Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 6.2.7 (36.7)

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

Summary: Even a faithful person who listens to the evil angel will sin.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:98

ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ἀγγέλου τῆς πονηρίας ἀπόστηθι, ὅτι ἡ διδαχὴ αὐτοῦ πονηρά ἐστι παντὶ ἔργῳ· ἐὰν γὰρ ᾖ τις πιστὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ ἡ ἐνθύμησις τοῦ ἀγγέλου τούτου ἀναβῇ ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, δεῖ τὸν ἄνδρα ἐκεῖνον ἢ τὴν γυναῖκα ἐξαμαρτῆσαί τι.

English · Claude translation

But depart from the angel of wickedness, because his teaching is evil in every work; for if someone is a faithful man and the thought of this angel enters his heart, that man or woman must commit some sin.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:98 · 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. 6.2.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/6/2/7/).

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Herm. Mand. 6.2.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/6/2/7/).

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