# 2 Clement 1.8

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [2 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/) (*Clementis ad Corinthios epistula secunda*)
- Date: ca. 100–150 (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:130; 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/1/8/

Summary: God called us into being from nothing.

## Greek text

ἐκάλεσεν γὰρ ἡμᾶς οὐκ ὄντας καὶ ἠθέλησεν ἐκ μὴ ὄντος εἶναι ἡμᾶς.

## English translation (Claude)

For he called us when we were not, and willed that out of what was not we should come to be.

## Scripture references

- Rom 4:17: allusion, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

2 Clem. 1.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/1/8/).