# 1 Clement 46.3

- 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 24:88; 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/46/3/

Summary: We become like our companions.

## Greek text

καὶ πάλιν ἐν ἑτέρῳ τόπῳ λέγει· Μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἀθῷον ἀθῷος ἔσῃ καὶ μετὰ ἐκλεκτοῦ ἐκλεκτὸς ἔσῃ, καὶ μετὰ στρεβλοῦ διαστρέψεις.

## English translation (Claude)

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.”

## Scripture references

- Ps 18:25 (17:26 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Ps 18:26 (17:27 LXX): quotation, high confidence

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 46.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/3/).