2 Clement 8.4

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

Summary: Do God's will, keep the flesh pure, and receive eternal life.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:140

ὥστε, ἀδελφοί, ποιήσαντες τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τὴν σάρκα ἁγνὴν τηρήσαντες καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ κυρίου φυλάξαντες ληψόμεθα ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

So, brothers, if we do the will of the Father and keep the flesh pure and guard the commandments of the Lord, we shall receive eternal life.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:140 · 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 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.
Topics: Ethics

2 Clem. 8.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/8/4/).

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2 Clem. 8.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/8/4/).