1 Clement 8.4
Summary: Isaiah's call to repentance: though your sins are scarlet, they will be white as snow.
Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:20–22
καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ τόπῳ λέγει οὕτως· Λούσασθε καὶ καθαροὶ γένεσθε, ἀφέλεσθε τὰς πονηρίας ἀπὸ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου· παύσασθε ἀπὸ τῶν πονηριῶν ὑμῶν, μάθετε καλὸν ποιεῖν, ἐκζητήσατε κρίσιν, ῥύσασθε ἀδικούμενον, κρίνατε ὀρφανῷ καὶ δικαιώσατε χήρᾳ· καὶ δεῦτε καὶ διελεγχθῶμεν, λέγει κύριος· καὶ ἐὰν ὦσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ὑμῶν ὡς φοινικοῦν, ὡς χιόνα λευκανῶ· ἐὰν δὲ ὦσιν ὡς κόκκινον, ὡς ἔριον λευκανῶ· καὶ ἐὰν θέλητε καὶ εἰσακούσητέ μου, τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς φάγεσθε· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ θέλητε μηδὲ εἰσακούσητέ μου, μάχαιρα ὑμᾶς κατέδεται· τὸ γὰρ στόμα κυρίου ἐλάλησεν ταῦτα.
English · Claude translation
And in another place he says this: “Wash and become clean; remove the wickedness from your souls before my eyes. Cease from your wickedness, learn to do good, seek justice, rescue the wronged, defend the orphan, and vindicate the widow. And come, let us reason together, says the Lord; and though your sins be like crimson, I will make them white as snow; and though they be like scarlet, I will make them white as wool. And if you are willing and listen to me, you shall eat the good things of the land; but if you are not willing and do not listen to me, a sword will devour you; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken these things.”
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1 Clem. 8.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/8/4/).
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1 Clem. 8.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/8/4/).
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