifice to God is a broken spirit.”
Ps 51:17 (50:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A broken spirit is God's sacrifice.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): 1 Clem. 52.4 (Lake, LCL 24:98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25-1/#p-52-4).
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