# 1 Clement 59.2

- Author: [Clement of Rome](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/clement-of-rome/)
- Work: [1 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/) (*Epistula I ad Corinthios*)
- Date: ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:110; 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/2/

Summary: Rome will pray that God keep all his elect safe through Christ.

## Greek text

ἡμεῖς δὲ ἀθῷοι ἐσόμεθα ἀπὸ ταύτης τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ αἰτησόμεθα ἐκτενῆ τὴν δέησιν καὶ ἱκεσίαν ποιούμενοι, ὅπως τὸν ἀριθμὸν τὸν κατηριθμημένον τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ διαφυλάξῃ ἄθραυστον ὁ δημιουργὸς τῶν ἁπάντων διὰ τοῦ ἠγαπημένου παιδὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, διʼ οὗ ἐκάλεσεν ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς, ἀπὸ ἀγνωσίας εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν δόξης ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ,

## English translation (Claude)

But we shall be innocent of this sin, and we shall ask, making earnest prayer and supplication, that the Creator of all things may keep unbroken the number of his elect that has been counted in the whole world, through his beloved Servant Jesus Christ, through whom he called us from darkness to light, from ignorance to the knowledge of the glory of his name,

## Scripture references

- Acts 26:18: allusion, medium confidence
- 1 Pet 2:9: allusion, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- From here to 61.3 the letter becomes a long prayer, probably reflecting the Roman church's prayers in worship.
- “Servant” (παῖς): also “Child”; see Mart. Pol. 14.1.

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 59.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/2/).