# 2 Clement 7.6

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [2 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/) (*Clementis ad Corinthios epistula secunda*)
- Date: ca. 100–150 (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:138–140; 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/7/6/

Summary: Those who break the seal of baptism face unending punishment.

## Greek text

τῶν γὰρ μὴ τηρησάντων, φησίν, τὴν σφραγῖδα ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτήσει καὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτῶν οὐ σβεσθήσεται, καὶ ἔσονται εἰς ὅρασιν πάσῃ σαρκί.

## English translation (Claude)

For of those who have not kept the seal, he says, “Their worm will not die and their fire will not be quenched, and they will be a spectacle to all flesh.”

## Scripture references

- Isa 66:24: quotation, high confidence
- Mark 9:48: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- “The seal” (σφραγίς): baptism, as in 8.6.

## Citation (SBL)

2 Clem. 7.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/7/6/).