# 1 Clement 47.2

- 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 24:88–90; 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/47/2/

Summary: What Paul wrote at the start.

## Greek text

τί πρῶτον ὑμῖν ἐν ἀρχῇ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἔγραψεν;

## English translation (Claude)

What did he first write to you in the beginning of the gospel?

## Translation notes

- “In the beginning of the gospel”: early in his preaching among them (compare Phil 4:15).

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 47.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/2/).