Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 8.9 (38.9)

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

Summary: The chief goods: faith, fear of God, love, concord, truth, endurance.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:104

πρῶτον πάντων πίστις, φόβος κυρίου, ἀγάπη, ὁμόνοια, ῥήματα δικαιοσύνης, ἀλήθεια, ὑπομονή· τούτων ἀγαθώτερον οὐδέν ἐστιν ἐν τῇ ζωῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. ταῦτα ἐάν τις φυλάσσῃ καὶ μὴ ἐγκρατεύηται ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, μακάριος γίνεται ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτοῦ.

English · Claude translation

First of all, faith, fear of the Lord, love, concord, words of righteousness, truth, endurance; nothing is better than these in human life. If anyone keeps these and does not refrain from them, he becomes blessed in his life.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:104 · 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.
Topics: Ethics

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Herm. Mand. 8.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/8/9/).

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Herm. Mand. 8.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/8/9/).

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