# 2 Clement 1.6

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [2 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/) (*Clementis ad Corinthios epistula secunda*)
- Date: ca. 100–150 (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:128–130; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 128–161 (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/2-clement/1/6/

Summary: Once blind idol-worshipers, we have been given sight.

## Greek text

πηροὶ ὄντες τῇ διανοίᾳ, προσκυνοῦντες λίθους καὶ ξύλα καὶ χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον καὶ χαλκόν, ἔργα ἀνθρώπων· καὶ ὁ βίος ἡμῶν ὅλος ἄλλο οὐδὲν ἦν εἰ μὴ θάνατος. ἀμαύρωσιν οὖν περικείμενοι καὶ τοιαύτης ἀχλύος γέμοντες ἐν τῇ ὁράσει, ἀνεβλέψαμεν ἀποθέμενοι ἐκεῖνο ὃ περικείμεθα νέφος τῇ αὐτοῦ θελήσει.

## English translation (Claude)

We were maimed in understanding, worshiping stones and wood and gold and silver and bronze, the works of men; and our whole life was nothing but death. So then, wrapped in darkness and our sight full of such a mist, we recovered our sight, laying aside by his will the cloud that surrounded us.

## Scripture references

- Ps 115:4 (113:12 LXX): echo, medium confidence
- Rev 9:20: echo, low confidence

## Translation notes

- The hearers were former pagans, Gentile converts.

## Citation (SBL)

2 Clem. 1.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/1/6/).