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1 Clement 34.8

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

Summary: God has prepared unimaginable things for those who wait for him.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:66

λέγει γάρ· Ὀφθαλμὸς οὐκ εἶδεν, καὶ οὖς οὐκ ἤκουσεν, καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἀνέβη, ὅσα ἡτοίμασεν κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτόν.

English · Claude translation

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.”

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:66 · 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

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): καὶ οὕς οὐκ → καὶ οὖς οὐκ.

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1 Clem. 34.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/8/).

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1 Clem. 34.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/8/).

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