2 Clement 15.2

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

Summary: Speaking and hearing in faith and love is our return to God.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:152

ταύτην γὰρ ἔχομεν τὴν ἀντιμισθίαν ἀποδοῦναι τῷ θεῷ τῷ κτίσαντι ἡμᾶς, ἐὰν ὁ λέγων καὶ ἀκούων μετὰ πίστεως καὶ ἀγάπης καὶ λέγῃ καὶ ἀκούῃ.

For this is the repayment we can give to God who created us: if the one who speaks and the one who listens both speak and listen with faith and love.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:152 · 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. 15.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/15/2/).

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2 Clem. 15.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/15/2/).