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Didache 6.2

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

Summary: Bear the Lord's whole yoke if you can; otherwise do what you can.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:318

εἰ μὲν γὰρ δύνασαι βαστάσαι ὅλον τὸν ζυγὸν τοῦ κυρίου, τέλειος ἔσῃ· εἰ δʼ οὐ δύνασαι, ὃ δύνῃ, τοῦτο ποίει.

English · Claude translation

For if you are able to bear the whole yoke of the Lord, you will be perfect; but if you are not able, do what you can.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:318 · 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.
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Notes

Translation notes

  • “The whole yoke of the Lord”: probably the full demands of the teaching just given; some think of celibacy or food rules (6.3).

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): ὅ δύνῃ → ὃ δύνῃ.

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Did. 6.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/6/2/).

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