1 Clement 50.3

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

Summary: Those perfected in love await Christ's kingdom.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:94

αἱ γενεαὶ πᾶσαι ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τῆσδε τῆς ἡμέρας παρῆλθον, ἀλλʼ οἱ ἐν ἀγάπῃ τελειωθέντες κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ χάριν ἔχουσιν χῶρον εὐσεβῶν, οἳ φανερωθήσονται ἐν τῇ ἐπισκοπῇ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Χριστοῦ.

English · Claude translation

All the generations from Adam to this day have passed away; but those who were made perfect in love by the grace of God have a place among the godly, who will be made manifest at the visitation of the kingdom of Christ.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:94 · 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: Eschatology

Notes

Translation notes

“Visitation” (ἐπισκοπῇ): the coming of Christ's kingdom; the same root as “bishop.”

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1 Clem. 50.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/3/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 50.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/3/).

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