2 Clement 20.1

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

Summary: Do not be troubled that the wicked prosper and God's servants suffer.

BothGreekEnglish

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:160

Ἀλλὰ μηδὲ ἐκεῖνο τὴν διάνοιαν ὑμῶν ταρασσέτω, ὅτι βλέπομεν τοὺς ἀδίκους πλουτοῦντας καὶ στενοχωρουμένους τοὺς τοῦ θεοῦ δούλους.

But do not let it trouble your minds either, that we see the unrighteous growing rich and the servants of God in hardship.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:160 · 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. 20.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/20/1/).

Plain text

2 Clem. 20.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/20/1/).