Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 2.6 (27.6)

Hermas · Shepherd of Hermas: Mandates · ca. 100–150 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: The giver who gives simply is innocent and will live.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:72

ὁ οὖν διδοὺς ἀθῷός ἐστιν· ὡς γὰρ ἔλαβεν παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου τὴν διακονίαν τελέσαι, ἁπλῶς αὐτὴν ἐτέλεσεν, μηθὲν διακρίνων, τίνι δῷ ἢ μὴ δῷ. ἐγένετο οὖν ἡ διακονία αὕτη ἁπλῶς τελεσθεῖσα ἔνδοξος παρὰ τῷ θεῷ. ὁ οὖν οὕτως ἁπλῶς διακονῶν τῷ θεῷ ζήσεται.

English · Claude translation

The one who gives, then, is innocent; for as he received from the Lord the ministry to perform, he performed it simply, not distinguishing to whom to give or not to give. This ministry, then, performed simply, became glorious before God. Whoever, then, serves God simply like this will live.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 25:72 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 70–137 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published 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 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.

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Herm. Mand. 2.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/2/6/).

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Herm. Mand. 2.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/2/6/).

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