# Didache 2.7

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Didache](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/) (*Doctrina duodecim apostolorum*)
- Date: ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) (disputed)
- 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/2/7/

Summary: Hate no one; reprove some, pray for others, and love some more than your own life.

## Greek text

οὐ μισήσεις πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἀλλὰ οὓς μὲν ἐλέγξεις, περὶ δὲ ὧν προσεύξῃ, οὓς δὲ ἀγαπήσεις ὑπὲρ τὴν ψυχήν σου.

## English translation (Claude)

You shall not hate anyone; but some you shall reprove, and for some you shall pray, and some you shall love more than your own life.

## Scripture references

- Lev 19:17: echo, medium confidence
- Jude 1:22: echo, low confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 2.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/2/7/).