# 2 Clement 13.1

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [2 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/) (*Clementis ad Corinthios epistula secunda*)
- Date: ca. 100–150 (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:148; 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/13/1/

Summary: Repent, and live so that outsiders do not blaspheme God's name.

## Greek text

Ἀδελφοὶ οὖν, ἤδη ποτὲ μετανοήσωμεν, νήψωμεν ἐπὶ τὸ ἀγαθόν· μεστοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν πολλῆς ἀνοίας καὶ πονηρίας. ἐξαλείψωμεν ἀφʼ ἡμῶν τὰ πρότερα ἁμαρτήματα καὶ μετανοήσαντες ἐκ ψυχῆς σωθῶμεν, καὶ μὴ γινώμεθα ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι μηδὲ θέλωμεν μόνον ἑαυτοῖς ἀρέσκειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἔξω ἀνθρώποις ἐπὶ τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ, ἵνα τὸ ὄνομα διʼ ἡμᾶς μὴ βλασφημῆται.

## English translation (Claude)

Brothers, then, let us repent at last; let us be sober for what is good, for we are full of much folly and wickedness. Let us wipe away from ourselves our former sins, and repenting from the soul let us be saved. And let us not become people-pleasers, nor wish to please only ourselves, but also those outside, by our righteousness, so that the name may not be blasphemed because of us.

## Translation notes

- “The name”: God's name, or the name “Christian.”

## Citation (SBL)

2 Clem. 13.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/13/1/).