1 Clement 9.1

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

Summary: Obey God's will and abandon strife and jealousy.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:22

Διὸ ὑπακούσωμεν τῇ μεγαλοπρεπεῖ καὶ ἐνδόξῳ βουλήσει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἱκέται γενόμενοι τοῦ ἐλέους καὶ τῆς χρηστότητος αὐτοῦ προσπέσωμεν καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν ἐπὶ τοὺς οἰκτιρμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ἀπολιπόντες τὴν ματαιοπονίαν τήν τε ἔριν καὶ τὸ εἰς θάνατον ἄγον ζῆλος.

English · Claude translation

Therefore let us obey his magnificent and glorious will, and, becoming suppliants of his mercy and kindness, let us fall down before him and turn to his compassion, abandoning the fruitless toil and the strife and the jealousy that leads to death.

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Source: Lake, LCL 24:22 · 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. 9.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/9/1/).

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1 Clem. 9.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/9/1/).

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