2 Clement 10.4

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

Summary: Present pleasure brings torment; the promise brings delight.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:144

ἀγνοοῦσιν γὰρ ἡλίκην ἔχει βάσανον ἡ ἐνθάδε ἀπόλαυσις, καὶ οἵαν τρυφὴν ἔχει ἡ μέλλουσα ἐπαγγελία.

For they do not know how great a torment the enjoyment here brings, and what delight the promise to come holds.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:144 · 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.

2 Clem. 10.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/10/4/).

Plain text

2 Clem. 10.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/10/4/).