1 Clement 56.1

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

Summary: Pray for the offenders to yield to God's will.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:102–104

Καὶ ἡμεῖς οὖν ἐντύχωμεν περὶ τῶν ἔν τινι παραπτώματι ὑπαρχόντων, ὅπως δοθῇ αὐτοῖς ἐπιείκεια καὶ ταπεινοφροσύνη εἰς τὸ εἶξαι αὐτοὺς μὴ ἡμῖν ἀλλὰ τῷ θελήματι τοῦ θεοῦ· οὕτως γὰρ ἔσται αὐτοῖς ἔγκαρπος καὶ τελεία ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ τοὺς ἁγίους μετʼ οἰκτιρμῶν μνεία.

English · Claude translation

Let us also, then, intercede for those who are in any transgression, that gentleness and humility may be given them, so that they may yield, not to us, but to the will of God. For in this way the remembrance of them with compassion before God and the saints will be fruitful and perfect for them.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:102–104 · 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, Church office

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1 Clem. 56.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/1/).

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1 Clem. 56.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/1/).

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