1 Clement 48.1

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

Summary: Repent quickly and seek God's mercy.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:90

Ἐξάρωμεν οὖν τοῦτο ἐν τάχει καὶ προσπέσωμεν τῷ δεσπότῃ καὶ κλαύσωμεν ἱκετεύοντες αὐτόν, ὅπως ἵλεως γενόμενος ἐπικαταλλαγῇ ἡμῖν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν σεμνὴν τῆς φιλαδελφίας ἡμῶν ἁγνὴν ἀγωγὴν ἀποκαταστήσῃ ἡμᾶς.

English · Claude translation

Let us therefore remove this quickly, and let us fall down before the Master and weep, begging him to be merciful and be reconciled to us, and to restore us to the seemly and pure conduct of our love of the brethren.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:90 · 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 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.
Topics: Prayer

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): Ἐξαρωμεν → Ἐξάρωμεν; προσπεσωμεν → προσπέσωμεν.

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1 Clem. 48.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/1/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 48.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/1/).

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