Sophia Scriptura

1 Clement 60.2

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

Summary: A prayer for cleansing and right living.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:112–114

μὴ λογίσῃ πᾶσαν ἁμαρτίαν δούλων σου καὶ παιδισκῶν, ἀλλὰ καθάρισον ἡμᾶς τὸν καθαρισμὸν τῆς σῆς ἀληθείας, καὶ κατεύθυνον τὰ διαβήματα ἡμῶν ἐν ὁσιότητι καρδίας πορεύεσθαι καὶ ποιεῖν τὰ καλὰ καὶ εὐάρεστα ἐνώπιόν σου καὶ ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀρχόντων ἡμῶν.

English · Claude translation

Do not reckon every sin of your servants and handmaids, but cleanse us with the cleansing of your truth, and direct our steps to walk in holiness of heart and to do what is good and pleasing before you and before our rulers.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:112–114 · 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.
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1 Clem. 60.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/60/2/).

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1 Clem. 60.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/60/2/).

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