# 1 Clement 27.5

- Author: [Clement of Rome](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/clement-of-rome/)
- Work: [1 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/) (*Epistula I ad Corinthios*)
- Date: ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:54; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/5/

Summary: No one can resist God's power.

## Greek text

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.

## English translation (Claude)

“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.

## Scripture references

- Matt 24:35: echo, low confidence

## Extrabiblical texts

- Wis 12:12 (Wisdom of Solomon): quotation, high confidence

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 27.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/5/).