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2 Clement 15.3

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

Summary: God promises: while you are still speaking, I am here.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:152

ἐμμείνωμεν οὖν ἐφʼ οἷς ἐπιστεύσαμεν δίκαιοι καὶ ὅσιοι, ἵνα μετὰ παρρησίας αἰτῶμεν τὸν θεὸν τὸν λέγοντα· Ἔτι λαλοῦντός σου ἐρῶ· ἰδοὺ πάρειμι.

English · Claude translation

Let us, then, remain righteous and holy in what we have believed, so that we may ask with confidence of God, who says, “While you are still speaking I will say, ‘Behold, here I am.’”

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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.
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2 Clem. 15.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/15/3/).

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2 Clem. 15.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/15/3/).

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