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1 Clement 28.3

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

Summary: God is everywhere.

Greek text · Lake, 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.

English · Claude translation

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.”

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:56 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
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Notes

Translation notes

  • “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.

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1 Clem. 28.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/28/3/).

Plain text
1 Clem. 28.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/28/3/).

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