Apostolic Constitutions 6.30.1–7.32.5
Pseudonymous: Presented as the teaching of the apostles, handed down by Clement of Rome; the compiler is anonymous (often linked with the interpolator of the long recension of Ignatius).
Greek text: Funk 1905.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Apostolic 6, chapter 30
6.30.1Funk 1:381
Μὴ παρατηρεῖσθε οὖν τὰ ἔννομα καὶ φυσικά, νομίζοντες μολύνεσθαι δι᾽ αὐτῶν, μηδὲ ἐπιζητεῖτε ἰουδαϊκοὺς ἀφορισμοὺς ἢ συνεχῆ βαπτίσματα ἢ καθαρισμοὺς ἐπὶ θίξει νεκροῦ.
Mē paratēreisthe oun ta ennoma kai physika, nomizontes molynesthai di᾽ autōn, mēde epizēteite ioudaïkous aphorismous ē synechē baptismata ē katharismous epi thixei nekrou.
Do not, then, observe the things of the law and of nature, thinking that you are defiled by them; nor seek Jewish separations or continual washings or purifications on touching a dead body.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians are not defiled by natural processes or contact with the dead.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): δ αὐτῶν → δι᾽ αὐτῶν; dgoρισμοὺς → ἀφορισμοὺς; βαπτίσματα ? καθαρισμοὺς → βαπτίσματα ἢ καθαρισμοὺς.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.30.1 (Funk 1:381; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-6-30-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.
6.30.2Funk 1:381
ἀπαρατηρήτως δὲ συναθροίζεσθε ἐν τοῖς κοιμητηρίοις, τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τῶν ἱερῶν βιβλίων ποιούμενοι καὶ ψάλλοντες ὑπὲρ τῶν κεκοιμημένων μαρτύρων καὶ πάντων τῶν ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος ἁγίων καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν τῶν ἐν κυρίῳ κεκοιμημένων, καὶ τὴν ἀντίτυπον τοῦ βασιλείου σώματος Χριστοῦ δεκτὴν εὐχαριστίαν προσφέρετε ἔν τε ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς κοιμητηρίοις, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐξόδοις τῶν κεκοιμημένων ψάλλοντες προπέμπετε αὐτούς, ἐὰν ὦσιν πιστοὶ ἐν κυρίῳ.
aparatērētōs de synathroizesthe en tois koimētēriois, tēn anagnōsin tōn hierōn bibliōn poioumenoi kai psallontes hyper tōn kekoimēmenōn martyrōn kai pantōn tōn ap᾽ aiōnos hagiōn kai tōn adelphōn hymōn tōn en kyriǭ kekoimēmenōn, kai tēn antitypon tou basileiou sōmatos Christou dektēn eucharistian prospherete en te tais ekklēsiais hymōn kai en tois koimētēriois, kai en tais exodois tōn kekoimēmenōn psallontes propempete autous, ean ōsin pistoi en kyriǭ.
But without observances gather in the cemeteries, reading the holy books and singing psalms for the martyrs who have fallen asleep and for all the saints from the beginning and for your brothers who have fallen asleep in the Lord; and offer the acceptable Eucharist, the antitype of the royal body of Christ, both in your churches and in the cemeteries; and at the funerals of those who have fallen asleep escort them with psalms, if they were faithful in the Lord.
Notes and citation
Summary: The faithful gather at the cemeteries to read, sing psalms and celebrate the Eucharist for the departed.
- The Eucharist is called “the antitype” (ἀντίτυπον) of Christ's royal body.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): κεχοιμημέτων μαρτύρων» → κεκοιμημένων μαρτύρων; κεχοιμημένων → κεκοιμημένων.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.30.2 (Funk 1:381; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-6-30-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.30.3Funk 1:381
Τίμιος γὰρ ἐναντίον κυρίου ὁ θάνατος τῶν ὁσίων αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάλιν. Ἐπίστρεψον, ἡ ψυχή μου, εἰς τὴν ἀνάπαυσίν σου, ὅτι κύριος εὐεργέτησέν σε, καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις, Μνήμη δικαίων μετ᾽ ἐγκωμίων, καί· Δικαίων ψυχαὶ ἐν χειρὶ θεοῦ.
Timios gar enantion kyriou ho thanatos tōn hosiōn autou, kai palin. Epistrepson, hē psychē mou, eis tēn anapausin sou, hoti kyrios euergetēsen se, kai en allois, Mnēmē dikaiōn met᾽ enkōmiōn, kai; Dikaiōn psychai en cheiri theou.
For “precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his holy ones,” and again, “Return, O my soul, to your rest, for the Lord has done you good,” and in other places, “The memory of the righteous is with praises,” and, “The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God.”
Ps 116:15 (115:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 116:7 (114:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 10:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Scripture honors the death and memory of the righteous.
- Stray marks inside the first quotation in the scan are removed. Quotations: Ps 116:15 (115:6 LXX); 116:7 (114:7 LXX); Prov 10:7; Wis 3:1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: stray marks removed; ὁ θάνατος): » Τ → Τ; ς““ → ς ; ,,(ἐναντίον " Η͂ ῃ "S DIT i " T OB. κυρίου ó θάνατο: → ἐναντίον κυρίου ὁ θάνατος; ῦ“, → ῦ,; ,(Ἐπίστρεψον → Ἐπίστρεψον; oz^* → σε; ς", → ς,; “, καί; ,, → , καί· ; ῦ“. → ῦ..
Extrabiblical texts: Wis 3:1 (Wisdom of Solomon [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.30.3 (Funk 1:381; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-6-30-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.
6.30.4Funk 1:381–383
οἱ γὰρ θεῷ πεπιστευκότες, ἐὰν καὶ κοιμηθῶσιν, οὐκ εἰσὶν νεκροί· λέγει γὰρ ὃ σωτὴρ τοῖς Σαδδουκαίοις᾽ , Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τῶν νεκρῶν οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε τὸ γεγραμμένον, ὅτι ἐγὼ ὃ θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ ὃ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ ὃ θεὸς Ἰακώβ; οὐκ ἔστιν οὖν ὃ θεὸς θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων, πάντες γὰρ αὐτῷ ζῶσιν.
hoi gar theǭ pepisteukotes, ean kai koimēthōsin, ouk eisin nekroi; legei gar ho sōtēr tois Saddoukaiois᾽ , Peri de tēs anastaseōs tōn nekrōn ouk anegnōte to gegrammenon, hoti egō ho theos Abraam kai ho theos Isaak kai ho theos Iakōb? ouk estin oun ho theos theos nekrōn, alla zōntōn, pantes gar autǭ zōsin.
For those who have believed in God, even if they fall asleep, are not dead; for the Savior says to the Sadducees, “But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what is written: I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? God, then, is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him.”
Matt 22:31–32 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 20:38 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Believers who die are not dead, for God is the God of the living.
- Quotation: Matt 22:31–32 with Luke 20:38.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): oi yàg → οἱ γὰρ; πεπιστευχότες → πεπιστευκότες; ί" → ί· ; Ἰαχώβ → Ἰακώβ; νεχρῶν → νεκρῶν; ν“. → ν..
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.30.4 (Funk 1:381–383; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-6-30-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.30.5Funk 1:383
οὔκουν τῶν παρὰ θεῷ ζώντων οὐδὲ τὰ λείψανα ἄτιμα. καὶ γὰρ Ἐλισσαῖος ὃ προφήτης μετὰ τὸ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτὸν νεκρὸν ἤγειρε πεφονευμένον ὑπὸ πειρατῶν Συρίας· ἔψαυσεν γὰρ τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ τῶν Ἐλισσαίου ὀστέων, καὶ ἀναστὰς ἔζησεν· οὐκ ἂν δὲ ἐγεγόνει τοῦτο, εἰ μὴ ἦν τὸ σῶμα Ἐλισσαίου ἅγιον.
oukoun tōn para theǭ zōntōn oude ta leipsana atima. kai gar Elissaios ho prophētēs meta to koimēthēnai auton nekron ēgeire pephoneumenon hypo peiratōn Syrias; epsausen gar to sōma autou tōn Elissaiou osteōn, kai anastas ezēsen; ouk an de egegonei touto, ei mē ēn to sōma Elissaiou hagion.
So even the remains of those who live with God are not without honor. For Elisha the prophet, after he had fallen asleep, raised a dead man who had been murdered by Syrian raiders; for his body touched the bones of Elisha, and he rose and lived; and this would not have happened unless the body of Elisha was holy.
2 Kgs 13:20–21 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Elisha's bones raised a dead man, showing that the remains of saints are holy.
- 2 Kgs 13:20–21.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): οὔχουν → οὔκουν; λισσαῖος → Ἐλισσαῖος; νεχρὸν → νεκρὸν; ς" → ς· ; ν" → ν· .
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.30.5 (Funk 1:383; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-6-30-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.
6.30.6Funk 1:383
καὶ Ἰωσὴφ ὃ σώφρων περιεπλέκετο τῷ Ἰακὼβ μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν ὄντι ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης, καὶ Μωσῆς καὶ Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ναυῆ ἐπεφέροντο τὰ λείψανα τοῦ Ἰωσήφ, μολυσμὸν οὐχ ἡγούμενοι τοῦτο.
kai Iōsēph ho sōphrōn periepleketo tǭ Iakōb meta to apothanein onti epi tēs klinēs, kai Mōsēs kai Iēsous ho tou Nauē epepheronto ta leipsana tou Iōsēph, molysmon ouch hēgoumenoi touto.
And Joseph the chaste embraced Jacob after he had died, as he lay on his bed; and Moses and Joshua the son of Nun carried the remains of Joseph, not thinking this a defilement.
Gen 50:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 13:19 (allusion, high confidence) · Josh 24:32 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Joseph embraced the dead Jacob, and Moses and Joshua carried Joseph's bones.
- Gen 50:1; Exod 13:19; Josh 24:32.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): περιεπλέχετο → περιεπλέκετο.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.30.6 (Funk 1:383; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-6-30-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.30.7Funk 1:383
ὅθεν καὶ ὑμεῖς, ὦ ἐπίσκοποι καὶ οἱ λοιποί, ἀπαρατηρήτως ἁπτόμενοι τῶν κεκοιμημένων μὴ νομίσητε μιαίνεσθαι, μηδὲ βδελύσσεσθε τὰ τούτων λείψανα, περιϊστάμενοι τὰς τοιαύτας παρατηρήσεις μωρὰς οὔσας· καὶ κοσμεῖτε ἑαυτοὺς ἐν ἁγιασμῷ καὶ σωφροσύνῃ, ὅπως μέτοχοι τῆς ἀθανασίας καὶ κοινωνοὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ γένησθε καὶ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ θεοῦ λάβητε, ἀναπαυόμενοι διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ σωτῆρος αἰωνίως.
hothen kai hymeis, ō episkopoi kai hoi loipoi, aparatērētōs haptomenoi tōn kekoimēmenōn mē nomisēte miainesthai, mēde bdelyssesthe ta toutōn leipsana, periïstamenoi tas toiautas paratērēseis mōras ousas; kai kosmeite heautous en hagiasmǭ kai sōphrosynę̄, hopōs metochoi tēs athanasias kai koinōnoi tēs basileias tou theou genēsthe kai tēn epangelian tou theou labēte, anapauomenoi dia Iēsou Christou tou sōtēros aiōniōs.
Therefore you too, O bishops and the rest, when you touch those who have fallen asleep without observances, do not think that you are defiled, nor abhor their remains, but shun such observances as foolish; and adorn yourselves with holiness and chastity, so that you may become partakers of immortality and sharers in the kingdom of God and may receive the promise of God, resting eternally through Jesus Christ the Savior.
Notes and citation
Summary: Touching the dead does not defile; holiness and chastity lead to immortality.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ἐπίσχοποι → ἐπίσκοποι; κεχοιμημένων → κεκοιμημένων; ς" → ς· .
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.30.7 (Funk 1:383; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-6-30-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.30.8Funk 1:383
Τῷ οὖν δυναμένῳ ἀνοῖξαι τὰ ὦτα τῶν καρδιῶν ὑμῶν εἰς τὸ καταδέχεσθαι τὰ διηκονημένα τοῦ θεοῦ λόγια διά τε τοῦ εὐαγγελίου καὶ διὰ τῆς διδασκαλίας Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου, τοῦ σταυρωθέντος ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου καὶ Ἡρῴδου καὶ κοιμηθέντος καὶ ἀναστάντος ἐκ νεκρῶν καὶ πάλιν ἐρχομένου ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ τοῦ αἰῶνος μετὰ δόξης καὶ δυνάμεως πολλῆς καὶ τοὺς μὲν νεκροὺς ἀνεγείροντος, τῷ κόσμῳ δὲ τέλος ἐπάγοντος, ἑχάστῳ δὲ τὰ πρὸς ἀξίαν ἀπονέμοντος᾽·
Tǭ oun dynamenǭ anoixai ta ōta tōn kardiōn hymōn eis to katadechesthai ta diēkonēmena tou theou logia dia te tou euangeliou kai dia tēs didaskalias Iēsou Christou tou Nazōraiou, tou staurōthentos epi Pontiou Pilatou kai Hērǭdou kai koimēthentos kai anastantos ek nekrōn kai palin erchomenou epi synteleią tou aiōnos meta doxēs kai dynameōs pollēs kai tous men nekrous anegeirontos, tǭ kosmǭ de telos epagontos, hechastǭ de ta pros axian aponemontos᾽;
To him, then, who is able to open the ears of your hearts to receive the oracles of God, ministered both through the gospel and through the teaching of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, who was crucified under Pontius Pilate and Herod, and fell asleep and rose from the dead, and is “coming” again at the consummation of the age “with glory and great power,” raising the dead and bringing the world to an end and allotting to each according to his desert;
Matt 24:30 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The book closes with a doxology to God who speaks through Christ, crucified, risen and coming again.
- The sentence continues through 6.30.10. Matt 24:30.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Hooóov → Ἡρῴδου; νεχρῶν → νεκρῶν; πάλιν, → πάλιν; υ“ → υ ; ,ustà → μετὰ; ς“ → ς ; ς᾽" → ς᾽·.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.30.8 (Funk 1:383; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-6-30-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.30.9Funk 1:383–385
τῷ δόντι ἡμῖν ἀρραβῶνα τῆς ἀναστάσεως ἑαυτὸν καὶ εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀναληφθέντι διὰ τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾿ ὄψεσιν ἡμετέραις τοῖς συμφαγοῦσιν αὐτῷ καὶ συμπιοῦσιν ἐπὶ ἡμέρας τεσσαράκοντα μετὰ τὸ ἀναστῆναι αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν, καὶ καθεσθέντι ἐκ δεξιῶν θρόνου τῆς μεγαλωσύνης τοῦ παντοκράτορος θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν Χερουβίμ, τῷ ἀκούσαντι· Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου
tǭ donti hēmin arrabōna tēs anastaseōs heauton kai eis ouranous analēphthenti dia tēs dynameōs tou theou kai patros autou ep᾿ opsesin hēmeterais tois symphagousin autǭ kai sympiousin epi hēmeras tessarakonta meta to anastēnai auton ek nekrōn, kai kathesthenti ek dexiōn thronou tēs megalōsynēs tou pantokratoros theou epi tōn Cheroubim, tǭ akousanti; Kathou ek dexiōn mou, heōs an thō tous echthrous sou hypopodion tōn podōn sou
to him who gave us himself as the pledge of the resurrection, and was taken up into the heavens by the power of his God and Father before the eyes of us who ate and drank with him for forty days after he rose from the dead, and “sat down at the right hand of the throne of the majesty” of God almighty upon the cherubim; who heard, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet”;
Acts 10:41 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Heb 8:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 110:1 (109:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ ascended and sits at the right hand of the Father.
- Acts 10:41; 1:3, 9; Heb 8:1; Ps 110:1 (109:1 LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: stray line number): xol → καὶ; xci ,καθεσθέντι → καὶ καθεσθέντι; .30 θρόνου → θρόνου; ς““ → ς ; ἀκούσαντι. ,Κάθου → ἀκούσαντι· Κάθου; ου“ → ου.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.30.9 (Funk 1:383–385; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-6-30-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.30.10Funk 1:385
ὃν ἐθεάσατο Στέφανος ὃ μακαριώτατος ἑστῶτα ἐκ δεξιῶν τῆς δυνάμεως, καὶ ἀναβοήσας εἶπεν· Ἰδοὺ θεωρῶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἀνεῳγμένους καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκ δεξιῶν ἑστῶτα τοῦ θεοῦ ὡς ἀρχιερέα πάντων τῶν λογικῶν ταγμάτων, διʼ οὗ τὸ σέβας καὶ ἡ μεγαλωσύνη καὶ ἡ δόξα τῷ παντοκράτορι θεῷ καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.
hon etheasato Stephanos ho makariōtatos hestōta ek dexiōn tēs dynameōs, kai anaboēsas eipen; Idou theōrō tous ouranous aneǭgmenous kai ton huion tou anthrōpou ek dexiōn hestōta tou theou hōs archierea pantōn tōn logikōn tagmatōn, diʼ hou to sebas kai hē megalōsynē kai hē doxa tǭ pantokratori theǭ kai nyn kai eis tous aiōnas; amēn.
whom the most blessed Stephen saw standing at the right hand of the Power, and crying out said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God,” as high priest of all the rational orders; through whom be worship and majesty and glory to God almighty, both now and forever. Amen.
Acts 7:55–56 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Stephen saw Christ standing as high priest at God's right hand; the doxology ends book 6.
- Quotation: Acts 7:56.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " ,,Ιδοὺ → · Ἰδοὺ; ῦ“ → ῦ ; ς" → ς· .
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 6.30.10 (Funk 1:385; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-6-30-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 1
7.1.1Funk 1:386
Τοῦ νομοθέτου Μωσέως εἰρηκότος τοῖς Ἰσραηλίταις Ἰδοὺ δέδωκα πρὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς ζωῆς καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ θανάτου, καὶ ἐπιφέροντος· Ἔκλεξαι τὴν ζωήν, ἵνα ζήσῃς, καὶ τοῦ προφήτου Ἠλία λέγοντος τῷ λαῷ Ἕως πότε χωλανεῖτε ἐπ᾽ ἀμφοτέραις ταῖς ἰγνύαις ὑμῶν; εἰ θεός ἐστι κύριος, πορεύεσθε ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, εἰκότως ἔλεγεν καὶ ὃ κύριος Ἰησοῦς· Οὐδεὶς δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν· ἢ γὰρ τὸν ἕνα μισήσει καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ἀγαπήσει, ἢ ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου καταφρονήσει.
Tou nomothetou Mōseōs eirēkotos tois Israēlitais Idou dedōka pro prosōpou hymōn tēn hodon tēs zōēs kai tēn hodon tou thanatou, kai epipherontos; Eklexai tēn zōēn, hina zēsę̄s, kai tou prophētou Ēlia legontos tǭ laǭ Heōs pote chōlaneite ep᾽ amphoterais tais ignyais hymōn? ei theos esti kyrios, poreuesthe opisō autou, eikotōs elegen kai ho kyrios Iēsous; Oudeis dynatai dysi kyriois douleuein; ē gar ton hena misēsei kai ton heteron agapēsei, ē henos anthexetai kai tou heterou kataphronēsei.
Since Moses the lawgiver said to the Israelites, “Behold, I have set before your face the way of life and the way of death,” and added, “Choose life, that you may live,” and the prophet Elijah said to the people, “How long will you limp on both your hams? If the Lord is God, go after him,” the Lord Jesus too rightly said, “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other.”
Deut 30:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 21:8 (quotation, medium confidence) · Deut 30:19 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Kgs 18:21 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 6:24 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Moses, Elijah and Christ all set two ways before the people.
- Book 7 reworks the Didache in its first chapters (cf. Did. 1.1). Quotations: Deut 30:15, 19 with Jer 21:8; 1 Kgs 18:21; Matt 6:24.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray line number; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray line number; δέδωκα): ",, → ; 5 δέδωχα → δέδωκα; υ“, → υ,; ς" ,Ἔ → ς· Ἔ; ς“, → ς,; ,,ως πότε → Ἕως πότε; ῦ“, → ῦ,; xol → καὶ; " ,,Οὐδεὶς 10 δύναται → · Οὐδεὶς δύναται; ν" → ν· ; ι“. → ι..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 1.1 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.1.1 (Funk 1:386; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.1.2Funk 1:386
ἀναγκαίως καὶ ἡμεῖς ἑπόμενοι τῷ διδασκάλῳ Χριστῷ, ὅς ἐστι σωτὴρ πάντων ἀνθρώπων μάλιστα πιστῶν, φαμὲν ὡς δύο ὁδοί εἰσιν, μία τῆς ζωῆς καὶ μία τοῦ θανάτου.
anankaiōs kai hēmeis hepomenoi tǭ didaskalǭ Christǭ, hos esti sōtēr pantōn anthrōpōn malista pistōn, phamen hōs dyo hodoi eisin, mia tēs zōēs kai mia tou thanatou.
Necessarily we too, following our teacher Christ, “who is the Savior of all men, especially of the faithful,” say that there are two ways, one of life and one of death.
1 Tim 4:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: There are two ways, of life and of death.
- 1 Tim 4:10; cf. Did. 1.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,0g ἔστε → ὅς ἐστι; ν“, → ν,.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 1.1 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.1.2 (Funk 1:386; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-1-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.1.3Funk 1:386–388
οὐδεμίαν δὲ σύγκρισιν ἔχουσιν πρὸς ἑαυτάς, πολὺ γὰρ τὸ διάφορον, μᾶλλον δὲ πάντη κεχωρισμέναι τυγχάνουσιν, καὶ φυσικὴ μὲν ἔστιν ἡ τῆς ζωῆς ὃδός, ἐπείσακτος δὲ ἡ τοῦ θανάτου, οὐ τοῦ κατὰ γνώμην θεοῦ ὑπάρξαντος, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς τοῦ ἀλλοτρίου.
oudemian de synkrisin echousin pros heautas, poly gar to diaphoron, mallon de pantē kechōrismenai tynchanousin, kai physikē men estin hē tēs zōēs hodos, epeisaktos de hē tou thanatou, ou tou kata gnōmēn theou hyparxantos, alla tou ex epiboulēs tou allotriou.
And they bear no comparison with each other, for the difference is great, or rather they are altogether separate; and the way of life is natural, but that of death was brought in, not having come about by the mind of God, but from the plot of the alien one.
Notes and citation
Summary: The way of life is natural; the way of death was brought in by the devil.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: stray line number; word rejoined): σύγ18 κρίσιν → σύγκρισιν.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.1.3 (Funk 1:386–388; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-1-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 2
7.2.1Funk 1:388
Πρώτη οὖν τυγχάνει ἡ ὁδὸς τῆς ζωῆς· καὶ ἔστω· αὕτη, ἣν καὶ ὃ Νόμος διαγορεύει, ἀγαπᾶν κύριον τὸν θεὸν ἐξ ὅλης τῆς διανοίας καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς τὸν ἕνα καὶ μόνον, παρ᾽ ὃν ἄλλος οὐκ ἔστιν, καὶ τὸν πλησίον ὡς ἑαυτόν καὶ πᾶν, ὃ μὴ θέλεις γενέσθαι σοι, καὶ σὺ τοῦτο ἄλλῳ οὐ ποιήσεις. τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν· Ὃ σὺ μισεῖς, ἄλλῳ οὐ ποιήσεις.
Prōtē oun tynchanei hē hodos tēs zōēs; kai estō; hautē, hēn kai ho Nomos diagoreuei, agapan kyrion ton theon ex holēs tēs dianoias kai ex holēs tēs psychēs ton hena kai monon, par᾽ hon allos ouk estin, kai ton plēsion hōs heauton kai pan, ho mē theleis genesthai soi, kai sy touto allǭ ou poiēseis. tout᾽ estin; Ho sy miseis, allǭ ou poiēseis.
First, then, is the way of life; and it is this, which the Law also declares: “to love the Lord God with all the mind and with all the soul,” the one and only God, besides whom there is no other, “and your neighbor as yourself”; and “whatever you do not wish to happen to you, you too shall not do to another”; that is, “what you hate, you shall not do to another.”
Deut 6:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 12:32 (allusion, medium confidence) · Lev 19:18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The way of life is to love God and neighbor and not to do to others what one hates.
- Cf. Did. 1.2. Deut 6:5; Mark 12:32; Lev 19:18; Tob 4:15.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ovr → οὖν; ς" → ς· ; ω" → ω· ; ,dyazür → ἀγαπᾶν; ξαυτόν“ → ἑαυτόν; ,π → π; ις“. → ις. ; " ,,0 σὺ → · Ὃ σὺ; , ἄλλῳ οὐ ποιήσεις“. → , ἄλλῳ οὐ ποιήσεις..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 1.2 (Didache; quotation); Tob 4:15 (Tobit [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.2.1 (Funk 1:388; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.2.2Funk 1:388
εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς καταρωμένους ὑμᾶς, προσεύχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐπηρεαζόντων ὑμᾶς, ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν. ποία γὰρ ὑμῖν χάρις, ἐὰν φιλῆτε τοὺς φιλοῦντας ὑμᾶς; καὶ γὰρ καὶ οἱ ἐθνικοὶ τοῦτο ποιοῦσιν. ὑμεῖς δὲ φιλεῖτε τοὺς μισοῦντας ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἐχθρὸν οὐχ ἕξετε.
eulogeite tous katarōmenous hymas, proseuchesthe hyper tōn epēreazontōn hymas, agapate tous echthrous hymōn. poia gar hymin charis, ean philēte tous philountas hymas? kai gar kai hoi ethnikoi touto poiousin. hymeis de phileite tous misountas hymas, kai echthron ouch hexete.
“Bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you, love your enemies. For what credit is it to you if you love those who love you? For even the Gentiles do this. But you, love those who hate you, and you will have no enemy.”
Luke 6:28 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:44 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 6:32 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:47 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians love and pray for their enemies.
- Did. 1.3; Luke 6:28, 32; Matt 5:44, 46–47.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,ε → ε; ε“. → ε..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 1.3 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.2.2 (Funk 1:388; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.2.3Funk 1:388
Οὐ μισήσεις γάρ, φησί, , πάντα ἄνθρωπον, οὐχ Αἰγύπτιον, οὐκ Ἰδουμαῖον, ἅπαντες γάρ εἰσιν τοῦ θεοῦ ἔργα. φεύγετε δὲ οὐ τὰς φύσεις, ἀλλὰ τὰς γνώμας τῶν πονηρῶν.
Ou misēseis gar, phēsi, , panta anthrōpon, ouch Aigyption, ouk Idoumaion, hapantes gar eisin tou theou erga. pheugete de ou tas physeis, alla tas gnōmas tōn ponērōn.
“For you shall not hate,” it says, “any man, not an Egyptian, not an Edomite”; for all are God's works. Flee not the natures, but the purposes of the wicked.
Deut 23:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: No one is to be hated, for all are God's works; only evil purposes are to be shunned.
- Deut 23:7; cf. Did. 2.7.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): νΟὐ → Οὐ; ς“ → ς ; ᾿Ιδουμαῖον“ → Ἰδουμαῖον.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.7 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.2.3 (Funk 1:388; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.2.4Funk 1:388
ἀπέχου τῶν σαρκικῶν καὶ κοσμικῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν. ἐάν τίς σοι δῷ ῥάπισμα εἰς τὴν δεξιὰν σιαγόνα, στρέψον αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην, οὐ φαύλης οὔσης τῆς ἀμύνης, ἀλλὰ τιμιωτέρας τῆς ἀνεξικακίας. λέγει γὰρ ὃ Δαυίδʼ , Εἰ ἀνταπέδωκα τοῖς ἀνταποδιδοῦσί μοι κακά
apechou tōn sarkikōn kai kosmikōn epithymiōn. ean tis soi dǭ rhapisma eis tēn dexian siagona, strepson autǭ kai tēn allēn, ou phaulēs ousēs tēs amynēs, alla timiōteras tēs anexikakias. legei gar ho Dauidʼ , Ei antapedōka tois antapodidousi moi kaka
“Abstain from fleshly” and worldly “desires.” If anyone gives you a slap “on the right cheek, turn to him the other also”; not that retaliation is evil, but that forbearance is more honorable. For David says, “If I have repaid those who repaid me evil…”
1 Pet 2:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:39 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 7:4 (7:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians abstain from fleshly desires and do not retaliate.
- Did. 1.4; 1 Pet 2:11; Matt 5:39; Ps 7:4 (7:5 LXX), cited only in its opening words.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,ἀ → ἀ; ν““ → ν ; ,,ἐ → ἐ; ν“. → ν.; »ε → ε; “, o) φαύλης → , οὐ φαύλης; κά“ → κά.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 1.4 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.2.4 (Funk 1:388; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.2.5Funk 1:388–390
ἐὰν ἀγγαρεύσῃ σέ τις μίλιον ἕν, ὕπαγε μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ δύο, καὶ τῷ θέλοντί σοι κριθῆναι καὶ τὸν χιτῶνά σου λαβεῖν, ἄφες αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ ἱμάτιον, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἴροντος τὰ σὰ μὴ ἀπαίτει.
ean angareusę̄ se tis milion hen, hypage met᾽ autou dyo, kai tǭ thelonti soi krithēnai kai ton chitōna sou labein, aphes autǭ kai to himation, kai apo tou airontos ta sa mē apaitei.
If “anyone compels you to go one mile, go with him two; and to him who wishes to go to law with you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak also”; and “from him who takes what is yours, do not ask it back.”
Matt 5:40–41 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 6:30 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians give way to those who compel or rob them.
- Did. 1.4; Matt 5:40–41; Luke 6:30.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,ἀ → ἀ; xoci τὸ íu&ri0r" → καὶ τὸ ἱμάτιον; ,ἀ → ἀ.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 1.4 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.2.5 (Funk 1:388–390; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-2-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.2.6Funk 1:390
τῷ αἰτοῦντί σε δίδου, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ θέλοντος δανείσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ μὴ ἀποκλείσῃς τὴν χεῖρα, δίκαιος γὰρ ἀνὴρ οἰκτείρει καὶ κιχρᾷ πᾶσι γὰρ θέλει δίδοσθαι ὃ πατὴρ ,ὁ τὸν ἥλιον αὐτοῦ ἀνατέλλων ἐπὶ πονηροὺς καὶ ἀγαθοὺς καὶ τὸν ὑετὸν αὐτοῦ βρέχων ἐπὶ δικαίους καὶ ἀδίκους.
tǭ aitounti se didou, kai apo tou thelontos daneisasthai para sou mē apokleisę̄s tēn cheira, dikaios gar anēr oikteirei kai kichrą pasi gar thelei didosthai ho patēr ,ho ton hēlion autou anatellōn epi ponērous kai agathous kai ton hyeton autou brechōn epi dikaious kai adikous.
“Give to him who asks you, and from him who wishes to borrow from you” do not shut your hand; for “a righteous man has pity and lends”; for the Father wishes gifts to be given to all, he “who makes his sun rise on the evil and the good and sends his rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”
Matt 5:42 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 112:5 (111:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:45 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians give and lend to all, as the Father gives to all.
- Did. 1.5; Matt 5:42; Ps 112:5 (111:5 LXX); Matt 5:45.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ὴ“ → ὴ ; ,,ὀίκαιος““ → δίκαιος; ᾷ“ → ᾷ ; Ó τὸν → ὁ τὸν; ς“. → ς..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 1.5 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.2.6 (Funk 1:390; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-2-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.2.7Funk 1:390
πᾶσιν οὖν δίκαιον διδόναι ἐξ οἰκείων πόνων· Τίμα· γάρ, φησί, τὸν κύριον ἀπὸ σῶν δικαίων πόνων προτιμητέον δὲ τοὺς ἁγίους.
pasin oun dikaion didonai ex oikeiōn ponōn; Tima; gar, phēsi, ton kyrion apo sōn dikaiōn ponōn protimēteon de tous hagious.
It is right, then, to give to all from one's own labors; for “honor the Lord,” it says, “from your righteous labors”; but the saints are to be preferred.
Prov 3:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Alms come from one's own labor, with preference for the saints.
- Prov 3:9 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): " ,Tiua' → · Τίμα·; ,τ → τ; ν“ → ν .
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.2.7 (Funk 1:390; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-2-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.2.8Funk 1:390
,Οὐ φονεύσεις, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν οὐ φθερεῖς τὸν ὅμοιόν σοι ἄνθρωπον, διαλύεις γὰρ τὰ καλῶς γινόμεναʼ οὐχ ὡς παντὸς φόνου φαύλου τυγχάνοντος, ἀλλὰ μόνου τοῦ ἀθώου, τοῦ δ᾽ ἐνδίκου ἄρχουσι μόνοις ἀφωρισμένου.
,Ou phoneuseis, tout᾽ estin ou phthereis ton homoion soi anthrōpon, dialyeis gar ta kalōs ginomenaʼ ouch hōs pantos phonou phaulou tynchanontos, alla monou tou athōou, tou d᾽ endikou archousi monois aphōrismenou.
“You shall not murder”; that is, you shall not destroy a man like yourself, for you undo what was well made; not that every killing is wicked, but only that of the innocent, while just killing is reserved to rulers alone.
Exod 20:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Murder of the innocent is forbidden; just killing belongs to rulers alone.
- Exod 20:13; cf. Did. 2.2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ς“, → ς,.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.2 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.2.8 (Funk 1:390; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-2-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.2.9Funk 1:390–392
Οὐ μοιχεύσεις, διαιρεῖς γὰρ μίαν σάρκα εἰς δύο , Ἔσονται γάρ, φησίν, οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν ἕν γάρ εἰσιν ἀνὴρ καὶ γυνὴ τῇ φύσει, τῇ συμπνοίᾳ, τῇ ἑνώσει, τῇ διαθέσει, τῷ βίῳ, τῷ τρόπῳ, κεχωρισμένοι δέ εἰσιν τῷ σχήματι καὶ τῷ ἀριθμῷ. οὐ παιδοφθορήσεις· παρὰ φύσιν γὰρ τὸ κακὸν ἐκ Σοδόμων φυέν, ἥτις πυρὸς θεηλάτου παρανάλωμα γέγονεν, ἐπικατάρατος δὲ ὃ τοιοῦτος καὶ ἐρεῖ πᾶς ὃ λαός· Γένοιτο, γένοιτο οὐ πορνεύσεις· Οὐκ ἔσται γάρ, φησίν, πορνεύων ἐν υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ. Οὐ κλέψεις Ἄχαρ γὰρ κλέψας ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Ἱεριχῷ λίθοις βληθεὶς τοῦ ζῆν ὑπεξῆλθεν, καὶ Γιεζεῖ κλέψας καὶ ψευσάμενος ἐκληρονόμησεν τοῦ Νεεμὰν τὴν λέπραν, καὶ Ἰούδας κλέπτων τὰ τῶν πενήτων τὸν κύριον τῆς δόξης παρέδωκεν Ἰουδαίοις, καὶ μεταμεληθεὶς ἀπήγξατο καὶ ἐλάκησεν μέσος καὶ ἐξεχύθη πάντα τὰ σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ, καὶ Ἀνανίας καὶ Σαπφείρα ἡ τούτου γυνή, κλέψαντες τὰ ἴδια καὶ πειράσαντες τὸ πνεῦμα κυρίου, παραχρῆμα ἀποφάσει Πέτρου τοῦ συναποστόλου ἡμῶν ἐθανατώθησαν.
Ou moicheuseis, diaireis gar mian sarka eis dyo , Esontai gar, phēsin, hoi dyo eis sarka mian hen gar eisin anēr kai gynē tę̄ physei, tę̄ sympnoią, tę̄ henōsei, tę̄ diathesei, tǭ biǭ, tǭ tropǭ, kechōrismenoi de eisin tǭ schēmati kai tǭ arithmǭ. ou paidophthorēseis; para physin gar to kakon ek Sodomōn phyen, hētis pyros theēlatou paranalōma gegonen, epikataratos de ho toioutos kai erei pas ho laos; Genoito, genoito ou porneuseis; Ouk estai gar, phēsin, porneuōn en huiois Israēl. Ou klepseis Achar gar klepsas en tǭ Israēl en Hierichǭ lithois blētheis tou zēn hypexēlthen, kai Giezei klepsas kai pseusamenos eklēronomēsen tou Neeman tēn lepran, kai Ioudas kleptōn ta tōn penētōn ton kyrion tēs doxēs paredōken Ioudaiois, kai metamelētheis apēnxato kai elakēsen mesos kai exechythē panta ta splanchna autou, kai Ananias kai Sappheira hē toutou gynē, klepsantes ta idia kai peirasantes to pneuma kyriou, parachrēma apophasei Petrou tou synapostolou hēmōn ethanatōthēsan.
“You shall not commit adultery,” for you divide one flesh into two: “for the two,” it says, “shall become one flesh”; for husband and wife are one in nature, in harmony, in union, in disposition, in life, in manner, but they are separate in form and in number. [10] You shall not corrupt boys; for this evil, which sprang from Sodom, is contrary to nature, and Sodom became fuel for fire sent by God; and “accursed” is such a one, “and all the people shall say, So be it, so be it.” [11] You shall not commit sexual immorality; for “there shall be,” it says, “no one committing sexual immorality among the sons of Israel.” [12] “You shall not steal”; for Achan, having stolen in Israel at Jericho, was stoned and departed from life; and Gehazi, having stolen and lied, inherited the leprosy of Naaman; and Judas, stealing what belonged to the poor, betrayed the Lord of glory to the Jews, and repenting hanged himself, and “burst open in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out”; and Ananias and Sapphira his wife, having stolen their own property and tempted the Spirit of the Lord, were at once put to death by the sentence of Peter our fellow apostle.
Exod 20:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 2:24 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 19:24 (allusion, medium confidence) · Deut 27:15 (allusion, medium confidence) · Deut 23:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 20:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Josh 7:20–25 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 5:20–27 (allusion, high confidence) · John 12:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 27:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 5:1–10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Adultery divides one flesh; the corruption of boys, sexual immorality and theft are forbidden, with biblical examples.
- The section numbers 10–12 were lost in the OCR; “[10]” etc. mark where each begins.
- Cf. Did. 2.2. Exod 20:14; Gen 2:24; Gen 19:24; Deut 27:15–26; 23:17; Exod 20:15; Josh 7:20–25; 2 Kgs 5:20–27; John 12:6; Matt 27:5; Acts 1:18; 5:1–10.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: section number removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: section number (11) removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: section number (10) removed): ,,00 μοιχεύσεις““ → Οὐ μοιχεύσεις; νται“ γάρ → νται γάρ; ,,ο → ο; ν“ → ν ; το. οὐ παιδοφθορήσεις᾽ → οὐ παιδοφθορήσεις·; ix Σοδόμων → ἐκ Σοδόμων; παραváAoua → παρανάλωμα; ,ἐ → ἐ; ς““ → ς ; ,,κ → κ; ς" → ς· ; “ τι. οὐ πορνεύσεις:, → οὐ πορνεύσεις·; σται“ γάρ → σται γάρ; ,π → π; logenA". 12. ,ov κλέψεις“ → Ἰσραήλ. Οὐ κλέψεις; vo Ἰσραὴλ → τῷ Ἰσραὴλ; "Teguo → Ἱεριχῷ; ΜΝεεμὰν → Νεεμὰν; xal ,,(λάχησεν → καὶ ἐλάκησεν; “, xai → , καὶ.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.2 (Didache; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.2.9 (Funk 1:390–392; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-2-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 3
7.3.1Funk 1:392
Οὐ μαγεύσεις, οὐ φαρμακεύσεις᾽ Φαρμακοὺς γάρ, φησίν, οὐ περιβιώσετε.
Ou mageuseis, ou pharmakeuseis᾽ Pharmakous gar, phēsin, ou peribiōsete.
You shall not practice magic, you shall not use sorcery; for “you shall not let sorcerers live,” it says.
Exod 22:18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Magic and sorcery are forbidden.
- Did. 2.2; Exod 22:18 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): , Daguaxobc'* → Φαρμακοὺς; ,00 περιβιώσετε“ → οὐ περιβιώσετε.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.2 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.3.1 (Funk 1:392; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-3-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.3.2Funk 1:392
οὐ φονεύσεις τέκνον σου ἐν φθορᾷ, οὐδὲ τὸ γεννηθὲν ἀποκτενεῖς· πᾶν γὰρ τὸ ἐξεικονισμένον, ψυχὴν λαβὸν παρὰ θεοῦ, φονευθὲν ἐκδικηθήσεται, ἀδίκως ἀναιρεθέν.
ou phoneuseis teknon sou en phthorą, oude to gennēthen apokteneis; pan gar to exeikonismenon, psychēn labon para theou, phoneuthen ekdikēthēsetai, adikōs anairethen.
You shall not kill your child by abortion, nor kill what is born; for everything that has been formed and has received a soul from God, if killed, will be avenged, as having been unjustly destroyed.
Exod 21:22–23 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Abortion and infanticide are forbidden and will be avenged.
- Did. 2.2; cf. Exod 21:22–23.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Gov → σου; ἀποχτενεῖς" → ἀποκτενεῖς·.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.2 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.3.2 (Funk 1:392; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-3-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.3.3Funk 1:392
Οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὰ τοῦ πλησίον σου, οἷον τὴν γυναῖκα ἢ τὸν παῖδα ἢ τὸν βοῦν ἢ τὸν ἀγρόν.
Ouk epithymēseis ta tou plēsion sou, hoion tēn gynaika ē ton paida ē ton boun ē ton agron.
“You shall not covet the things of your neighbor,” such as “his wife, or his slave, or his ox, or his field.”
Exod 20:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Coveting a neighbor's goods is forbidden.
- Did. 2.2; Exod 20:17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,.οὐὔκ → Οὐκ; “, olov ,, → , οἷον .
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.2 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.3.3 (Funk 1:392; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-3-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.3.4Funk 1:392
οὐκ ἐπιορκήσεις, ἐρρέθη γὰρ μὴ ὀμόσαι ὅλως εἰ δὲ μήγε, κἂν εὐορκήσῃς, ὅτι ἐπαινεθήσεται πᾶς ὁ ὀμνύων ἐν αὐτῷ.
ouk epiorkēseis, errethē gar mē omosai holōs ei de mēge, kan euorkēsę̄s, hoti epainethēsetai pas ho omnyōn en autǭ.
“You shall not swear falsely,” for it was said, “not to swear at all”; but if not, at least swear truly, because “everyone who swears by him shall be praised.”
Matt 5:33–34 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 63:11 (62:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians should not swear at all, or at least swear truly.
- Did. 2.3; Matt 5:33–34; Ps 63:11 (62:12 LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ἐπιορκχήσεις“ → ἐπιορκήσεις; »ἱμὴ → μὴ; ς“ → ς ; ὅτι, → ὅτι.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.3 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.3.4 (Funk 1:392; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-3-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.3.5Funk 1:392
οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις, ὅτι ὃ συκοφαντῶν πένητα παροξύνει τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτόν.
ou pseudomartyrēseis, hoti ho sykophantōn penēta paroxynei ton poiēsanta auton.
“You shall not bear false witness,” because “he who slanders the poor provokes his Maker.”
Exod 20:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 14:31 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: False witness is forbidden.
- Did. 2.3; Exod 20:16; Prov 14:31.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ς“, → ς,; ,,ὃ ονχοφαντῶν → ὃ συκοφαντῶν; ν“. → ν..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.3 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.3.5 (Funk 1:392; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-3-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 4
7.4.1Funk 1:392
Οὐ κακολογήσεις Μὴ ἀγάπα γάρ, φησί, κακολογεῖν, ἵνα μὴ ἐξαρθῆς, οὐδὲ μνησικακήσεις᾽ ὁδοὶ γὰρ μνησικάκων εἰς θάνατον.
Ou kakologēseis Mē agapa gar, phēsi, kakologein, hina mē exarthēs, oude mnēsikakēseis᾽ hodoi gar mnēsikakōn eis thanaton.
You shall not speak evil; for “do not love to speak evil,” it says, “lest you be removed”; nor shall you bear grudges; for “the ways of those who bear grudges lead to death.”
Prov 20:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 12:28 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Evil-speaking and grudges are forbidden.
- Cf. Did. 2.3. Quotations: Prov 20:13 (LXX); 12:28 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): Ov → Οὐ ; ",, → ; α“ → α ; ς“, → ς,; ,,ὁ → ὁ; ,,μνησικάχων → μνησικάκων; ν“. → ν..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.3 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.4.1 (Funk 1:392; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-4-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.4.2Funk 1:392
οὐκ ἔσῃ δίγνωμος οὐδὲ δίγλωσσος· παγὶς γὰρ ἰσχυρὰ ἀνδρὶ τὰ ἴδια χείλη, καὶ ἀνὴρ γλωσσώδης οὐ κατευθυνθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
ouk esę̄ dignōmos oude diglōssos; pagis gar ischyra andri ta idia cheilē, kai anēr glōssōdēs ou kateuthynthēsetai epi tēs gēs.
You shall not be double-minded nor double-tongued; for “a man's own lips are a strong snare to him,” and “a talkative man will not prosper on the earth.”
Prov 6:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 140:11 (139:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Double-mindedness and double speech are forbidden.
- Cf. Did. 2.4. Quotations: Prov 6:2; Ps 140:11 (139:12 LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " ,, → · ; η“, → η,; ,,(ἀνὴρ → ἀνὴρ; ς“. → ς..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.4 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.4.2 (Funk 1:392; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-4-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.4.3Funk 1:392
οὐκ ἔσται ὁ λόγος σου κενός· περὶ παντὸς γὰρ λόγου ἀργοῦ δώσετε λόγον.
ouk estai ho logos sou kenos; peri pantos gar logou argou dōsete logon.
Your word shall not be empty; for “of every idle word you will give an account.”
Matt 12:36 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Idle words must be accounted for.
- Cf. Did. 2.5. Matt 12:36.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " ,, → · ; “ yàg ,,Aóyov → γὰρ λόγου.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.5 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.4.3 (Funk 1:392; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-4-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.4.4Funk 1:392
οὐ ψεύσῃ· Ἀπολεῖς γάρ, φησί, πάντας τοὺς λαλοῦντας τὸ ψεῦδος.
ou pseusę̄; Apoleis gar, phēsi, pantas tous lalountas to pseudos.
You shall not lie; for “you will destroy,” it says, “all who speak falsehood.”
Ps 5:6 (5:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Lying is forbidden.
- Cf. Did. 2.5. Ps 5:6 (5:7 LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): " AxoAsic'* → · Ἀπολεῖς; (πάντας → πάντας; ς“. → ς..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.5 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.4.4 (Funk 1:392; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-4-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.4.5Funk 1:392
οὐκ ἔσῃ πλεονέκτης οὐδὲ ἅρπαξ Οὐαὶ γάρ, φησίν, ὁ πλεονεκτῶν τὸν πλησίον πλεονεξίαν κακήν.
ouk esę̄ pleonektēs oude harpax Ouai gar, phēsin, ho pleonektōn ton plēsion pleonexian kakēn.
You shall not be covetous nor rapacious; for “woe,” it says, “to him who covets against his neighbor with evil covetousness.”
Hab 2:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Covetousness and rapacity are forbidden.
- Cf. Did. 2.6. Hab 2:9.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): πλεονέχτης → πλεονέκτης; ,, → ; ὶ“ → ὶ ; ,,Ó πλεονεκτῶν → ὁ πλεονεκτῶν; ν“. → ν..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.6 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.4.5 (Funk 1:392; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-4-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.4.6Funk 1:392–394
οὐκ ἔσῃ ὑποκριτής, ἵνα μὴ τὸ μέρος σου μετ᾽ αὐτῶν ᾖ.
ouk esę̄ hypokritēs, hina mē to meros sou met᾽ autōn ę̄.
You shall not be a hypocrite, so that “your portion” may not be “with them.”
Matt 24:51 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Hypocrisy is forbidden.
- Cf. Did. 2.6. Matt 24:51.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ὑποχριτής → ὑποκριτής; ,,τ → τ; Oc. → ᾖ..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.6 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.4.6 (Funk 1:392–394; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-4-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 5
7.5.1Funk 1:394
Οὐκ ἔσῃ κακοήθης οὐδὲ ὑπερήφανος· Ὑπερηφάνοις γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ἀντιτάσσεται.
Ouk esę̄ kakoēthēs oude hyperēphanos; Hyperēphanois gar ho theos antitassetai.
You shall not be malicious nor arrogant; for “God opposes the arrogant.”
Jas 4:6 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Pet 5:5 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Malice and arrogance are forbidden.
- Cf. Did. 2.6. Jas 4:6; 1 Pet 5:5 (Prov 3:34).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " ,UzxsQngpdvotc γὰρ 50 θεὸς → · Ὑπερηφάνοις γὰρ ὁ θεὸς.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.6 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.5.1 (Funk 1:394; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-5-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.5.2Funk 1:394
οὐ λήψῃ πρόσωπον ἐν κρίσει, ὅτι τοῦ κυρίου ἡ κρίσις.
ou lēpsę̄ prosōpon en krisei, hoti tou kyriou hē krisis.
“You shall not show partiality in judgment, for the judgment is the Lord's.”
Deut 1:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Judges must not show partiality.
- Deut 1:17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ς“. → ς..
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.5.2 (Funk 1:394; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-5-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.5.3Funk 1:394
οὐ μισήσεις πάντα ἄνθρωπον. ἐλεγμῷ ἐλέγξεις τὸν ἀδελφόν σου καὶ οὐ λήψῃ δι᾽ αὐτὸν ἁμαρτίαν, καὶ ἔλεγχε σοφὸν καὶ ἀγαπήσει σε.
ou misēseis panta anthrōpon. elegmǭ elenxeis ton adelphon sou kai ou lēpsę̄ di᾽ auton hamartian, kai elenche sophon kai agapēsei se.
You shall not hate any man; “you shall surely reprove your brother and not incur sin because of him,” and “reprove a wise man, and he will love you.”
Lev 19:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 9:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Hatred is forbidden, but a brother is to be reproved.
- Cf. Did. 2.7. Quotations: Lev 19:17; Prov 9:8.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,ἐ → ἐ; δὶ αὐτὸν → δι᾽ αὐτὸν; ν“, → ν,; » ἔ → ἔ; 6t. → σε..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 2.7 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.5.3 (Funk 1:394; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-5-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.5.4Funk 1:394
φεῦγε ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ παντὸς ὁμοίου αὐτῷ᾽ Ἀπέχου γάρ, φησίν, ἀπὸ ἀδίκου, καὶ τρόμος οὐκ ἐγγιεῖ σοι.
pheuge apo pantos kakou kai apo pantos homoiou autǭ᾽ Apechou gar, phēsin, apo adikou, kai tromos ouk engiei soi.
Flee from every evil and from everything like it; for “keep away,” it says, “from the unjust, and trembling will not come near you.”
Isa 54:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Every evil and its likeness are to be fled.
- Cf. Did. 3.1. Quotation: Isa 54:14 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): xol → καὶ; ,, Ἀπεχες → Ἀπέχου; ,ἀ → ἀ; xoi → καὶ; ι". → ι..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.1 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.5.4 (Funk 1:394; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-5-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.5.5Funk 1:394
μὴ γίνου ὀργίλος μηδὲ βάσκανος μηδὲ ζηλωτὴς μηδὲ μανικὸς μηδὲ θρασύς, μὴ πάθῃς τὰ τοῦ Καὶν καὶ τὰ τοῦ Σαοὺλ καὶ τὰ τοῦ Ἰωάβ· ὅτι ὃς μὲν ἀπέκτεινεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἄβελ διὰ τὸ πρόκριτον αὐτὸν εὑρεθῆναι παρὰ θεῷ καὶ διὰ τὸ προσδεχθῆναι τὴν θυσίαν αὐτοῦ, ὃς δὲ τὸν ὅσιον Δαυὶδ ἐδίωκεν νικήσαντα Γολιάθ τὸν Φιλισταῖον, ζηλώσας ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν χορευτριῶν εὐφημίᾳ, ὃς δὲ τοὺς δύο στρατηλάτας ἀνεῖλεν, τὸν Ἀβεννὴρ τὸν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἀμεσσὰ τὸν τοῦ Ἰούδα.
mē ginou orgilos mēde baskanos mēde zēlōtēs mēde manikos mēde thrasys, mē pathę̄s ta tou Kain kai ta tou Saoul kai ta tou Iōab; hoti hos men apekteinen ton adelphon autou ton Abel dia to prokriton auton heurethēnai para theǭ kai dia to prosdechthēnai tēn thysian autou, hos de ton hosion Dauid ediōken nikēsanta Goliath ton Philistaion, zēlōsas epi tę̄ tōn choreutriōn euphēmią, hos de tous dyo stratēlatas aneilen, ton Abennēr ton tou Israēl kai Amessa ton tou Iouda.
Do not be wrathful nor envious nor jealous nor frenzied nor rash, lest you suffer the fate of Cain and of Saul and of Joab; for the first killed his brother Abel because Abel was found preferred before God and because his sacrifice was accepted; the second persecuted the holy David, who had conquered Goliath the Philistine, being jealous at the praise of the dancing women; and the third killed the two generals, Abner of Israel and Amasa of Judah.
Gen 4:4–8 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 18:6–11 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Sam 3:27 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Sam 20:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Anger and envy led Cain, Saul and Joab to murder and persecution.
- Cf. Did. 3.2. Gen 4:4–8; 1 Sam 18:6–11; 2 Sam 3:27; 20:10.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): μανιχὸς → μανικὸς; Jod: → Ἰωάβ·; ἀπέχτεινεν → ἀπέκτεινεν; πρόχριτον → πρόκριτον; θεῳῷ → θεῷ; Γολειάθʼ → Γολιάθ; Φιλιστιαῖο», ζηλοσας → Φιλισταῖον, ζηλώσας.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.2 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.5.5 (Funk 1:394; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-5-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 6
7.6.1Funk 1:394
Μὴ γίνου οἰωνοσκόπος, ὅτι ὁδηγεῖ πρὸς εἰδωλολατρείαν᾽ Οἰώνισμα δέ, φησὶν ὁ Σαμουήλ, ἁμαρτία ἐστίν, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται οἰωνισμὸς ἐν Ἰακὼβ οὐδὲ μαντεία ἐν Ἰσραήλ.
Mē ginou oiōnoskopos, hoti hodēgei pros eidōlolatreian᾽ Oiōnisma de, phēsin ho Samouēl, hamartia estin, kai ouk estai oiōnismos en Iakōb oude manteia en Israēl.
Do not be an augur, because it leads to idolatry; “for augury,” says Samuel, “is sin,” and “there shall be no augury in Jacob nor divination in Israel.”
1 Sam 15:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Num 23:23 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Augury leads to idolatry and is forbidden.
- Cf. Did. 3.4. Quotations: 1 Sam 15:23; Num 23:23.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): »Ο → Ο; α““ → α ; οἁμαρτία → ἁμαρτία; “, xol ,, → , καὶ .
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.4 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.6.1 (Funk 1:394; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.6.2Funk 1:394
οὐκ ἔσῃ ἐπάδων ἢ περικαθαίρων τὸν υἱόν σου, οὐ κληδονιεῖς οὐδὲ οἰωνισθήσῃ οὐδὲ ὀρνεοσκοπήσεις οὐδὲ μαθήσῃ μαθήματα πονηρά· ταῦτα γὰρ ἅπαντα καὶ ὃ νόμος ἀπεῖπεν.
ouk esę̄ epadōn ē perikathairōn ton huion sou, ou klēdonieis oude oiōnisthēsę̄ oude orneoskopēseis oude mathēsę̄ mathēmata ponēra; tauta gar hapanta kai ho nomos apeipen.
You shall not use enchantments or purifications on your son; you shall not practice omens, nor take auguries, nor observe birds, nor learn evil arts; for all these things the law too forbade.
Deut 18:10–11 (allusion, high confidence) · Lev 19:26 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Enchantments, omens and divination are forbidden.
- Cf. Did. 3.4. Deut 18:10–11; Lev 19:26.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ς““ → ς ; ά" → ά· .
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.4 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.6.2 (Funk 1:394; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.6.3Funk 1:394
μὴ γίνου ἐπιθυμητὴς κακῶν, ὁδηγηθήσῃ γὰρ εἰς ἀμετρίαν ἁμαρτημάτων.
mē ginou epithymētēs kakōn, hodēgēthēsę̄ gar eis ametrian hamartēmatōn.
Do not be a desirer of evil things, for you will be led into immeasurable sins.
Notes and citation
Summary: Desire for evil leads to many sins.
- Cf. Did. 3.3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): δόηγηθήσῃ → ὁδηγηθήσῃ.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.3 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.6.3 (Funk 1:394; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-6-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.6.4Funk 1:394–396
οὐκ ἔσῃ αἰσχρολόγος οὐδὲ Qupóg9aAuoc οὐδὲ μέθυσος· ἐκ γὰρ τούτων πορνεῖαι καὶ μοιχεῖαι γίνονται.
ouk esę̄ aischrologos oude Qupog9aAuoc oude methysos; ek gar toutōn porneiai kai moicheiai ginontai.
You shall not be foul-mouthed, nor have roving eyes, nor be a drunkard; for from these come sexual immoralities and adulteries.
Notes and citation
Summary: Foul talk, roving eyes and drunkenness lead to immorality.
- Cf. Did. 3.3. The word rendered “have roving eyes” is garbled in the scan; translated by sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " ix γὰρ → · ἐκ γὰρ; μοιχεῖαε → μοιχεῖαι.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.3 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.6.4 (Funk 1:394–396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.6.5Funk 1:396
μὴ γίνου φιλάργυρος, ἵνα μὴ ἀντὶ θεοῦ δουλεύσῃς τῷ μαμωνᾷ.
mē ginou philargyros, hina mē anti theou douleusę̄s tǭ mamōną.
Do not be a lover of money, so that you may not serve mammon instead of God.
Matt 6:24 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Love of money is forbidden.
- Cf. Did. 3.5. Matt 6:24.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.5 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.6.5 (Funk 1:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-6-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.6.6Funk 1:396
μὴ γίνου κενόδοξος μηδὲ μετέωρος μηδὲ ὑψηλόφρων, ἐκ γὰρ τούτων ἁπάντων ἀλαζονεῖαι γεννῶνται· μνήσθητι τοῦ εἰπόντος· Κύριε, οὐχ ὑψώθη ἡ καρδία μου, οὐδὲ ἐμετεωρίσθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, οὐδὲ ἐπορεύθην ἐν μεγάλοις οὐδὲ ἐν θαυμασίοις ὑπὲρ ἐμὲ εἰ μὴ ἐταπεινοφρόνουν.
mē ginou kenodoxos mēde meteōros mēde hypsēlophrōn, ek gar toutōn hapantōn alazoneiai gennōntai; mnēsthēti tou eipontos; Kyrie, ouch hypsōthē hē kardia mou, oude emeteōristhēsan hoi ophthalmoi mou, oude eporeuthēn en megalois oude en thaumasiois hyper eme ei mē etapeinophronoun.
Do not be vainglorious nor haughty nor high-minded; for from all these arrogance is born. Remember him who said, “Lord, my heart was not lifted up, nor were my eyes raised, nor did I walk in great things nor in wonders beyond me, but I was humble-minded.”
Ps 131:1–2 (130:1-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Vainglory breeds arrogance; David's humility is the example.
- Cf. Did. 3.5, 9. Quotation: Ps 131:1–2 (130:1–2 LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): yàp → γὰρ; ι" → ι· ; " ,, → · ; ὑφψώθη → ὑψώθη; iv μεγάλοις → ἐν μεγάλοις; iuc → ἐμὲ; ν“. → ν..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.5 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.6.6 (Funk 1:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-6-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 7
7.7.1Funk 1:396
Μὴ γίνου γόγγυσος, μνησθεὶς τῆς τιμωρίας ἧς ὑπέστησαν οἱ καταγογγύσαντες Μωσέως.
Mē ginou gongysos, mnēstheis tēs timōrias hēs hypestēsan hoi katagongysantes Mōseōs.
Do not be a grumbler, remembering the punishment that those underwent who grumbled against Moses.
Num 14:27–37 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 10:10 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Grumbling is forbidden.
- Cf. Did. 3.6. Num 14:27–37; 1 Cor 10:10.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.6 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.7.1 (Funk 1:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.7.2Funk 1:396
μὴ ἔσο αὐθάδης μηδὲ πονηρόφρων μηδὲ σκληροκάρδιος μηδὲ θυμώδης μηδὲ μικρόψυχος· πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα ὁδηγεῖ πρὸς βλασφημίαν.
mē eso authadēs mēde ponērophrōn mēde sklērokardios mēde thymōdēs mēde mikropsychos; panta gar tauta hodēgei pros blasphēmian.
Do not be self-willed nor evil-minded nor hard-hearted nor passionate nor faint-hearted; for all these lead to blasphemy.
Notes and citation
Summary: Self-will and such vices lead to blasphemy.
- Cf. Did. 3.6.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ς" → ς· .
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.6 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.7.2 (Funk 1:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-7-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.7.3Funk 1:396
ἴσθε δὲ πρᾶος ὡς Μωσῆς καὶ Δαυίδ, ἐπεὶ οἱ πραεῖς κληρονομήσουσιν τὴν γῆν.
isthe de praos hōs Mōsēs kai Dauid, epei hoi praeis klēronomēsousin tēn gēn.
But be meek, like Moses and David, since “the meek shall inherit the earth.”
Num 12:3 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 37:11 (36:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The meek, like Moses and David, will inherit the earth.
- Cf. Did. 3.7. Num 12:3; Ps 37:11 (36:11 LXX); Matt 5:5.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): Moo → Μωσῆς; ,,ο → ο; ν“. → ν..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.7 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.7.3 (Funk 1:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-7-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 8
7.8.1Funk 1:396
Γίνου μακρόθυμος· ὃ γὰρ τοιοῦτος πολὺς ἐν φρονήσει, ἐπείπερ ὁ ὀλιγόψυχος ἰσχυρὸς ἄφρων.
Ginou makrothymos; ho gar toioutos polys en phronēsei, epeiper ho oligopsychos ischyros aphrōn.
Be patient; for such a one is “great in understanding,” since “the faint-hearted is mightily foolish.”
Prov 14:29 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Patience is great understanding.
- Cf. Did. 3.8. Prov 14:29 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ς" → ς· ; ,,π → π; φρονή6&4 → φρονήσει; ,,ὀ → ὀ; ν“. → ν..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.8 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.8.1 (Funk 1:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.8.2Funk 1:396
γίνου ἐλεήμων· μακάριοι γὰρ οἱ ἐλεήμονες, ὅτι αὐτοὶ ἐλεηθήσονται.
ginou eleēmōn; makarioi gar hoi eleēmones, hoti autoi eleēthēsontai.
Be merciful; for “blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.”
Matt 5:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The merciful are blessed.
- Cf. Did. 3.8. Matt 5:7.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " » → · ; ι“ → ι ; ,,ο → ο; ι“. → ι..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.8 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.8.2 (Funk 1:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.8.3Funk 1:396
ἔσο ἄκακος, ἥσυχος, ἀγαθός, τρέμων τοὺς λόγους τοῦ θεοῦ.
eso akakos, hēsychos, agathos, tremōn tous logous tou theou.
Be guileless, quiet, good, trembling at the words of God.
Isa 66:2 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Be guileless and quiet, trembling at God's words.
- Cf. Did. 3.8; Isa 66:2.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.8 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.8.3 (Funk 1:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-8-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.8.4Funk 1:396
οὐχ ὑψώσεις σεαυτὸν ὡς ὁ Φαρισαῖος, ὅτι πᾶς ὃ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται, καὶ τὸ ὑψηλὸν ἐν ἀνθρώποις βδέλυγμα παρὰ θεῷ.
ouch hypsōseis seauton hōs ho Pharisaios, hoti pas ho hypsōn heauton tapeinōthēsetai, kai to hypsēlon en anthrōpois bdelygma para theǭ.
You shall not exalt yourself like the Pharisee, because “everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,” and “what is exalted among men is an abomination before God.”
Luke 18:11–14 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 16:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Self-exaltation, like the Pharisee's, is forbidden.
- Cf. Did. 3.9. Luke 18:11–14; 16:15.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): («πᾶς → πᾶς; tavróv → ἑαυτὸν; “, xol ,vó → , καὶ τὸ; 9sQ" → θεῷ.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.9 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.8.4 (Funk 1:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-8-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.8.5Funk 1:396
οὐ δώσεις τῇ ψυχῇ σου θράσος, ὅτι ἀνὴρ θρασὺς ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κακά.
ou dōseis tę̄ psychę̄ sou thrasos, hoti anēr thrasys empeseitai eis kaka.
You shall not give boldness to your soul, because “a bold man will fall into evils.”
Prov 13:17 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Rashness leads into evils.
- Cf. Did. 3.9. Prov 13:17 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,(ἀνὴρ → ἀνὴρ; ά“. → ά..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.9 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.8.5 (Funk 1:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-8-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.8.6Funk 1:396
οὐ συμπορεύσῃ μετὰ ἀφρόνων, ἀλλὰ μετὰ σοφῶν καὶ δικαίων.
ou symporeusę̄ meta aphronōn, alla meta sophōn kai dikaiōn.
You shall not walk with fools, but with the wise and righteous.
Notes and citation
Summary: Keep company with the wise and righteous.
- Cf. Did. 3.9.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.9 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.8.6 (Funk 1:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-8-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.8.7Funk 1:396–398
τὰ συμβαίνοντα σοι πάθη εὐμενῶς δέχου καὶ τὰς περιστάσεις ἀλύπως, εἰδώς, ὅτι μισθός σοι παρὰ θεοῦ δοθήσεται ὡς τῷ Ἰὼβ καὶ τῷ Λαζάρῳ.
ta symbainonta soi pathē eumenōs dechou kai tas peristaseis alypōs, eidōs, hoti misthos soi para theou dothēsetai hōs tǭ Iōb kai tǭ Lazarǭ.
Receive kindly the sufferings that befall you, and hardships without grief, knowing that a reward will be given you by God, as to Job and to Lazarus.
Job 42:10 (allusion, medium confidence) · Luke 16:22–25 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Sufferings are to be accepted, for God rewards them as he did Job and Lazarus.
- Cf. Did. 3.10. Job 42:10–17; Luke 16:22–25.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): δοθηήσεται → δοθήσεται; Λαζάρῳφ → Λαζάρῳ.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 3.10 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.8.7 (Funk 1:396–398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-8-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 9
7.9.1Funk 1:398
Τὸν λαλοῦντά σοι τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ δοξάσεις, μνησθήσῃ δὲ αὐτοῦ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, τιμήσεις δὲ αὐτὸν οὐχ ὡς γενέσεως αἴτιον, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς τοῦ εὖ εἶναί σοι πρόξενον γενόμενον. ὅπου γὰρ ἡ περὶ θεοῦ διδασκαλία, ἐκεῖ ὁ θεὸς πάρεστιν.
Ton lalounta soi ton logon tou theou doxaseis, mnēsthēsę̄ de autou hēmeras kai nyktos, timēseis de auton ouch hōs geneseōs aition, all᾽ hōs tou eu einai soi proxenon genomenon. hopou gar hē peri theou didaskalia, ekei ho theos parestin.
“Him who speaks to you the word of God” you shall glorify, and you shall remember him day and night, and you shall honor him, not as the cause of your birth, but as having become the means of your well-being; for where the teaching about God is, there God is present.
Heb 13:7 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The teacher of God's word is to be honored, for God is present in that teaching.
- Cf. Did. 4.1; Heb 13:7.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,Tóv → Τὸν; ῦ“ → ῦ ; νυχτός → νυκτός; Ób → δὲ ; ." → . .
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.1 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.9.1 (Funk 1:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-9-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.9.2Funk 1:398
ἐκζητήσεις καθ᾽ ἡμέραν τὸ πρόσωπον τῶν ἁγίων, ἵν ἐπαναπαύῃ τοῖς λόγοις αὐτῶν.
ekzētēseis kath᾽ hēmeran to prosōpon tōn hagiōn, hin epanapauę̄ tois logois autōn.
You shall seek out daily the faces of the saints, so that you may find rest in their words.
Notes and citation
Summary: Seek the company of the saints daily.
- Cf. Did. 4.2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐκχζητήσεις xa^ → ἐκζητήσεις καθ᾽; πρόσωπο» → πρόσωπον.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.2 (Didache; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.9.2 (Funk 1:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-9-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 10
7.10.1Funk 1:398
Οὐ ποιήσεις σχίσματα πρὸς τοὺς ἁγίους, μνησθεὶς τῶν Κορειτῶν.
Ou poiēseis schismata pros tous hagious, mnēstheis tōn Koreitōn.
You shall not make schisms against the saints, remembering the Korahites.
Num 16:1–35 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Schism against the saints is forbidden.
- Cf. Did. 4.3; Num 16.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.3 (Didache; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.10.1 (Funk 1:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-10-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.10.2Funk 1:398
εἰρηνεύσεις μαχομένους ὡς Μωσῆς, συναλλάσσων εἰς φιλίαν.
eirēneuseis machomenous hōs Mōsēs, synallassōn eis philian.
You shall make peace between those who quarrel, as Moses did, reconciling them to friendship.
Acts 7:26 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Make peace between those who quarrel.
- Cf. Did. 4.3; Exod 2:13; Acts 7:26.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.3 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.10.2 (Funk 1:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-10-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.10.3Funk 1:398
κρινεῖς δικαίως· τοῦ γὰρ κυρίου ἡ κρίσις.
krineis dikaiōs; tou gar kyriou hē krisis.
You shall judge justly; “for the judgment is the Lord's.”
Deut 1:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Judge justly.
- Cf. Did. 4.3; Deut 1:17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " , → · ; “ yàg ,xvolov → γὰρ κυρίου; ς“. → ς..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.3 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.10.3 (Funk 1:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-10-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.10.4Funk 1:398
οὐ λήψῃ πρόσωπον ἐλέγξαι ἐπὶ παραπτώματι, ὡς Ἠλίας καὶ Μιχαίας τὸν Ἀχαάβ καὶ Ἀβδεμέλεχ ὃ Αἰθίοψ τὸν Σεδεκίαν καὶ Νάθαν τὸν Δαυίδ καὶ Ἰωάννης τὸν Ἡρώδην.
ou lēpsę̄ prosōpon elenxai epi paraptōmati, hōs Ēlias kai Michaias ton Achaab kai Abdemelech ho Aithiops ton Sedekian kai Nathan ton Dauid kai Iōannēs ton Hērōdēn.
You shall not show partiality in reproving a transgression, as Elijah and Micaiah did not with Ahab, nor Ebed-melech the Ethiopian with Zedekiah, nor Nathan with David, nor John with Herod.
1 Kgs 21:20 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Kgs 22:17 (allusion, high confidence) · Jer 38:7–9 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Sam 12:7 (allusion, high confidence) · Mark 6:18 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Transgressions are to be reproved without partiality, as the prophets reproved kings.
- Cf. Did. 4.3. 1 Kgs 21:20; 22:17; Jer 38:7–9; 2 Sam 12:7; Mark 6:18.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Αἰθίοῳφ → Αἰθίοψ; Ná8av → Νάθαν.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.3 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.10.4 (Funk 1:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-10-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 11
7.11.1Funk 1:398
Μὴ γίνου δίψυχος ἐν προσευχῇ σου, εἰ ἔσται ἢ οὐ· λέγει γὰρ ὁ κύριος ἐμοὶ Πέτρῳ ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης· Ὀλιγόπιστε, εἰς τί ἐδίστασας;
Mē ginou dipsychos en proseuchę̄ sou, ei estai ē ou; legei gar ho kyrios emoi Petrǭ epi tēs thalassēs; Oligopiste, eis ti edistasas?
Do not be double-minded in your prayer, whether it will be or not; for the Lord says to me, Peter, on the sea, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
Matt 14:31 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Prayer must be without doubting.
- Cf. Did. 4.4. Matt 14:31.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ὐ" → ὐ· ; " ,, → · ; £ólovacac'' → ἐδίστασας.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.4 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.11.1 (Funk 1:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-11-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 12
7.12.1Funk 1:398
Μὴ γίνου πρὸς μὲν τὸ λαβεῖν ἐκτείνων τὴν χεῖρα, πρὸς δὲ τὸ δοῦναι συστέλλων.
Mē ginou pros men to labein ekteinōn tēn cheira, pros de to dounai systellōn.
Do not be one who stretches out the hand to receive but draws it in when it comes to giving.
Notes and citation
Summary: Be as ready to give as to receive.
- Cf. Did. 4.5; Sir 4:31.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): uiv → μὲν; ὁὲ → δὲ .
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.5 (Didache; quotation); Sir 4:31 (Sirach [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.12.1 (Funk 1:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.12.2Funk 1:398
ἐὰν ἔχῃς, διὰ τῶν χειρῶν σου δός, ἵνα ἐργάσῃ εἰς λύτρωσιν ἁμαρτιῶν σου, ἐλεημοσύναις γὰρ καὶ πίστεσιν ἀποκαθαίρονται ἁμαρτίαι.
ean echę̄s, dia tōn cheirōn sou dos, hina ergasę̄ eis lytrōsin hamartiōn sou, eleēmosynais gar kai pistesin apokathairontai hamartiai.
If you have something through the work of your hands, give, so that you may work for the ransom of your sins; for “by almsgiving and faithfulness sins are purged away.”
Prov 16:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Almsgiving ransoms sins.
- Cf. Did. 4.6. Quotation: Prov 16:6 (15:27a LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ὁός → δός; ἐλεημοσύναις“. → ἐλεημοσύναις; ι“. → ι..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.6 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.12.2 (Funk 1:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-12-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.12.3Funk 1:398
οὐ διστάσεις δοῦναι πτωχῷ, οὐδὲ διδοὺς γογγύσεις᾽ γνώσῃ γάρ, τίς ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ μισθοῦ ἀνταποδότης· Ὁ ἐλεῶν γάρ, φησίν, πτωχὸν κυρίῳ δανείζει, κατὰ δὲ τὸ δόμα αὐτοῦ, οὕτως ἀνταποδοθήσεται αὐτῷ.
ou distaseis dounai ptōchǭ, oude didous gongyseis᾽ gnōsę̄ gar, tis estin ho tou misthou antapodotēs; Ho eleōn gar, phēsin, ptōchon kyriǭ daneizei, kata de to doma autou, houtōs antapodothēsetai autǭ.
You shall not hesitate to give to the poor, nor grumble when you give; for you will know who is the rewarder of the wage; for “he who has mercy on the poor lends to the Lord, and according to his gift so will it be repaid to him.”
Prov 19:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Give to the poor without hesitation, for the Lord repays.
- Cf. Did. 4.7. Quotation: Prov 19:17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): " ,,0 ἐλεῶν“ → · Ὁ ἐλεῶν; (πτωχὸν → πτωχὸν; ῷ“. → ῷ..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.7 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.12.3 (Funk 1:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-12-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.12.4Funk 1:398
οὐκ
ouk
You shall not
Notes and citation
Summary: The sentence begun here continues in ref 7.12.7.
- The OCR printed into this ref the parallel text of the Didache (Did. 4.1–4) from the lower part of Funk's page; it is removed. The Constitutions' sentence continues in 7.12.7 (“turn away from one in need …”). Refs 7.12.5 and 7.12.6 contain only that parallel Didache text (Did. 4.5–6) and are not translated.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: parallel Didache text (Did. 4.1–4) from Funk's page removed): * 3 * IV. Téxvov μου, , ToO λαλοῦντός σοι τὸν λόγον τοῦ 9:00 μνησθήσῃ“ νυχτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας, τιμήσεις δὲ αὐτὸν ὡς κύριον" ὅθεν γὰρ ἡ κυριότης λαλεῖται, ἐκεῖ κύριός ἐστιν. 2. ἐχζητήσεις ὁὲ xa. ἡμέραν τὰ πρόσωπα τῶν ἁγίων, ἵνα ἐπαναπαῇς τοῖς λόγοις αὐτῶν. 3. οὐ ποιήσεις σχίσμα, εἰρηνεύσεις δὲ μαχομένους" κρινεῖς δικαίως, οὐ λήψῃ πρόσωπον ἐλέγξαι ἐπὶ παραπτώμασιν. 4. οὐ διψυχήσεις, πότερον ἔσται ἢ oU. → .
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.12.4 (Funk 1:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-12-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.12.7Funk 1:398–400
ἀποστραφήσῃ ἐνδεόμενον· Ὃς φράσσει γάρ, φησί, τὰ ὦτα αὐτοῦ τοῦ μὴ εἰσακοῦσαι τοῦ δεομένου, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπικαλέσεται, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ εἰσακούων αὐτοῦ. κοινωνήσεις εἰς πάντα τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου καὶ οὐκ ἐρεῖς ἴδια εἶναι, κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ μετάληψις παρὰ θεοῦ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις παρεσκευάσθη.
apostraphēsę̄ endeomenon; Hos phrassei gar, phēsi, ta ōta autou tou mē eisakousai tou deomenou, kai autos epikalesetai, kai ouk estai ho eisakouōn autou. koinōnēseis eis panta tǭ adelphǭ sou kai ouk ereis idia einai, koinē gar hē metalēpsis para theou pasin anthrōpois pareskeuasthē.
turn away from one in need; for “whoever stops his ears,” it says, “so as not to hear the one in need, he too will call, and there will be no one to hear him.” You shall share all things with your brother and shall not say they are your own; for the common partaking was prepared by God for all men.
Prov 21:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 4:32 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Do not turn from the needy; share everything with your brother.
- This ref continues the sentence begun in 7.12.4. Its opening words in the scan (Did. 4.7, from Funk's parallel Didache text) are removed, and so is a stray numeral. Quotation: Prov 21:13; cf. Did. 4.8; Acts 4:32.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: stray numeral removed; OCR: parallel Didache text (Did. 4.7) removed): οὐ διστάσεις δοῦναι οὐδὲ διδοὺς γογγύσεις" γνώσῃ γάρ, τίς ἐστιν ὃ τοῦ μισθοῦ → ; ivórtóutvov: (Ὸς qodoou' → ἐνδεόμενον· Ὃς φράσσει; ,t& ὦτα → τὰ ὦτα; “. S. κοινωνήσεις → . κοινωνήσεις.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.8 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.12.7 (Funk 1:398–400; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-12-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 13
7.13.1Funk 1:400
Οὐκ ἀρεῖς τὴν χεῖρά σου ἀπὸ τοῦ υἱοῦ σου ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς θυγατρός σου, ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ νεότητος αὐτῶν διδάξεις αὐτοὺς τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ· Παίδευε γάρ, φησί, τὸν υἱόν σου, οὕτως γὰρ ἔσται σοι εὔελπις. οὐκ ἐπιτάξεις δούλῳ σου ἢ παιδίσκῃ τοῖς ἐπὶ τὸν αὐτὸν θεὸν πεποιθόσιν ἐν πικρίᾳ ψυχῆς, μή ποτε στενάξουσιν ἐπὶ σοὶ καὶ ἔσται σοι ὀργὴ παρὰ θεοῦ. καὶ ὑμεῖς, οἱ δοῦλοι, ὑποτάγητε τοῖς κυρίοις ὑμῶν ὡς τύπῳ θεοῦ ἐν αἰσχύνῃ καὶ φόβῳ, ὡς τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνθρώποις.
Ouk areis tēn cheira sou apo tou huiou sou ē apo tēs thygatros sou, alla apo neotētos autōn didaxeis autous ton phobon tou theou; Paideue gar, phēsi, ton huion sou, houtōs gar estai soi euelpis. ouk epitaxeis doulǭ sou ē paidiskę̄ tois epi ton auton theon pepoithosin en pikrią psychēs, mē pote stenaxousin epi soi kai estai soi orgē para theou. kai hymeis, hoi douloi, hypotagēte tois kyriois hymōn hōs typǭ theou en aischynę̄ kai phobǭ, hōs tǭ kyriǭ kai ouk anthrōpois.
You shall not withhold your hand from your son or from your daughter, but from their youth you shall teach them the fear of God; for “discipline your son,” it says, “for so he will be of good hope to you.” [2] You shall not give orders to your slave or your maidservant, who trust in the same God, “in bitterness of soul,” lest they groan against you and wrath come upon you from God. [3] And you, slaves, be subject to your masters as to a figure of God, with modesty and fear, “as to the Lord and not to men.”
Prov 19:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 6:5–7 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 3:22 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Parents must teach their children the fear of God; masters must not be harsh, and slaves must obey.
- The section numbers 2 and 3 (with an older chapter number) were lost in the OCR; “[2]” and “[3]” mark where they begin. The opening words of the quotation are garbled in the scan and are read by sense.
- Cf. Did. 4.9–11. Prov 19:18; Eph 6:5–7; Col 3:22.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: section and older chapter number removed; OCR: section number removed): $vyavgóg → θυγατρός; Kia φόβον τοῦ 9:06: ,Iloiósvs" → τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ· Παίδευε; ,tór υἱὸν → τὸν υἱόν; 2 (ΧΙΠ). οὐκ → οὐκ; ,,.ἐν → ἐν; ς", → ς,; 3. καὶ → καὶ; ς"“. → ς..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.9-11 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.13.1 (Funk 1:400; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-13-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 14
7.14.1Funk 1:400
Μισήσεις πᾶσαν ὑπόκρισιν, καὶ πᾶν, ὃ ἐὰν ᾖ ἀρεστὸν κυρίῳ, ποιήσεις.
Misēseis pasan hypokrisin, kai pan, ho ean ę̄ areston kyriǭ, poiēseis.
You shall hate all hypocrisy, and whatever is pleasing to the Lord you shall do.
Notes and citation
Summary: Hate hypocrisy and do what pleases the Lord.
- Cf. Did. 4.12.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὑπόχρισιν → ὑπόκρισιν; ἡ ἀρεστὸν → ᾖ ἀρεστὸν.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.12 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.14.1 (Funk 1:400; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-14-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.14.2Funk 1:400
οὐ μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς ἐντολὰς κυρίου, φυλάξεις δέ, ἃ παρέλαβες παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ, μήτε προστιθεὶς ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς μήτε ἀφαιρῶν ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν· Οὐ προσθήσεις γὰρ τοῖς λόγοις αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ἐλέγξῃ σε καὶ ψευδὴς γένη. ἐξομολογήσῃ κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σου τὰ ἁμαρτήματά σου καὶ οὐκέτι προσθήσεις ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς, ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται παρὰ κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σου, ὃς οὐ βούλεται τὸν θάνατον τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ, ἀλλὰ τὴν μετάνοιαν
ou mē enkatalipę̄s entolas kyriou, phylaxeis de, ha parelabes par᾽ autou, mēte prostitheis ep᾿ autois mēte aphairōn ap᾽ autōn; Ou prosthēseis gar tois logois autou, hina mē elenxę̄ se kai pseudēs genē. exomologēsę̄ kyriǭ tǭ theǭ sou ta hamartēmata sou kai ouketi prosthēseis ep᾽ autois, hina eu soi genētai para kyriǭ tǭ theǭ sou, hos ou bouletai ton thanaton tou hamartōlou, alla tēn metanoian
You shall not forsake “the commandments of the Lord,” but you shall guard what you received from him, “neither adding” to them “nor taking away” from them; for “you shall not add to his words, lest he reprove you and you become a liar.” [3] You shall confess your sins to the Lord your God, and you shall add to them no more, so that it may be well with you before the Lord your God, “who does not desire the death of the sinner, but his repentance.”
Deut 4:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 12:32 (allusion, medium confidence) · Prov 30:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 33:11 (quotation, medium confidence) · Ezek 18:23 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Keep the Lord's commandments unaltered and confess your sins.
- The section number 3 was lost in the OCR; “[3]” marks where it begins.
- Cf. Did. 4.13–14. Deut 4:2; 12:32; Prov 30:6; Ezek 18:23; 33:11.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: section number removed): ,,(ἐντολὰς → ἐντολὰς; φυλά&uc^ → φυλάξεις; παρ΄ → παρ᾽; ,μ → μ; προστιθ εὶς“ → προστιθεὶς; “ àx αὐτῶν" ,00 προσθήσεις““ yàg ,, → ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν· Οὐ προσθήσεις γὰρ ; “. 3: ἐξομολογήσῃ → . ἐξομολογήσῃ; »ὃ → ὃ; ἰλλὰ → ἀλλὰ; αν“ → αν.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.13-14 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.14.2 (Funk 1:400; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-14-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 15
7.15.1Funk 1:400–402
Τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου θεραπεύσεις ὡς αἰτίους σοι γενέσεως, ἵνα γένῃ μακροχρόνιος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἧς κύριος ὁ θεός σου δίδωσί σοι.
Ton patera sou kai tēn mētera sou therapeuseis hōs aitious soi geneseōs, hina genę̄ makrochronios epi tēs gēs hēs kyrios ho theos sou didōsi soi.
“You shall care for your father and your mother” as the causes of your birth, so that you may live long on the land which the Lord your God gives you.
Exod 20:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 6:2–3 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Honor father and mother.
- Exod 20:12; Eph 6:2–3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,Tóv → Τὸν; ς“ → ς ; Z' κύριος 0 θεός σου ὁὀίδωσί Go" → κύριος ὁ θεός σου δίδωσί σοι.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.15.1 (Funk 1:400–402; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-15-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.15.2Funk 1:402
τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου καὶ τοὺς συγγενεῖς σου μὴ ὑπερίδῃς· τοὺς γὰρ οἰκείους τοῦ σπέρματός σου οὐχ ὑπερόψει.
tous adelphous sou kai tous syngeneis sou mē hyperidę̄s; tous gar oikeious tou spermatos sou ouch hyperopsei.
Do not overlook your brothers and your kinsmen; for “you shall not disregard those of your own seed.”
Isa 58:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Do not neglect your kin.
- Isa 58:7 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): " ,,ιτοὺς““ → · τοὺς; ,,ο → ο; ι“. → ι..
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.15.2 (Funk 1:402; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-15-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 16
7.16.1Funk 1:402
Τὸν βασιλέα φοβηθήσῃ, εἰδώς, ὅτι τοῦ κυρίου ἐστὶν ἡ χειροτονία· τοὺς ἄρχοντας αὐτοῦ τιμήσεις ὡς λειτουργοὺς θεοῦ, ἔκδικοι γάρ εἰσιν πάσης ἀδικίας οἷς ἀποτίσατε τέλος, φόρον καὶ πᾶσαν εἰσφορὰν εὐγνωμόνως.
Ton basilea phobēthēsę̄, eidōs, hoti tou kyriou estin hē cheirotonia; tous archontas autou timēseis hōs leitourgous theou, ekdikoi gar eisin pasēs adikias hois apotisate telos, phoron kai pasan eisphoran eugnōmonōs.
You shall fear the king, knowing that his appointment is the Lord's; you shall honor his rulers as “ministers of God, for they are avengers of all injustice”; to whom pay tax, tribute, and every contribution with good will.
Rom 13:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 13:7 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Pet 2:17 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Fear the king, honor his officials, and pay taxes willingly.
- Rom 13:1–7; 1 Pet 2:17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): 7 χειροτονία᾽ → ἡ χειροτονία·; ,,λ → λ; ἔχδικοι → ἔκδικοι; ““" → ; εὐγνωμόνος → εὐγνωμόνως.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.16.1 (Funk 1:402; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-16-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 17
7.17.1Funk 1:402
Οὐ προσελεύσῃ ἐπὶ προσευχήν σου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πονηρίας σου, πρὶν ἂν λύσης τὴν πικρίαν σου.
Ou proseleusę̄ epi proseuchēn sou en hēmerą ponērias sou, prin an lysēs tēn pikrian sou.
You shall not come to your prayer on the day of your wickedness, before you have put away your bitterness.
Matt 5:23–24 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Do not pray while holding bitterness.
- Cf. Did. 4.14; Matt 5:23–24.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.14 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.17.1 (Funk 1:402; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-17-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.17.2Funk 1:402
αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ὁδὸς τῆς ζωῆς, ἧς γένοιτο ἐντὸς ὑμᾶς εὑρεθῆναι διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν.
hautē estin hē hodos tēs zōēs, hēs genoito entos hymas heurethēnai dia Iēsou Christou tou kyriou hēmōn.
This is the way of life; may it be granted you to be found within it, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Notes and citation
Summary: The way of life ends with a blessing.
- Cf. Did. 4.14.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): δόὺς → ὁδὸς.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 4.14 (Didache; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.17.2 (Funk 1:402; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-17-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 18
7.18.1Funk 1:402
Ἡ δὲ ὁδὸς τοῦ θανάτου ἐστὶν ἐν πράξεσι πονηραῖς θεωρουμένη᾽ ἐν αὐτῇ γὰρ ἄγνοια τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πολλῶν θεῶν ἐπεισαγωγή, Ó ὧν φόνοι, μοιχεῖαι, πορνεῖαι, ἐπιορκίαι, ἐπιθυμίαι παράνομοι, κλοπαί εἰδωλολατρεῖαι, μαγίαι, φαρμακεῖαι, ἁρπαγαί, ψευδομαρτυρίαι, ὑποκρίσεις, διπλοκαρδίαι, δόλος, ὑπερηφανία, κακία, αὐθάδεια, πλεονεξία, αἰσχρολογία, ζηλοτυπία, θρασύτης, ὑψηλοφροσύνη, ἀλαζονεία ἀφοβία, διωγμὸς ἀγαθῶν, ἀληθείας ἔχθρα, ψεύδους ἀγάπη, ἄγνοια δικαιοσύνης.
Hē de hodos tou thanatou estin en praxesi ponērais theōroumenē᾽ en autę̄ gar agnoia tou theou kai pollōn theōn epeisagōgē, O hōn phonoi, moicheiai, porneiai, epiorkiai, epithymiai paranomoi, klopai eidōlolatreiai, magiai, pharmakeiai, harpagai, pseudomartyriai, hypokriseis, diplokardiai, dolos, hyperēphania, kakia, authadeia, pleonexia, aischrologia, zēlotypia, thrasytēs, hypsēlophrosynē, alazoneia aphobia, diōgmos agathōn, alētheias echthra, pseudous agapē, agnoia dikaiosynēs.
But the way of death is seen in wicked deeds; for in it is ignorance of God and the bringing in of many gods, from which come “murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities,” perjuries, lawless desires, “thefts,” idolatries, magic, sorcery, robberies, “false witness,” hypocrisies, double-heartedness, “deceit, arrogance, malice,” self-will, “covetousness,” foul talk, jealousy, rashness, haughtiness, “boastfulness,” fearlessness, persecution of the good, hatred of the truth, love of falsehood, ignorance of righteousness.
Mark 7:21–22 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The way of death is ignorance of God and every vice.
- Cf. Did. 5.1; Mark 7:21–22.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): óó0c → ὁδὸς; àv αὐτῇ → ἐν αὐτῇ; xci → καὶ; ,,φ → φ; ῖαι“, ἐ → ῖαι, ἐ; ,,χλοπαί“,, → κλοπαί; ιφευδομαρτυρίαι“ → ψευδομαρτυρίαι; ,δ → δ; κία“, α → κία, α; ,π → π; ξία“, α → ξία, α; ,,ἀ → ἀ; α“,, → α .
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 5.1 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.18.1 (Funk 1:402; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-18-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.18.2Funk 1:402–404
οἱ γὰρ τούτων ποιηταὶ οὐ κολλῶνται ἀγαθῷ οὐδὲ κρίσει δικαίᾳ, ἀγρυπνοῦσιν οὐκ εἰς τὸ ἀγαθόν, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς τὸ πονηρόν᾽ ὧν μακρὰν πραότης καὶ ὑπομονή, μάταια ἀγαπῶντες, διώκοντες ἀνταπόδομα, οὐκ ἐλεοῦντες πτωχόν, οὐ πονοῦντες ἐπὶ καταπονουμένῳ, οὐ γινώσκοντες τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτούς, φονεῖς τέκνων, φθορεῖς πλάσματος θεοῦ, ἀποστρεφόμενοι ἐνδεόμενον, καταπονοῦντες θλιβόμενον, πλουσίων παράκλητοι, πενήτων ὑπερόπται, πανθαμάρτητοι. ῥυσθείητε, τέκνα, ἀπὸ τούτων ἁπάντων.
hoi gar toutōn poiētai ou kollōntai agathǭ oude krisei dikaią, agrypnousin ouk eis to agathon, all᾽ eis to ponēron᾽ hōn makran praotēs kai hypomonē, mataia agapōntes, diōkontes antapodoma, ouk eleountes ptōchon, ou ponountes epi kataponoumenǭ, ou ginōskontes ton poiēsanta autous, phoneis teknōn, phthoreis plasmatos theou, apostrephomenoi endeomenon, kataponountes thlibomenon, plousiōn paraklētoi, penētōn hyperoptai, panthamartētoi. rhystheiēte, tekna, apo toutōn hapantōn.
For those who do these things do not “cling to the good” nor to righteous judgment; they keep vigil not for the good but for evil; far from them are meekness and patience; “loving vain things, pursuing reward,” not pitying the poor, not toiling for the oppressed, not knowing him who made them, “murderers of children,” corrupters of God's handiwork, turning away the needy, oppressing the afflicted, advocates of the rich, despisers of the poor, utterly sinful. May you be delivered, children, from all these.
Rom 12:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Those on the way of death love evil and oppress the poor.
- Cf. Did. 5.2; Rom 12:9.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): oí γὰρ → οἱ γὰρ; ,,κ → κ; ἀγαθῳῷ“ → ἀγαθῷ; (μάταια → μάταια; α“, → α,; ov πονοῦντες → οὐ πονοῦντες; ,,(φονεῖς → φονεῖς; ν“, → ν,.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 5.2 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.18.2 (Funk 1:402–404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-18-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 19
7.19.1Funk 1:404
Ὅρα, μή τίς σε πλανήσῃ ἀπὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας· Οὐκ ἐκκλινεῖς γάρ, φησίν, ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς δεξιὰ ἢ εὐώνυμα, ἵνα συνῇς ἐν πᾶσιν οἷς ἐὰν πράσσῃς οὗ γὰρ ἂν ἐκτραπῇς ἔξω τῆς εὐθείας ὁδοῦ, δυσσεβήσεις.
Hora, mē tis se planēsę̄ apo tēs eusebeias; Ouk ekklineis gar, phēsin, ap᾽ autēs dexia ē euōnyma, hina synę̄s en pasin hois ean prassę̄s hou gar an ektrapę̄s exō tēs eutheias hodou, dyssebēseis.
“See that no one leads you astray” from piety; “for you shall not turn aside,” it says, “from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have understanding in all that you do”; for if you turn aside from the straight way, you will act impiously.
Deut 5:32 (quotation, high confidence) · Josh 1:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Do not turn aside from piety.
- Cf. Did. 6.1. Deut 5:32; Josh 1:7.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ῃ“" → ῃ ; " 00x ἐχκλινεῖς → · Οὐκ ἐκκλινεῖς; , ἀπ᾽ → ἀπ᾽; ς““ → ς ; ἐχτραπῇς → ἐκτραπῇς.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 6.1 (Didache; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.19.1 (Funk 1:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-19-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 20
7.20.1Funk 1:404
Περὶ δὲ βρωμάτων λέγει σοι ὃ κύριος· Τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς φάγεσθε καί ,Πᾶν κρέας ἔδεσθε ὡς λάχανα χλόης, τὸ δὲ αἷμα ἐκχεεῖς· οὐ γὰρ τὰ εἰσερχόμενα εἰς τὸ στόμα κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἀλλὰ τὰ ἐκπορευόμενα λέγω δὴ βλασφημίαι, καταλαλιαὶ καὶ εἴ τι τοιοῦτον.
Peri de brōmatōn legei soi ho kyrios; Ta agatha tēs gēs phagesthe kai ,Pan kreas edesthe hōs lachana chloēs, to de haima ekcheeis; ou gar ta eiserchomena eis to stoma koinoi ton anthrōpon, alla ta ekporeuomena legō dē blasphēmiai, katalaliai kai ei ti toiouton.
Concerning foods the Lord says to you, “You shall eat the good things of the land,” and “every meat you shall eat like green herbs, but the blood you shall pour out”; for “it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out,” I mean “blasphemies,” slanders, and anything of that kind.
Isa 1:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 9:3–4 (allusion, high confidence) · Deut 12:15–16 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 15:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 15:19 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: All foods may be eaten except blood; what comes out of the mouth defiles.
- Cf. Did. 6.3. Isa 1:19; Gen 9:3–4; Deut 12:15–16; Matt 15:11, 19.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " ,, → · ; ε“,, → ε ; Ilàv → Πᾶν; ἐχχεεῖς" → ἐκχεεῖς·; ὐ“ → ὐ ; ,,ιτὰ → τὰ; α“,, → α ; ,,β → β; ι“, → ι,.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 6.3 (Didache; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.20.1 (Funk 1:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-20-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.20.2Funk 1:404
σὺ δὲ φάγῃ τὸν μυελὸν τῆς γῆς μετὰ δικαιοσύνης, ὅτι εἴ τι καλόν, αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἴ τι ἀγαθόν, αὐτοῦ᾽ σῖτος νεανίσκοις καὶ οἶνος εὐωδιάζων παρθένοις· τίς γὰρ φάγεται ἢ τίς πίεται πάρεξ αὐτοῦ;
sy de phagę̄ ton myelon tēs gēs meta dikaiosynēs, hoti ei ti kalon, autou, kai ei ti agathon, autou᾽ sitos neaniskois kai oinos euōdiazōn parthenois; tis gar phagetai ē tis pietai parex autou?
But you, “eat the marrow of the land” with righteousness; for “if there is anything fair, it is his, and if anything good, it is his: grain for young men and fragrant wine for maidens”; for “who will eat or who will drink apart from him?”
Gen 45:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Zech 9:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Eccl 2:25 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The good things of the earth are God's gifts.
- Gen 45:18; Zech 9:17 (LXX); Eccl 2:25 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ὲ ,φά → ὲ φά; ῆς“ μ → ῆς μ; ,,τι εἴ τι καλόν → ὅτι εἴ τι καλόν; νεανίσχοις → νεανίσκοις; ς" → ς· ; ίς“ γ → ίς γ; ρ ,φά → ρ φά; παρὲξ → πάρεξ; ῦ“; → ῦ;.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.20.2 (Funk 1:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-20-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 21
7.21.1Funk 1:404
ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων φεύγετε ἐπὶ τιμῇ γὰρ δαιμόνων θύουσι ταῦτα, ἐφ᾽ ὕβρει δηλαδὴ τοῦ μόνου θεοῦ· ὅπως μὴ γένησθε κοινωνοὶ δαιμόνων.
apo de tōn eidōlothytōn pheugete epi timę̄ gar daimonōn thyousi tauta, eph᾽ hybrei dēladē tou monou theou; hopōs mē genēsthe koinōnoi daimonōn.
But flee from things sacrificed to idols; for they sacrifice them in honor of demons, that is, in insult to the only God; so that you may not become “partners of demons.”
1 Cor 10:20 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Food offered to idols must be avoided.
- Cf. Did. 6.3; 1 Cor 10:20.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ὁδαιμόνων → δαιμόνων; " ὕπως Un → · ὅπως μὴ; ν“. → ν..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 6.3 (Didache; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.21.1 (Funk 1:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-21-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 22
7.22.1Funk 1:404–406
Περὶ δὲ βαπτίσματος, ὦ ἐπίσκοπε ἢ πρεσβύτερε, ἤδη μὲν καὶ πρότερον διεταξάμεθα, καὶ νῦν δέ φαμεν, ὅτι οὕτως βαπτίσεις, ὡς ὁ κύριος διετάξατο ἡμῖν λέγων· Πορευθέντες μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, βαπτίζοντες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, διδάσκοντες αὐτοὺς τηρεῖν πάντα, ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν· τοῦ ἀποστείλαντος πατρός, τοῦ ἐλθόντος Χριστοῦ, τοῦ μαρτυρήσαντος παρακλήτου.
Peri de baptismatos, ō episkope ē presbytere, ēdē men kai proteron dietaxametha, kai nyn de phamen, hoti houtōs baptiseis, hōs ho kyrios dietaxato hēmin legōn; Poreuthentes mathēteusate panta ta ethnē, baptizontes autous eis to onoma tou patros kai tou huiou kai tou hagiou pneumatos, didaskontes autous tērein panta, hosa eneteilamēn hymin; tou aposteilantos patros, tou elthontos Christou, tou martyrēsantos paraklētou.
Concerning baptism, O bishop or presbyter, we have already given directions before, and now too we say that you shall baptize thus, as the Lord commanded us, saying, “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you”: of the Father who sent, of Christ who came, of the Paraclete who bore witness.
Matt 28:19–20 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Baptism is given in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, as Christ commanded.
- Cf. Did. 7.1; Matt 28:19–20.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray marks): ἐπίσχοπε → ἐπίσκοπε; ἡ δὴ piv xoi → ἤδη μὲν καὶ; xoi νῦν ὁέ → καὶ νῦν δέ; " ς ΄ - L A βαπτίσεις → βαπτίσεις; 0 κύριος → ὁ κύριος; " , → · ; αὑτοὺς → αὐτοὺς; ouiv' → ὑμῖν·; παραχλήτου → παρακλήτου.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 7.1 (Didache; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.22.1 (Funk 1:404–406; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-22-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.22.2Funk 1:406
κρίσεις δὲ πρῶτον ἐλαίῳ ἁγίῳ, ἔπειτα βαπτίσεις ὕδατι, καὶ τελευταῖον σφραγίσεις μύρῳ, ἵνα τὸ μὲν χρῖσμα μετοχὴ ᾖ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ σύμβολον τοῦ θανάτου, τὸ δὲ μύρον σφραγὶς τῶν συνθηκῶν.
kriseis de prōton elaiǭ hagiǭ, epeita baptiseis hydati, kai teleutaion sphragiseis myrǭ, hina to men chrisma metochē ę̄ tou hagiou pneumatos, to de hydōr symbolon tou thanatou, to de myron sphragis tōn synthēkōn.
And you shall first anoint with holy oil, then baptize with water, and finally seal with chrism, so that the anointing may be a participation of the Holy Spirit, the water a symbol of the death, and the chrism a seal of the covenants.
Notes and citation
Summary: Baptism is given with oil, water and chrism, each with its meaning.
- “Chrism” renders μύρον, the perfumed oil of the final sealing.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: κ read as χ): χρίσεις → κρίσεις; μετοχὴ ἡ → μετοχὴ ᾖ.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.22.2 (Funk 1:406; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-22-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.22.3Funk 1:406
εἰ δὲ μήτε ἔλαιον ᾖ μήτε μύρον, ἀρκεῖ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ πρὸς χρῖσιν καὶ πρὸς σφραγῖδα καὶ πρὸς ὁμολογίαν τοῦ ἀποθανόντος ἤτοι συναποθνήσκοντος.
ei de mēte elaion ę̄ mēte myron, arkei to hydōr kai pros chrisin kai pros sphragida kai pros homologian tou apothanontos ētoi synapothnēskontos.
But if there is neither oil nor chrism, water suffices both for anointing and for sealing and for the confession of him who died, that is, of one who is dying with him.
Notes and citation
Summary: If oil and chrism are lacking, water suffices.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἢ μήτε → ᾖ μήτε; πρὲς → πρὸς.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.22.3 (Funk 1:406; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-22-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.22.4Funk 1:406
πρὸ δὲ τοῦ βαπτίσματος νηστευσάτω ὁ βαπτιζόμενος· καὶ γὰρ ὁ κύριος πρῶτον βαπτισθεὶς ὑπὸ Ἰωάννου καὶ εἰς τὴν ἔρημον αὐλισθεὶς μετέπειτα, ἐνήστευσεν τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας καὶ τεσσαράκοντα νύκτας.
pro de tou baptismatos nēsteusatō ho baptizomenos; kai gar ho kyrios prōton baptistheis hypo Iōannou kai eis tēn erēmon aulistheis metepeita, enēsteusen tessarakonta hēmeras kai tessarakonta nyktas.
And before baptism let the one being baptized fast; for the Lord too, after first being baptized by John and afterwards “lodging in the wilderness,” “fasted forty days and forty nights.”
Matt 3:16 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 4:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The candidate fasts before baptism, as Christ fasted after his.
- Cf. Did. 7.4; Matt 3:16; 4:1–2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ς" → ς· ; 0 κύριος → ὁ κύριος; καὶ, → καὶ; ς““ → ς ; τεσσαράχοντα → τεσσαράκοντα; ς“. → ς..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 7.4 (Didache; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.22.4 (Funk 1:406; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-22-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.22.5Funk 1:406
ἐβαπτίσθη δὲ καὶ ἐνήστευσεν οὐκ αὐτὸς ἀπορυπώσεως ἢ νηστείας χρείαν ἔχων ἢ καθάρσεως, ὃ τῇ φύσει καθαρὸς καὶ ἅγιος, ἀλλ ἵνα καὶ Ἰωάννῃ ἀλήθειαν προσμαρτυρήσῃ καὶ ἡμῖν ὑπογραμμὸν παράσχηται.
ebaptisthē de kai enēsteusen ouk autos aporypōseōs ē nēsteias chreian echōn ē katharseōs, ho tę̄ physei katharos kai hagios, all hina kai Iōannę̄ alētheian prosmartyrēsę̄ kai hēmin hypogrammon paraschētai.
And he was baptized and fasted, not because he himself had need of washing or fasting or purification, he who is by nature pure and holy, but so that he might both bear witness to the truth for John and provide an example for us.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ, being pure, was baptized and fasted as an example for us.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὁὲ → δὲ ; ἐνηστευσεν → ἐνήστευσεν.
Topics: Baptism, Christology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.22.5 (Funk 1:406; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-22-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.22.6Funk 1:406–408
οὐκοῦν ὃ μὲν κύριος οὐχ εἰς ἑαυτοῦ πάθος ἐβαπτίσατο ἢ θάνατον ἢ ἀνάστασιν, οὐδέπω γὰρ οὐδὲν τούτων ἐγεγόνει, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς διάταξιν ἑτέραν διὸ καὶ ἀπ᾽ ἐξουσίας μετὰ τὸ βάπτισμα νηστεύει ὡς κύριος Ἰωάννου· ὃ δὲ εἰς τὸν αὐτοῦ θάνατον μυούμενος πρότερον ὀφείλει νηστεῦσαι καὶ τότε βαπτίσασθαι, οὐ γὰρ δίκαιον τὸν συνταφέντα καὶ συναναστάντα παρ᾽ αὐτὴν τὴν ἀνάστασιν κατηφεῖν· οὐ γὰρ κύριος ὃ ἄνθρωπος τῆς διατάξεως τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος, ἐπείπερ ὃ μὲν δεσπότης, ὃ δὲ ὑπήκοος.
oukoun ho men kyrios ouch eis heautou pathos ebaptisato ē thanaton ē anastasin, oudepō gar ouden toutōn egegonei, all᾽ eis diataxin heteran dio kai ap᾽ exousias meta to baptisma nēsteuei hōs kyrios Iōannou; ho de eis ton autou thanaton myoumenos proteron opheilei nēsteusai kai tote baptisasthai, ou gar dikaion ton syntaphenta kai synanastanta par᾽ autēn tēn anastasin katēphein; ou gar kyrios ho anthrōpos tēs diataxeōs tēs tou sōtēros, epeiper ho men despotēs, ho de hypēkoos.
Now the Lord was not baptized into his own passion or death or resurrection, for none of these had yet taken place, but for another ordinance; therefore he also fasts after his baptism, by his own authority, as the Lord of John. But he who is initiated “into his death” ought first to fast and then be baptized; for it is not right that one who has been buried with him and has risen with him should be downcast at the very resurrection. For man is not lord of the Savior's ordinance, since the one is master and the other subject.
Rom 6:3–4 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ fasted after baptism by his own authority, but believers must fast before it.
- Rom 6:3–4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): οὐκobrv → οὐκοῦν; υ" → υ· ; ,sig → εἰς; ς““ → ς ; ν" → ν· .
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.22.6 (Funk 1:406–408; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-22-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 23
7.23.1Funk 1:408
Αἱ δὲ νηστεῖαι ὑμῶν μὴ ἔστωσαν μετὰ τῶν ὑποκριτῶν, νηστεύουσι γὰρ δευτέρᾳ σαββάτων καὶ πέμπτῃ.
Hai de nēsteiai hymōn mē estōsan meta tōn hypokritōn, nēsteuousi gar deuterą sabbatōn kai pemptę̄.
Let your fasts not be with those of the hypocrites; for they fast on the second and the fifth day of the week.
Matt 6:16 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians must not fast on the days the hypocrites fast.
- Cf. Did. 8.1; Matt 6:16. The “hypocrites” are those who fast on Monday and Thursday, the Jewish fast days.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): 4i δὲ γηστεῖαι → Αἱ δὲ νηστεῖαι; ὑὕὑποκριτῶν“ → ὑποκριτῶν.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 8.1 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.23.1 (Funk 1:408; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-23-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.23.2Funk 1:408
ὑμεῖς δὲ ἢ τὰς πέντε νηστεύσατε ἡμέρας, ἢ τετράδα καὶ παρασκευήν, ὅτι τῇ μὲν τετράδι ἡ κρίσις ἐξῆλθεν ἡ κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου, Ἰούδα χρήμασιν ἐπαγγειλαμένου τὴν προδοσίαν· τῇ δὲ παρασκευῇ, ὅτι ἔπαθεν ὃ κύριος ἐν αὐτῇ πάθος τὸ διὰ σταυροῦ ὑπὸ Ποντίου Πιλάτου.
hymeis de ē tas pente nēsteusate hēmeras, ē tetrada kai paraskeuēn, hoti tę̄ men tetradi hē krisis exēlthen hē kata tou kyriou, Iouda chrēmasin epangeilamenou tēn prodosian; tę̄ de paraskeuę̄, hoti epathen ho kyrios en autę̄ pathos to dia staurou hypo Pontiou Pilatou.
But you, either fast the five days, or Wednesday and Friday: on Wednesday because the judgment went out against the Lord, when Judas promised the betrayal for money; and on Friday because on it the Lord suffered the passion of the cross under Pontius Pilate.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians fast on Wednesday and Friday for the betrayal and the passion.
- Cf. Did. 8.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): T2 πέντε γηστεύσατε → ἢ τὰς πέντε νηστεύσατε; ᾿Ιούδα → Ἰούδα; ν" → ν· ; ÓE παρασκευῖ → δὲ παρασκευῇ.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 8.1 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.23.2 (Funk 1:408; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-23-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.23.3Funk 1:408
τὸ σάββατον μέντοι καὶ τὴν κυριακὴν ἑορτάζετε, ὅτι τὸ μὲν δημιουργίας ἐστὶν ὑπόμνημα, τὸ δὲ ἀναστάσεως.
to sabbaton mentoi kai tēn kyriakēn heortazete, hoti to men dēmiourgias estin hypomnēma, to de anastaseōs.
But keep festival on the Sabbath and on the Lord's day, because the one is a memorial of creation, the other of the resurrection.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Sabbath and Sunday are feasts of creation and resurrection.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.23.3 (Funk 1:408; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-23-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.23.4Funk 1:408
ἓν δὲ μόνον σάββατον ὑμῖν φυλακτέον ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ, τὸ τῆς τοῦ κυρίου ταφῆς, ὅπερ νηστεύειν προσῆκεν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ἑορτάζειν· ἐν ὅσῳ γὰρ ὁ δημιουργὸς ὑπὸ γῆν τυγχάνει, ἰσχυρότερον τὸ περὶ αὐτοῦ πένθος τῆς κατὰ τὴν δημιουργίαν χαρᾶς, ὅτι ὃ δημιουργὸς τῶν ἑαυτοῦ δημιουργημάτων φύσει τε καὶ ἀξίᾳ τιμιώτερος.
hen de monon sabbaton hymin phylakteon en holǭ tǭ eniautǭ, to tēs tou kyriou taphēs, hoper nēsteuein prosēken, all᾽ ouch heortazein; en hosǭ gar ho dēmiourgos hypo gēn tynchanei, ischyroteron to peri autou penthos tēs kata tēn dēmiourgian charas, hoti ho dēmiourgos tōn heautou dēmiourgēmatōn physei te kai axią timiōteros.
But one Sabbath only in the whole year is to be kept by you, that of the Lord's burial, on which it is fitting to fast, not to keep festival; for as long as the Creator is under the earth, the mourning for him is stronger than the joy over creation, because the Creator is more honorable, in nature and in dignity, than his own creatures.
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Summary: Only Holy Saturday is a fast, since the Creator lay in the tomb.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ἕν δὲ → ἓν δὲ; ν" → ν· ; ξαυτοῦ → ἑαυτοῦ.
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.23.4 (Funk 1:408; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-23-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 24
7.24.1Funk 1:408–410
Ὅταν δὲ προσεύχησθε, μὴ γίνεσθε ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταί ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ὃ κύριος ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ διετάξατο, οὕτως προσεύχεσθε· Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὃ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου, ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου, γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημα σου ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον, καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν, καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ, ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.
Hotan de proseuchēsthe, mē ginesthe hōsper hoi hypokritai all᾽ hōs ho kyrios hēmin en tǭ Euangeliǭ dietaxato, houtōs proseuchesthe; Pater hēmōn ho en tois ouranois, hagiasthētō to onoma sou, elthetō hē basileia sou, genēthētō to thelēma sou hōs en ouranǭ kai epi tēs gēs, ton arton hēmōn ton epiousion dos hēmin sēmeron, kai aphes hēmin ta opheilēmata hēmōn, hōs kai hēmeis aphiemen tois opheiletais hēmōn, kai mē eisenenkę̄s hēmas eis peirasmon, alla rhysai hēmas apo tou ponērou, hoti sou estin hē basileia kai hē dynamis kai hē doxa eis tous aiōnas; amēn.
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, but as the Lord commanded us in the Gospel, so pray: “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven so also on earth; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one”; for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Matt 6:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 6:9–13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Lord's Prayer is to be prayed as Christ taught.
- Cf. Did. 8.2. Matt 6:5, 9–13. The end of the doxology is garbled in the scan and is read as “forever.”
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: garbled words read as εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας): » Ora» δὲ προσεύχησθε → Ὅταν δὲ προσεύχησθε; ὑποἄρισαῖ»" * → ὑποκριταί; "οὕτως ᾿προσεύχεσθε᾽ → οὕτως προσεύχεσθε·; ἡμεῖς. ἀφίεμεν. τοῖς → ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς; μὴ. εἰσενέγκῃς. ἡμᾶς ε εἰς → μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς; ῦ“, → ῦ,; ?, βασιλεία → ἡ βασιλεία; εἰς —RUE ἀμήν → εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 8.2 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.24.1 (Funk 1:408–410; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-24-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.24.2Funk 1:410
τρὶς τῆς ἡμέρας οὕτως προσεύχεσθε, προπαρασκευάζοντες ἑαυτοὺς ἀξίους τῆς υἱοθεσίας τοῦ πατρός, ἵνα μή, ἀναξίως ὑμῶν αὐτὸν πατέρα καλούντων, ὀνειδισθῆτε ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ὡς καὶ ὃ Ἰσραὴλ ὅ ποτε πρωτότοκος υἱὸς ἤκουσεν, ὅτι εἰ πατήρ εἶμι ἐγώ, ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ δόξα μου; καὶ εἰ κύριός εἶμι, ποῦ ἐστιν ὃ φόβος μου;
tris tēs hēmeras houtōs proseuchesthe, proparaskeuazontes heautous axious tēs huiothesias tou patros, hina mē, anaxiōs hymōn auton patera kalountōn, oneidisthēte hyp᾽ autou, hōs kai ho Israēl ho pote prōtotokos huios ēkousen, hoti ei patēr eimi egō, pou estin hē doxa mou? kai ei kyrios eimi, pou estin ho phobos mou?
Pray thus three times a day, preparing yourselves to be worthy of adoption by the Father, so that, if you call him Father unworthily, you may not be reproached by him, as Israel too, once his firstborn son, heard: “If I am a father, where is my glory? And if I am a lord, where is my fear?”
Exod 4:22 (allusion, medium confidence) · Mal 1:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Lord's Prayer is said three times a day by those worthy to call God Father.
- Cf. Did. 8.3. Exod 4:22; Mal 1:6.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ξαυτοὺς → ἑαυτοὺς; ᾿Ισραὴλ → Ἰσραὴλ; ,,ε → ε; ἐγού → ἐγώ; υ“; → υ;.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 8.3 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.24.2 (Funk 1:410; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-24-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.24.3Funk 1:410
δόξα γὰρ πατέρων ὁσιότης παίδων, καὶ τιμὴ δεσποτῶν οἰκετῶν φόβος, ὥσπερ οὖν τὸ ἐναντίον ἀδοξία καὶ ἀναρχία· Δι᾽ ὑμᾶς γάρ, φησίν, τὸ ὄνομά μου βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.
doxa gar paterōn hosiotēs paidōn, kai timē despotōn oiketōn phobos, hōsper oun to enantion adoxia kai anarchia; Di᾽ hymas gar, phēsin, to onoma mou blasphēmeitai en tois ethnesin.
For the glory of fathers is the holiness of children, and the honor of masters is the fear of servants, just as the contrary is dishonor and disorder; for “because of you,” it says, “my name is blasphemed among the Gentiles.”
Isa 52:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 2:24 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Children's holiness honors their father; God's name is blasphemed by the unworthy.
- Isa 52:5; Rom 2:24.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray marks; Δι᾽): " , 4i ὑμᾶς , , S» , m 2 γ} "m γάρ → · Δι᾽ ὑμᾶς γάρ; ,τ → τ; ν“. → ν..
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.24.3 (Funk 1:410; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-24-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 25
7.25.1Funk 1:410
Γίνεσθε δὲ πάντοτε εὐχάριστοι, ὡς πιστοὶ καὶ εὐγνώμονες δοῦλοι, περὶ μὲν τῆς εὐχαριστίας οὕτω λέγοντες·
Ginesthe de pantote eucharistoi, hōs pistoi kai eugnōmones douloi, peri men tēs eucharistias houtō legontes;
And be always thankful, as faithful and grateful servants, saying thus concerning the eucharist:
Notes and citation
Summary: The eucharistic thanksgivings are introduced.
- Cf. Did. 9.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): tÜyvoμονες → εὐγνώμονες; ες" → ες·.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 9.1 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.25.1 (Funk 1:410; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-25-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.25.2Funk 1:410
Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, πάτερ ἡμῶν, ὑπὲρ τῆς ζωῆς ἧς ἐγνώρισας ἡμῖν διὰ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ παιδός σου, δι᾿ οὗ καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐποίησας καὶ τῶν ὅλων προνοεῖς, ὃν καὶ ἀπέστειλας ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ γενέσθαι ἄνθρωπον, ὃν καὶ συνεχώρησας παθεῖν καὶ ἀποθανεῖν, ὃν καὶ ἀναστήσας εὐδόκησας δοξάσαι καὶ ἐκάθισας ἐκ δεξιῶν σου, δι᾽ οὗ καὶ ἐπηγγείλω ἡμῖν τὴν ἀνάστασιν τῶν νεκρῶν.
Eucharistoumen soi, pater hēmōn, hyper tēs zōēs hēs egnōrisas hēmin dia Iēsou tou paidos sou, di᾿ hou kai ta panta epoiēsas kai tōn holōn pronoeis, hon kai apesteilas epi sōtērią tę̄ hēmeterą genesthai anthrōpon, hon kai synechōrēsas pathein kai apothanein, hon kai anastēsas eudokēsas doxasai kai ekathisas ek dexiōn sou, di᾽ hou kai epēngeilō hēmin tēn anastasin tōn nekrōn.
“We give you thanks, our Father, for the life which you made known to us through Jesus your Servant, through whom you also made all things and care for the whole universe; whom you also sent for our salvation to become man; whom you also permitted to suffer and to die; whom you also raised and were pleased to glorify, and seated at your right hand; through whom you also promised us the resurrection of the dead.
Notes and citation
Summary: Thanks are given for life through Jesus, sent, crucified, raised and glorified.
- Cf. Did. 9.3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: stray marks; word rejoined): Πύχαριστοῦμέν → Εὐχαριστοῦμέν; γενέj ^ , m, * 2 [4] 60a. ἄνθρωπον → γενέσθαι ἄνθρωπον; xoi → καὶ; ov καὶ → ὃν καὶ; εὐδόχησας → εὐδόκησας; δὶ οὐ → δι᾽ οὗ; νεχρῶν → νεκρῶν.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 9.3 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Eucharist, Christology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.25.2 (Funk 1:410; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-25-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.25.3Funk 1:410
σὺ δέσποτα παντοκράτορ, θεὲ αἰώνιε, ὥσπερ ἦν τοῦτο διεσκορπισμένον καὶ συναχθὲν ἐγένετο εἷς ἄρτος, οὕτως συνάγαγέ σου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἀπὸ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς εἰς τὴν σὴν βασιλείαν.
sy despota pantokrator, thee aiōnie, hōsper ēn touto dieskorpismenon kai synachthen egeneto heis artos, houtōs synagage sou tēn ekklēsian apo tōn peratōn tēs gēs eis tēn sēn basileian.
You, almighty Master, eternal God, as this was scattered and, being gathered together, became one loaf, so gather your church from the ends of the earth into your kingdom.
Notes and citation
Summary: As the bread was gathered into one loaf, so may the church be gathered into the kingdom.
- Cf. Did. 9.4. The OCR printed after this sentence the parallel text of the Didache (Did. 8.2–9.3) from the lower part of Funk's page; it is removed. Ref 7.25.4 contains only that parallel Didache text (Did. 9.4) and is not translated.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: parallel Didache text (Did. 8.2–9.3) from Funk's page removed): παντοχράτορ, Ott αἰώνιε → παντοκράτορ, θεὲ αἰώνιε; ἡν τοῦτο διεσκορπιομένον → ἦν τοῦτο διεσκορπισμένον; ἐχκλησίαν → ἐκκλησίαν; * (* x ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν, καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ“ ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. 3. τρίς τῆς ἡμέρας οὕτω προσεύχεσθε. ΙΧ. Περὶ δὲ τῆς εὐχαριστίας, οὕτως εὐχαριστήσατε᾽ 2. πρῶτον περὶ τοῦ ποτηρίου Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, πάτερ ἡμῶν, ὑπὲρ τῆς ἁγίας ἀμπέλου Δαυὶδ τοῦ παιδός σου ἧς ἐγνώρισας ἡμῖν διὰ Ἰησοῖʼ τοῦ παιδός σου σοὶ ἢ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. 3. περὶ δὲ τοῦ κλάσματος" Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, πάτερ ἡμῶν, ὑπὲρ τῆς ζωῆς καὶ γνώσεως ἧς ἐγνώρισας ἡμῖν διὰ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ παιδός σου σοὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. → .
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 9.4 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.25.3 (Funk 1:410; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-25-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.25.5Funk 1:410–412
ἔτι εὐχαριστοῦμεν, πάτερ ἡμῶν, ὑπὲρ τοῦ τιμίου αἵματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ ἐκχυθέντος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν καὶ τοῦ τιμίου σώματος, οὗ καὶ ἀντίτυπα ταῦτα ἐπιτελοῦμεν, αὐτοῦ διαταξαμένου ἡμῖν καταγγέλλειν τὸν αὐτοῦ θάνατον᾿ δι᾽ αὐτοῦ γάρ σοι καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν. μηδεὶς δὲ ἐσθιέτω ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν ἀμυήτων, ἀλλὰ μόνοι οἱ βεβαπτισμένοι εἰς τὸν τοῦ κυρίου θάνατον.
eti eucharistoumen, pater hēmōn, hyper tou timiou haimatos Iēsou Christou tou ekchythentos hyper hēmōn kai tou timiou sōmatos, hou kai antitypa tauta epiteloumen, autou diataxamenou hēmin katangellein ton autou thanaton᾿ di᾽ autou gar soi kai hē doxa eis tous aiōnas; amēn. mēdeis de esthietō ex autōn tōn amyētōn, alla monoi hoi bebaptismenoi eis ton tou kyriou thanaton.
[4] We give thanks further, our Father, for the precious blood of Jesus Christ, which was poured out for us, and for the precious body, of which we also celebrate these antitypes, he himself having commanded us “to proclaim his death”; for through him glory is yours forever. Amen. [5] Let none of the uninitiated eat of these, but only those who have been baptized into the death of the Lord.
1 Cor 11:26 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 6:3 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Thanks are given for Christ's blood and body; only the baptized may partake.
- The opening words of this ref in the scan (Did. 9.5, from Funk's parallel Didache text) are removed; the ref holds sections 4 and 5 of the chapter, marked “[4]” and “[5]”. The bread and cup are called “antitypes” of the body and blood. 1 Cor 11:26; cf. Did. 9.5.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: parallel Didache text (Did. 9.5) and section number removed; OCR: section number removed): μηδεὶς δὲ φαγέτω μηδὲ πιέτω ἀπὸ τῆς εὐχα4. → ; ,,κατἀγγέλλειν → καταγγέλλειν; ““᾿ δὲ αὐτοῦ γάρ → ᾿ δι᾽ αὐτοῦ γάρ; ς" → ς· ; ς. μηδεὶς → μηδεὶς.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 9.5 (Didache; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.25.5 (Funk 1:410–412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-25-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.25.6Funk 1:412
εἰ δέ τις ἀμύητος κρύψας ἑαυτὸν μεταλάβοι, κρίμα αἰώνιον φάγεται, ὅτι μὴ ὧν τῆς εἰς Χριστὸν πίστεως μετέλαβεν ὧν οὐ θέμις, εἰς τιμωρίαν ἑαυτοῦ.
ei de tis amyētos krypsas heauton metalaboi, krima aiōnion phagetai, hoti mē hōn tēs eis Christon pisteōs metelaben hōn ou themis, eis timōrian heautou.
And if anyone uninitiated conceals himself and partakes, he will “eat eternal judgment,” because, not being of the faith in Christ, he has partaken of what is not lawful for him, to his own punishment.
1 Cor 11:29 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: An unbaptized person who partakes in secret eats judgment.
- 1 Cor 11:29.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): χρύψας → κρύψας; χρίμα → κρίμα.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.25.6 (Funk 1:412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-25-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.25.7Funk 1:412
εἰ δέ τις κατὰ ἄγνοιαν μεταλάβοι, τοῦτον τάχιον στοιχειώσαντες μυήσατε, ὅπως μὴ καταφρονητὴς ἐξέλθοι.
ei de tis kata agnoian metalaboi, touton tachion stoicheiōsantes myēsate, hopōs mē kataphronētēs exelthoi.
And if anyone partakes through ignorance, instruct him quickly in the first elements and initiate him, so that he may not go out as a despiser.
Notes and citation
Summary: One who partakes in ignorance is to be instructed and baptized at once.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὕπως → ὅπως.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.25.7 (Funk 1:412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-25-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 26
7.26.1Funk 1:412
Μετὰ δὲ τὴν μετάληψιν οὕτως εὐχαριστήσατε·
Meta de tēn metalēpsin houtōs eucharistēsate;
And after the partaking give thanks thus:
Notes and citation
Summary: The thanksgiving after communion is introduced.
- Cf. Did. 10.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ὀὲ → δὲ ; τε" → τε·.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 10.1 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.26.1 (Funk 1:412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-26-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.26.2Funk 1:412
Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἁγίου ὀνόματός σου οὗ κατεσκήνωσας ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς γνώσεως καὶ πίστεως καὶ ἀγάπης καὶ ἀθανασίας ἧς ἔδωκας ἡμῖν διὰ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ παιδός σου.
Eucharistoumen soi, ho theos kai patēr Iēsou tou sōtēros hēmōn, hyper tou hagiou onomatos sou hou kateskēnōsas en hēmin, kai hyper tēs gnōseōs kai pisteōs kai agapēs kai athanasias hēs edōkas hēmin dia Iēsou tou paidos sou.
“We give you thanks, O God and Father of Jesus our Savior, for your holy name, which you made to dwell among us, and for the knowledge and faith and love and immortality which you gave us through Jesus your Servant.
Notes and citation
Summary: Thanks are given for God's name and the gifts given through Jesus.
- Cf. Did. 10.2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): κατεσχήνωσας → κατεσκήνωσας; ἔδωχας → ἔδωκας.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 10.2 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.26.2 (Funk 1:412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-26-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.26.3Funk 1:412–414
σὺ δέσποτα παντοκράτορ, ὁ θεὸς τῶν ὅλων, ἔκτισας τὸν κόσμον καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ διʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ νόμον κατεφύτευσας ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν καὶ τὰ πρὸς μετάληψιν προευτρέπισας ἀνθρώποις· ὁ θεὸς τῶν ἁγίων καὶ ἀμέμπτων πατέρων ἡμῶν, Αβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ, τῶν πιστῶν δούλων σου, ὃ δυνατὸς θεός, ὃ πιστὸς καὶ ἀληθινὸς
sy despota pantokrator, ho theos tōn holōn, ektisas ton kosmon kai ta en autǭ diʼ autou, kai nomon katephyteusas en tais psychais hēmōn kai ta pros metalēpsin proeutrepisas anthrōpois; ho theos tōn hagiōn kai amemptōn paterōn hēmōn, Abraam kai Isaak kai Iakōb, tōn pistōn doulōn sou, ho dynatos theos, ho pistos kai alēthinos
You, almighty Master, the God of all, created the world and the things in it through him, and planted a law in our souls, and prepared beforehand for men the things for their partaking; O God of our holy and blameless fathers, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, your faithful servants; O mighty God, faithful and true …
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Creator of all, God of the patriarchs, is thanked.
- Cf. Did. 10.3. The prayer breaks off in the scan after “true”; lines appear to be lost (“…”).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: stray line number): ἔχτισας → ἔκτισας; " ,0 θεὸς → · ὁ θεὸς; ν“ → ν ; ,π → π; Toxo, → Ἰακώβ,; ἀληθινὸς 10 * → ἀληθινὸς.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 10.3 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.26.3 (Funk 1:412–414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-26-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.26.4Funk 1:414
αὐτὸς καὶ νῦν δι᾽ αὐτοῦ μνήσθητι τῆς ἁγίας σου ἐκκλησίας ταύτης, ἣν περιεποιήσω τῷ τιμίῳ αἵματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου, καὶ ῥῦσαι αὐτὴν ἀπὸ παντὸς πονηροῦ καὶ τελείωσον αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ σου καὶ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου, καὶ συνάγαγε πάντας ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν σὴν βασιλείαν, ἣν ἡτοίμασας αὐτῇ.
autos kai nyn di᾽ autou mnēsthēti tēs hagias sou ekklēsias tautēs, hēn periepoiēsō tǭ timiǭ haimati tou Christou sou, kai rhysai autēn apo pantos ponērou kai teleiōson autēn en tę̄ agapę̄ sou kai tę̄ alētheią sou, kai synagage pantas hēmas eis tēn sēn basileian, hēn hētoimasas autę̄.
through him remember even now this your holy church, which you purchased with the precious blood of your Christ, and deliver it from all evil, and perfect it in your love and your truth, and gather us all into your kingdom, which you have prepared for it.
Acts 20:28 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God is asked to remember, deliver, perfect and gather his church.
- Cf. Did. 10.5; Acts 20:28.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): δ αὐτοῦ → δι᾽ αὐτοῦ; ,v περιεποιήσω → ἣν περιεποιήσω; ι“ → ι ; οὖσαι → ῥῦσαι; ,,π → π; ῦ“ → ῦ ; ἣν» → ἣν.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 10.5 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.26.4 (Funk 1:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-26-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.26.5Funk 1:414
,μαραναθά: ὡσαννὰ τῷ υἱῷ Δαυίδ, εὐλογημένος ὃ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου, θεὸς κύριος ὁ ἐπιφανεὶς ἡμῖν ἐν σαρκί.
,maranatha: hōsanna tǭ huiǭ Dauid, eulogēmenos ho erchomenos en onomati kyriou, theos kyrios ho epiphaneis hēmin en sarki.
Maranatha. Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, God the Lord, who was manifested to us in the flesh.”
Matt 21:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 118:26–27 (117:26-Ps LXX) (quotation, medium confidence) · 1 Tim 3:16 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The thanksgiving ends with Hosanna to the Son of David, God manifested in the flesh.
- Cf. Did. 10.6. “Maranatha” may have been read into this line by the OCR from Funk's parallel Didache text. Matt 21:9; Ps 118:26–27 (117:26–27 LXX); 1 Tim 3:16.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ί“. → ί..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 10.6 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Eucharist, Christology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.26.5 (Funk 1:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-26-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.26.6Funk 1:414
Εἴ τις ἅγιος, προσερχέσθω· εἰ δέ τις οὐκ ἔστιν, γινέσθω διὰ μετανοίας. ἐπιτρέπετε δὲ καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις ὑμῶν εὐχαριστεῖν.
Ei tis hagios, proserchesthō; ei de tis ouk estin, ginesthō dia metanoias. epitrepete de kai tois presbyterois hymōn eucharistein.
If anyone is holy, let him draw near; but if anyone is not, let him become so through repentance. And permit your presbyters too to give thanks.
Notes and citation
Summary: The holy may draw near; the presbyters too may give thanks.
- Cf. Did. 10.6–7.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): & τις → Εἴ τις; ω" → ω· .
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 10.6-7 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Eucharist, Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.26.6 (Funk 1:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-26-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 27
7.27.1Funk 1:414
Περὶ δὲ τοῦ μύρου οὕτως εὐχαριστήσατε·
Peri de tou myrou houtōs eucharistēsate;
Concerning the chrism give thanks thus:
Notes and citation
Summary: The thanksgiving over the chrism is introduced.
- “Chrism” renders μύρον.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): εὐχαριστήσατε᾽ʼ → εὐχαριστήσατε·.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.27.1 (Funk 1:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-27-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.27.2Funk 1:414
Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, θεὲ δημιουργὲ τῶν ὅλων, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐωδίας τοῦ μύρου καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀθανάτου αἰῶνος οὗ ἐγνώρισας ἡμῖν διὰ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ παιδός σου, ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ δόξα καὶ ἡ δύναμις εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.
Eucharistoumen soi, thee dēmiourge tōn holōn, kai hyper tēs euōdias tou myrou kai hyper tou athanatou aiōnos hou egnōrisas hēmin dia Iēsou tou paidos sou, hoti sou estin hē doxa kai hē dynamis eis tous aiōnas; amēn.
“We give you thanks, God, Creator of all things, both for the fragrance of the chrism and for the immortal age which you made known to us through Jesus your Servant; for yours is the glory and the power forever. Amen.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Thanks are given for the chrism and for immortality.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ς" → ς· .
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.27.2 (Funk 1:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-27-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 28
7.28.1Funk 1:414
Ὃς ἐὰν ἐλθὼν οὕτως εὐχαριστῇ, προσδέξασθε αὐτὸν ὡς Χριστοῦ μαθητήν.
Hos ean elthōn houtōs eucharistę̄, prosdexasthe auton hōs Christou mathētēn.
Whoever comes and gives thanks thus, receive him as a disciple of Christ.
Notes and citation
Summary: One who gives thanks in this way is received as a disciple.
- Cf. Did. 11.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 11.1 (Didache; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.28.1 (Funk 1:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-28-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.28.2Funk 1:414–416
ἐὰν δὲ ἄλλην διδαχὴν κηρύσσῃ παρ᾽ ἣν ὑμῖν παρέδωκεν ὁ Χριστὸς δι᾿ ἡμῶν, τῷ τοιούτῳ μὴ συγχωρεῖτε εὐχαριστεῖν᾽ ὑβρίζει γὰρ ὃ τοιοῦτος τὸν θεὸν ἤπερ δοξάζει.
ean de allēn didachēn kēryssę̄ par᾽ hēn hymin paredōken ho Christos di᾿ hēmōn, tǭ toioutǭ mē synchōreite eucharistein᾽ hybrizei gar ho toioutos ton theon ēper doxazei.
But if he preaches another teaching beside that which Christ delivered to you through us, do not permit such a one to give thanks; for such a one insults God rather than glorifies him.
Notes and citation
Summary: A teacher of another doctrine may not give thanks.
- Cf. Did. 11.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 11.2 (Didache; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.28.2 (Funk 1:414–416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-28-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.28.3Funk 1:416
πᾶς δὲ ὁ ἐρχόμενος πρὸς ὑμᾶς, δοκιμασθείς, οὕτως δεχέσθω· σύνεσιν γὰρ ἔχετε, καὶ δύνασθε γνῶναι δεξιὰν καὶ ἀριστερὰν καὶ διακρῖναι ψευδοδιδασκάλους διδασκάλων.
pas de ho erchomenos pros hymas, dokimastheis, houtōs dechesthō; synesin gar echete, kai dynasthe gnōnai dexian kai aristeran kai diakrinai pseudodidaskalous didaskalōn.
And let everyone who comes to you be received thus, after being tested; for you have understanding and are able “to know the right hand and the left” and to distinguish false teachers from teachers.
Jonah 4:11 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Visitors are received after testing.
- Cf. Did. 12.1; Jonah 4:11.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ω" → ω· ; ,,γ → γ; ν“ → ν .
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 12.1 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.28.3 (Funk 1:416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-28-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.28.4Funk 1:416
ἐλθόντι μέντοι τῷ διδασκάλῳ ἐκ ψυχῆς ἐπιχορηγήσατε τὰ δέοντα τῷ δὲ ψευδοδιδασκάλῳ δώσετε μὲν τὰ πρὸς χρείαν, οὐ παραδέξεσθε δὲ αὐτοῦ τὴν πλάνην, οὔτε μὴν συμπροσεύξησθε αὐτῷ, ἵνα μὴ συμμιανθῆτε αὐτῷ.
elthonti mentoi tǭ didaskalǭ ek psychēs epichorēgēsate ta deonta tǭ de pseudodidaskalǭ dōsete men ta pros chreian, ou paradexesthe de autou tēn planēn, oute mēn symproseuxēsthe autǭ, hina mē symmianthēte autǭ.
When a teacher comes, supply him from the heart with what he needs; and to the false teacher you will give what he needs for his necessity, but you shall not accept his error, nor pray with him, so that you may not be defiled with him.
Notes and citation
Summary: True teachers are to be supported; false teachers helped in need but not heeded or prayed with.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): τῷ Ói ψευδοδιδασκάλῳ → τῷ δὲ ψευδοδιδασκάλῳ.
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.28.4 (Funk 1:416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-28-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.28.5Funk 1:416
πᾶς προφήτης ἀληθινὸς ἢ διδάσκαλος ἐρχόμενος πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄξιός ἐστιν τῆς τροφῆς ὡς ἐργάτης λόγου δικαιοσύνης.
pas prophētēs alēthinos ē didaskalos erchomenos pros hymas axios estin tēs trophēs hōs ergatēs logou dikaiosynēs.
Every true prophet or teacher who comes to you is worthy of his food, as a “worker” of the word of righteousness.
Matt 10:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: True prophets and teachers deserve support.
- Cf. Did. 13.1–2; Matt 10:10. A fragment of Funk's parallel Didache text (Did. 11.6) at the end of this ref in the scan is removed. Refs 7.28.7 and 7.28.9 contain only that parallel Didache text (Did. 11.7–13.1) and are not translated.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: parallel Didache text (Did. 11.6) removed): ἐρχόμένος → ἐρχόμενος; ς“ → ς ; κ αἰτῇ, ψευδοπροφήτης ἐστί. → .
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 13.1-2 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.28.5 (Funk 1:416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-28-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 29
7.29.1Funk 1:418
Πᾶσαν ἀπαρχὴν γεννημάτων ληνοῦ, ἅλωνος βοῶν τε καὶ προβάτων δώσεις τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν, ἵνα εὐλογηθῶσιν αἱ ἀποθῆκαι τῶν ταμιείων σου καὶ τὰ ἐκφόρια τῆς γῆς σου, καὶ στηριχθῆς σίτῳ καὶ οἴνῳ καὶ ἐλαίῳ, καὶ αὐξηθῇ τὰ βουκόλια τῶν βοῶν σου καὶ τὰ ποίμνια τῶν προβάτων σου.
Pasan aparchēn gennēmatōn lēnou, halōnos boōn te kai probatōn dōseis tois hiereusin, hina eulogēthōsin hai apothēkai tōn tamieiōn sou kai ta ekphoria tēs gēs sou, kai stērichthēs sitǭ kai oinǭ kai elaiǭ, kai auxēthę̄ ta boukolia tōn boōn sou kai ta poimnia tōn probatōn sou.
All the firstfruits of the produce of the winepress and of the threshing floor, of oxen and of sheep, you shall give to the priests, so that “the storehouses of your treasuries and the produce of your land may be blessed, and you may be strengthened with grain and wine” and oil, and “the herds of your cattle and the flocks of your sheep may increase.”
Deut 28:4–5 (allusion, high confidence) · Deut 28:8 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 4:7 (4:8 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Firstfruits are given to the priests, and God will bless the giver.
- Cf. Did. 13.3. Deut 28:4–5, 8, 11; Ps 4:7 (4:8 LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ἵνα, → ἵνα; ἐχφόρια → ἐκφόρια; ῳ““ → ῳ ; ,,α → α.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 13.3 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.29.1 (Funk 1:418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-29-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.29.2Funk 1:418
πᾶσαν δεκάτην δώσεις τῷ ὀρφανῷ καὶ τῇ χήρᾳ, τῷ πτωχῷ καὶ τῷ προσηλύτῳ.
pasan dekatēn dōseis tǭ orphanǭ kai tę̄ chērą, tǭ ptōchǭ kai tǭ prosēlytǭ.
All the tithe you shall give to the orphan and the widow, to the poor and the stranger.
Deut 26:12 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Tithes go to orphans, widows, the poor and strangers.
- Deut 14:28–29; 26:12.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.29.2 (Funk 1:418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-29-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.29.3Funk 1:418
πᾶσαν ἀπαρχὴν ἄρτων θερμῶν, κεραμίου οἴνου ἢ ἐλαίου ἢ μέλιτος ἢ ἀκροδρύων, σταφυλῆς ἢ τῶν ἄλλων τὴν ἀπαρχὴν δώσεις τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν, ἀργυρίου δὲ καὶ ἱματισμοῦ καὶ παντὸς κτήματος τῷ ὀρφανῷ καὶ τῇ χήρᾳ.
pasan aparchēn artōn thermōn, keramiou oinou ē elaiou ē melitos ē akrodryōn, staphylēs ē tōn allōn tēn aparchēn dōseis tois hiereusin, argyriou de kai himatismou kai pantos ktēmatos tǭ orphanǭ kai tę̄ chērą.
All the firstfruits of hot loaves, of a jar of wine or oil or honey or fruits, of grapes or of other things, you shall give the firstfruits to the priests; but those of silver and clothing and every possession, to the orphan and the widow.
Notes and citation
Summary: Food firstfruits go to the priests, other firstfruits to orphans and widows.
- Cf. Did. 13.5–7.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἀχροδρύων → ἀκροδρύων; χτήματος → κτήματος.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 13.5-7 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Church office, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.29.3 (Funk 1:418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-29-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 30
7.30.1Funk 1:418
Τὴν ἀναστάσιμον τοῦ κυρίου ἡμέραν, τὴν κυριακήν φαμεν, συνέρχεσθε ἀδιαλείπτως, εὐχαριστοῦντες τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐξομολογούμενοι ἐφ᾽ οἷς εὐηργέτησεν ἡμᾶς ὁ θεὸς διὰ Χριστοῦ ῥυσάμενος ἀγνοίας, πλάνης, δεσμῶν᾽
Tēn anastasimon tou kyriou hēmeran, tēn kyriakēn phamen, synerchesthe adialeiptōs, eucharistountes tǭ theǭ kai exomologoumenoi eph᾽ hois euērgetēsen hēmas ho theos dia Christou rhysamenos agnoias, planēs, desmōn᾽
On the day of the Lord's resurrection, the Lord's day I mean, assemble without fail, giving thanks to God and confessing the benefits God has bestowed on us through Christ, delivering us from ignorance, error and bonds,
Notes and citation
Summary: The faithful assemble every Sunday to give thanks.
- Cf. Did. 14.1. The sentence continues in the next ref.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐφ οἷς → ἐφ᾽ οἷς.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 14.1 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.30.1 (Funk 1:418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-30-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.30.2Funk 1:418–420
ὅπως ἄμεμπτος ᾖ ἡ θυσία ὑμῶν καὶ εὐανάφορος θεῷ, τῷ εἰπόντι περὶ τῆς οἰκουμενικῆς αὐτοῦ ἐκκλησίας, ὅτι Ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ μοι προσενεχθήσεται θυμίαμα καὶ θυσία καθαρά, ὅτι βασιλεὺς μέγας ἐγώ εἰμι, λέγει κύριος παντοχράτωρ, καὶ τὸ ὄνομά μου θαυμαστὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.
hopōs amemptos ę̄ hē thysia hymōn kai euanaphoros theǭ, tǭ eiponti peri tēs oikoumenikēs autou ekklēsias, hoti En panti topǭ moi prosenechthēsetai thymiama kai thysia kathara, hoti basileus megas egō eimi, legei kyrios pantochratōr, kai to onoma mou thaumaston en tois ethnesin.
so that your sacrifice may be blameless and acceptable to God, who said of his universal church, “In every place incense will be offered to me and a pure sacrifice; for I am a great king, says the Lord” almighty, “and my name is wonderful among the nations.”
Mal 1:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Mal 1:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Sunday worship is the pure sacrifice foretold by Malachi.
- Cf. Did. 14.3. Quotation: Mal 1:11, 14.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ἢ ἣ θυσία → ᾖ ἡ θυσία; ὅτε, ὃν παντὶ → ὅτι Ἐν παντὶ; ι“ → ι ; ,,θ → θ; ἐγω → ἐγώ; ς“ → ς ; ,,κ → κ; ν“. → ν..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 14.3 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.30.2 (Funk 1:418–420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-30-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 31
7.31.1Funk 1:420
Προχειρίσασθε δὲ ἐπισκόπους ἀξίους τοῦ κυρίου καὶ πρεσβυτέρους καὶ διακόνους, ἄνδρας εὐλαβεῖς, δικαίους, πραεῖς, ἀφιλαργύρους, φιλαλήθεις, δεδοκιμασμένους, ὁσίους, ἀπροσωπολήπτους, δυναμένους διδάσκειν τὸν λόγον τῆς εὐσεβείας, ὀρθοτομοῦντας ἐν τοῖς τοῦ κυρίου δόγμασιν.
Procheirisasthe de episkopous axious tou kyriou kai presbyterous kai diakonous, andras eulabeis, dikaious, praeis, aphilargyrous, philalētheis, dedokimasmenous, hosious, aprosōpolēptous, dynamenous didaskein ton logon tēs eusebeias, orthotomountas en tois tou kyriou dogmasin.
Appoint bishops worthy of the Lord, and presbyters and deacons, devout men, just, meek, free from the love of money, lovers of truth, tested, holy, impartial, able to teach the word of piety, rightly dividing the doctrines of the Lord.
1 Tim 3:2–3 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Tim 2:15 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Bishops, presbyters and deacons must be tested men of good character, able to teach.
- Cf. Did. 15.1; 1 Tim 3:2–3; 2 Tim 2:15.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): δεδοχιμασμένους → δεδοκιμασμένους.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 15.1 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.31.1 (Funk 1:420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-31-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.31.2Funk 1:420
ὑμεῖς δὲ τιμᾶτε τούτους ὡς πατέρας, ὡς κυρίους, ὡς εὐεργέτας, ὡς τοῦ εὖ εἶναι αἰτίους.
hymeis de timate toutous hōs pateras, hōs kyrious, hōs euergetas, hōs tou eu einai aitious.
And you, honor them as fathers, as lords, as benefactors, as the causes of your well-being.
Notes and citation
Summary: The clergy are to be honored as fathers.
- Cf. Did. 15.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 15.2 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.31.2 (Funk 1:420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-31-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.31.3Funk 1:420
ἐλέγχετε δὲ ἀλλήλους, μὴ ἐν ὀργῇ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν μακροθυμίᾳ μετὰ χρηστότητος καὶ εἰρήνης.
elenchete de allēlous, mē en orgę̄, all᾽ en makrothymią meta chrēstotētos kai eirēnēs.
And reprove one another, not in anger, but in patience, with kindness and peace.
Notes and citation
Summary: Reproof is to be given patiently and kindly.
- Cf. Did. 15.3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὁὲ → δὲ ; iv μακροθυμίᾳ → ἐν μακροθυμίᾳ.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 15.3 (Didache; allusion)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.31.3 (Funk 1:420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-31-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.31.4Funk 1:420
πάντα τὰ προστεταγμένα ὑμῖν ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου φυλάξατε.
panta ta prostetagmena hymin hypo tou kyriou phylaxate.
Keep all the things commanded you by the Lord.
Notes and citation
Summary: Keep all the Lord's commands.
- Cf. Did. 15.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 15.4 (Didache; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.31.4 (Funk 1:420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-31-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.31.5Funk 1:420
Γρηγορεῖτε ὑπὲρ τῆς ζωῆς ὑμῶν. ἔστωσαν αἱ ὀσφύες ὑμῶν περιεζωσμέναι καὶ οἱ λύχνοι καιόμενοι, καὶ ὑμεῖς ὅμοιοι ἀνθρώποις προσδεχομένοις τὸν κύριον ἑαυτῶν, πότε ἥξει, ἑσπέρας ἢ πρωὶ ἢ ἀλεκτοροφωνίας ἢ μεσονυκτίου· ᾗ γὰρ ὥρᾳ οὐ προσδοκῶσιν, ἐλεύσεται ὃ κύριος, καὶ ἐὰν αὐτῷ ἀνοίξωσιν, μακάριοι οἱ δοῦλοι ἐκεῖνοι, ὅτι εὑρέθησαν γρηγοροῦντες᾽ ὅτι περιζώσεται καὶ ἀνακλινεῖ αὐτοὺς καὶ παρελθὼν διακονήσει αὐτοῖς.
Grēgoreite hyper tēs zōēs hymōn. estōsan hai osphyes hymōn periezōsmenai kai hoi lychnoi kaiomenoi, kai hymeis homoioi anthrōpois prosdechomenois ton kyrion heautōn, pote hēxei, hesperas ē prōi ē alektorophōnias ē mesonyktiou; hę̄ gar hōrą ou prosdokōsin, eleusetai ho kyrios, kai ean autǭ anoixōsin, makarioi hoi douloi ekeinoi, hoti heurethēsan grēgorountes᾽ hoti perizōsetai kai anaklinei autous kai parelthōn diakonēsei autois.
“Watch” over your life. “Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning, and you like men waiting for their lord, when he will come, in the evening or in the morning or at cockcrow or at midnight; for at an hour when they do not expect it the Lord will come, and if they open to him, blessed are those servants, because they were found watching; for he will gird himself and make them recline, and will come and serve them.”
Luke 12:35–37 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 13:35 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 24:44 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Watch, for the Lord will come at an unexpected hour.
- Cf. Did. 16.1; Luke 12:35–37; Mark 13:35; Matt 24:44.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,yonyootite" → Γρηγορεῖτε; »ἔ → ἔ; αἵ ὀσφύες → αἱ ὀσφύες; " ἢ γὰρ ὥρᾳ → · ᾗ γὰρ ὥρᾳ.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 16.1 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.31.5 (Funk 1:420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-31-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.31.6Funk 1:420–422
νήφετε οὖν καὶ προσεύχεσθε μὴ ὑπνῶσαι εἰς θάνατον οὐ γὰρ ὀνήσει ὑμᾶς τὰ πρότερα κατορθώματα, ἐὰν εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα ὑμῶν ἀποπλανηθῆτε τῆς πίστεως τῆς ἀληθοῦς.
nēphete oun kai proseuchesthe mē hypnōsai eis thanaton ou gar onēsei hymas ta protera katorthōmata, ean eis ta eschata hymōn apoplanēthēte tēs pisteōs tēs alēthous.
Be sober, then, and pray not to fall asleep unto death; for your former good deeds will not profit you if in your last times you wander from the true faith.
Ps 13:3 (12:4 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Stay sober and faithful to the end.
- Cf. Did. 16.2; Ps 13:3 (12:4 LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): νήφετε. οὖν → νήφετε οὖν; ν““ → ν .
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 16.2 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Eschatology, Prayer
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.31.6 (Funk 1:420–422; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-31-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Apostolic 7, chapter 32
7.32.1Funk 1:422
Ἐν γὰρ ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις πληθυνθήσονται οἱ ψευδοπροφῆται καὶ οἱ φθορεῖς τοῦ λόγου, καὶ στραφήσονται τὰ πρόβατα εἰς λύκους καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη εἰς μῖσος᾽ πληθυνθείσης γὰρ τῆς ἀνομίας, ψυγήσεται ἡ ἀγάπη τῶν πολλῶν, μισήσουσιν γὰρ ἀλλήλους οἱ ἄνθρωποι καὶ διώξουσιν καὶ προδώσουσιν.
En gar tais eschatais hēmerais plēthynthēsontai hoi pseudoprophētai kai hoi phthoreis tou logou, kai straphēsontai ta probata eis lykous kai hē agapē eis misos᾽ plēthyntheisēs gar tēs anomias, psygēsetai hē agapē tōn pollōn, misēsousin gar allēlous hoi anthrōpoi kai diōxousin kai prodōsousin.
For in the last days the false prophets and the corrupters of the word will be multiplied, and the sheep will be turned into wolves and love into hatred; for when lawlessness is multiplied, “the love of many will grow cold”; for men will hate one another and persecute and betray.
Matt 24:10–12 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: In the last days false prophets will multiply and love grow cold.
- Cf. Did. 16.3–4; Matt 24:10–12.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ᾿Εν → Ἐν; oi ψευδοπροφῆται → οἱ ψευδοπροφῆται; λύχους → λύκους; ,ψ → ψ; ν“, → ν,.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 16.3-4 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.32.1 (Funk 1:422; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-32-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.32.2Funk 1:422
καὶ τότε φανήσεται ὃ κοσμοπλάνος, ὃ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐχθρός, ὁ τοῦ ψεύδους προστάτης, ὃν ὃ κύριος Ἰησοῦς ἀνελεῖ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ ὁ διὰ χειλέων ἀναιρῶν ἀσεβῆ· καὶ πολλοὶ σκανδαλισθήσονται ἐπὶ αὐτῷ, οἱ δὲ ὑπομείναντες εἰς τέλος, οὗτοι σωθήσονται.
kai tote phanēsetai ho kosmoplanos, ho tēs alētheias echthros, ho tou pseudous prostatēs, hon ho kyrios Iēsous anelei tǭ pneumati tou stomatos autou ho dia cheileōn anairōn asebē; kai polloi skandalisthēsontai epi autǭ, hoi de hypomeinantes eis telos, houtoi sōthēsontai.
And then the deceiver of the world will appear, the enemy of the truth, the champion of falsehood, whom the Lord Jesus “will slay with the spirit of his mouth,” he who slays the ungodly with his lips; and “many will be offended” at him, “but those who endure to the end, they will be saved.”
2 Thess 2:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 11:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 24:10 (quotation, medium confidence) · Matt 24:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The deceiver of the world will appear and be slain by Christ.
- Cf. Did. 16.4–5; 2 Thess 2:8; Isa 11:4; Matt 24:10, 13.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Ἰησοῦς, → Ἰησοῦς; ῆ" → ῆ· ; ι““ → ι ; ,,ο → ο.
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 16.4-5 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.32.2 (Funk 1:422; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-32-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.32.3Funk 1:422
καὶ τότε φανήσεται τὸ σημεῖον τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, εἶτα φωνὴ σάλπιγγος ἔσται διʼ ἀρχαγγέλου καὶ μεταξὺ ἀναβίωσις τῶν κεκοιμημένων.
kai tote phanēsetai to sēmeion tou huiou tou anthrōpou en tǭ ouranǭ, eita phōnē salpingos estai diʼ archangelou kai metaxy anabiōsis tōn kekoimēmenōn.
And then “the sign” of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, then there will be “the sound of the trumpet” through an archangel, and in between the return to life of those who have fallen asleep.
Matt 24:30–31 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Thess 4:16 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The sign of the Son of Man and the trumpet will precede the resurrection.
- Cf. Did. 16.6; Matt 24:30–31; 1 Thess 4:16.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ν“ → ν ; εἶτα, → εἶτα; ς“ → ς .
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 16.6 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.32.3 (Funk 1:422; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-32-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.32.4Funk 1:422
καὶ τότε ἥξει ὁ κύριος καὶ πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐν συσσεισμῷ ἐπάνω τῶν νεφελῶν. μετ ἀγγέλων δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ θρόνου βασιλείας, κατακρῖναι τὸν κοσμοπλάνον διάβολον καὶ ἀποδοῦναι ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὴν πρᾶξιν αὐτοῦ.
kai tote hēxei ho kyrios kai pantes hoi hagioi met᾽ autou en sysseismǭ epanō tōn nephelōn. met angelōn dynameōs autou epi thronou basileias, katakrinai ton kosmoplanon diabolon kai apodounai hekastǭ kata tēn praxin autou.
And “then the Lord will come, and all the saints with him,” with a shaking, “upon the clouds,” with the angels of his power, on the throne of the kingdom, to condemn the devil, the deceiver of the world, and “to render to each according to his deeds.”
Zech 14:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 24:30 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Thess 1:7 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 16:27 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Lord will come with his saints on the clouds to judge.
- Cf. Did. 16.7–8; Zech 14:5; Matt 24:30; 2 Thess 1:7; Matt 16:27.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,tóte → τότε; ῦ“ → ῦ ; » ἐ → ἐ; ν“. → ν.; ,,ἀποδοῦγαι → ἀποδοῦναι; ῦ“. → ῦ..
Extrabiblical texts: Did. 16.7-8 (Didache; quotation)
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.32.4 (Funk 1:422; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-32-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.
7.32.5Funk 1:422–424
τότε ἀπελεύσονται οἱ μὲν πονηροὶ εἰς αἰώνιον κόλασιν, οἱ δὲ δίκαιοι πορεύσονται εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, κληρονομοῦντες ἐκεῖνα, ἃ ὀφθαλμὸς οὐκ εἶδεν καὶ οὖς οὐκ ἤκουσεν καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἀνέβη, ἃ ἡτοίμασεν ὁ θεὸς τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν, καὶ χαρήσονται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
tote apeleusontai hoi men ponēroi eis aiōnion kolasin, hoi de dikaioi poreusontai eis zōēn aiōnion, klēronomountes ekeina, ha ophthalmos ouk eiden kai ous ouk ēkousen kai epi kardian anthrōpou ouk anebē, ha hētoimasen ho theos tois agapōsin auton, kai charēsontai en tę̄ basileią tou theou tę̄ en Christǭ Iēsou.
Then “the wicked will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life,” inheriting those things “which eye has not seen and ear has not heard and have not entered into the heart of man, which God has prepared for those who love him”; and they will rejoice in the kingdom of God, which is in Christ Jesus.
Matt 25:46 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 2:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The wicked go to punishment, the righteous to eternal life.
- Matt 25:46; 1 Cor 2:9.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,,ἀ → ἀ; ον“, → ον, ; éxciva, , → ἐκεῖνα, ; ἀ»θρώπου → ἀνθρώπου; όν“, → όν, .
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 7.32.5 (Funk 1:422–424; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/6-30-1/#p-7-32-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.