Didache 1.6

Anonymous · Didache · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · place unknown · Read in context

Summary: Give with care, knowing to whom you give.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:310

ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τούτου δὲ εἴρηται· Ἱδρωσάτω ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη σου εἰς τὰς χεῖράς σου, μέχρις ἂν γνῷς, τίνι δῷς.

English · Claude translation

But concerning this it has also been said: “Let your alms sweat in your hands until you know to whom to give.”

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:310 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 308–333 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

Extrabiblical texts

Sir 12:1 (Sirach) · allusion, low confidence

Topics

Ethics

Notes

Translation notes

The source of this saying is unknown; it may be a free form of Sir 12:1.

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Did. 1.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/1/6/).

Plain text

Did. 1.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/1/6/).

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