# 2 Clement 4.5

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [2 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/) (*Clementis ad Corinthios epistula secunda*)
- Date: ca. 100–150 (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:134; 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/4/5/

Summary: A saying of the Lord: those who do not obey will be cast out.

## Greek text

διὰ τοῦτο, ταῦτα ὑμῶν πρασσόντων, εἶπεν ὁ κύριος· Ἐὰν ἦτε μετʼ ἐμοῦ συνηγμένοι ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου καὶ μὴ ποιῆτε τὰς ἐντολάς μου, ἀποβαλῶ ὑμᾶς καὶ ἐρῶ ὑμῖν· Ὑπάγετε ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, οὐκ οἶδα ὑμᾶς, πόθεν ἐστέ, ἐργάται ἀνομίας.

## English translation (Claude)

For this reason, if you do these things, the Lord said, “Even if you are gathered with me in my bosom and do not do my commandments, I will cast you out and say to you, ‘Depart from me; I do not know you, where you are from, you workers of lawlessness.’”

## Scripture references

- Matt 7:23: allusion, medium confidence
- Luke 13:27: allusion, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- “If you do these things”: that is, the opposite works just mentioned.
- This saying is not found in this form in the canonical Gospels; its end is close to Matt 7:23 and Luke 13:27. Its source is unknown.

## Citation (SBL)

2 Clem. 4.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/4/5/).