1 Clement 52.3

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

Summary: Offer praise and call on God in trouble.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:98

καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Θῦσον τῷ θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως καὶ ἀπόδος τῷ ὑψίστῳ τὰς εὐχάς σου· καὶ ἐπικάλεσαί με ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεώς σου, καὶ ἐξελοῦμαί σε, καὶ δοξάσεις με.

English · Claude translation

And again he says: “Offer to God a sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High; and call upon me in the day of your affliction, and I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.”

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:98 · 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.

Scripture

Ps 50:14 (49:14 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 50:15 (49:15 LXX) · quotation, high confidence

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Prayer

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1 Clem. 52.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/52/3/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 52.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/52/3/).

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