Sophia Scriptura

Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 9.8 (39.8)

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

Summary: Keep asking; blame yourself, not God, if you give up.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:108

σὺ οὖν μὴ διαλίπῃς αἰτούμενος τὸ αἴτημα τῆς ψυχῆς σου, καὶ λήψῃ αὐτό· ἐὰν δὲ ἐκκακήσῃς καὶ διψυχήσῃς αἰτούμενος, σεαυτὸν αἰτιῶ καὶ μὴ τὸν διδόντα σοι.

English · Claude translation

So do not stop asking for your soul's request, and you will receive it; but if you grow weary and doubt as you ask, blame yourself and not the one who gives to you.

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Source
Lake, LCL 25:108 · 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. 9.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/9/8/).

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Herm. Mand. 9.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/9/8/).

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