Didache 2.3

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

Summary: No perjury, false witness, slander, or grudges.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:312

οὐκ ἐπιορκήσεις, οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις, οὐ κακολογήσεις, οὐ μνησικακήσεις.

English · Claude translation

You shall not swear falsely; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not speak evil; you shall not bear grudges.

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:312 · 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

Exod 20:16 · allusion, high confidence
Matt 5:33 · allusion, medium confidence

Topics

Ethics

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Did. 2.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/2/3/).

Plain text

Did. 2.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/2/3/).

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