2 Clement 7.3

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

Summary: Run the imperishable race; at least come near the crown.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:138

ὥστε θέωμεν τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν εὐθείαν, ἀγῶνα τὸν ἄφθαρτον, καὶ πολλοὶ εἰς αὐτὸν καταπλεύσωμεν καὶ ἀγωνισώμεθα, ἵνα καὶ στεφανωθῶμεν· καὶ εἰ μὴ δυνάμεθα πάντες στεφανωθῆναι, κἂν ἐγγὺς τοῦ στεφάνου γενώμεθα.

English · Claude translation

So let us run the straight course, the imperishable contest, and let many of us sail in to it and compete, so that we may also be crowned. And if we cannot all be crowned, let us at least come near the crown.

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Source: Lake, LCL 24:138 · 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.

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2 Clem. 7.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/7/3/).

Plain text

2 Clem. 7.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/7/3/).

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