2 Clement 10.3

Anonymous · 2 Clement · ca. 100–150 · place unknown · Read in context

Summary: Those who prefer present pleasure cannot find peace.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:142–144

διὰ ταύτην γὰρ τὴν αἰτίαν οὐκ ἔστιν εὑρεῖν ἄνθρωπον, οἵτινες παράγουσι φόβους ἀνθρωπίνους, προῃρημένοι μᾶλλον τὴν ἐνθάδε ἀπόλαυσιν ἢ τὴν μέλλουσαν ἐπαγγελίαν.

English · Claude translation

For this reason it is not possible for a man to find it: they bring in human fears, preferring the enjoyment here to the promise to come.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:142–144 · 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 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.

Notes

Translation notes

The Greek of this sentence is difficult and probably damaged (“a man… they”); editors propose various corrections. The sense seems to be that those who spread fear and love present pleasure cannot find peace.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): ἀπόλαυσιν ἡ τὴν μέλλουσαν → ἀπόλαυσιν ἢ τὴν μέλλουσαν.

Cite this passage

2 Clem. 10.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/10/3/).

Plain text

2 Clem. 10.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/10/3/).

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