Sophia Scriptura

2 Clement 2.4

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

Summary: Another scripture: Christ came to call sinners.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:130

καὶ ἑτέρα δὲ γραφὴ λέγει, ὅτι οὐκ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους, ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλούς·

English · Claude translation

And another scripture also says, “I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:130 · 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.
Scripture
Topics
Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

  • A saying of Jesus is cited as “scripture” (γραφή), one of the earliest such uses for a Gospel.

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2 Clem. 2.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/2/4/).

Plain text
2 Clem. 2.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/2/4/).

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