2 Clement 18.1

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

Summary: Be among the thankful servants of God, not the ungodly.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:158

Καὶ ἡμεῖς οὖν γενώμεθα ἐκ τῶν εὐχαριστούντων, δεδουλευκότων τῷ θεῷ, καὶ μὴ ἐκ τῶν κρινομένων ἀσεβῶν.

Let us, then, also be among those who give thanks, who have served God, and not among the ungodly who are judged.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:158 · 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. 18.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/18/1/).

Plain text

2 Clem. 18.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/18/1/).