Didache 13.2

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

Summary: True teachers also deserve support.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:328

ὡσαύτως διδάσκαλος ἀληθινός ἐστιν ἄξιος καὶ αὐτὸς ὥσπερ ὁ ἐργάτης τῆς τροφῆς αὐτοῦ.

English · Claude translation

Likewise a genuine teacher is himself worthy, like the worker, of his food.

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:328 · 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.

Scripture

Matt 10:10 · allusion, medium confidence
1 Tim 5:18 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Church office

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Did. 13.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/13/2/).

Plain text

Did. 13.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/13/2/).

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