2 Clement 2.6

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

Summary: The greatness of saving what is falling.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:130

ἐκεῖνο γάρ ἐστιν μέγα καὶ θαυμαστὸν οὐ τὰ ἑστῶτα στηρίζειν, ἀλλὰ τὰ πίπτοντα.

For that is great and marvelous: not to support what is standing, but what is falling.

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.

2 Clem. 2.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/2/6/).

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2 Clem. 2.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/2/6/).