1 Clement 55.2

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

Summary: Christians have given themselves up to free or feed others.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:102

ἐπιστάμεθα πολλοὺς ἐν ἡμῖν παραδεδωκότας ἑαυτοὺς εἰς δεσμά, ὅπως ἑτέρους λυτρώσονται· πολλοὶ ἑαυτοὺς παρέδωκαν εἰς δουλείαν, καὶ λαβόντες τὰς τιμὰς αὐτῶν ἑτέρους ἐψώμισαν.

English · Claude translation

We know that many among us have given themselves up to prison in order to ransom others; many have sold themselves into slavery, and with the price they received have fed others.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:102 · 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: Ethics

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): δουλείαν. καὶ λαβόντες → δουλείαν, καὶ λαβόντες.

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1 Clem. 55.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/2/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 55.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/2/).

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