Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 4.7 (53.7)

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

Summary: One occupation leaves room to serve God.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:150

ἐὰν δὲ μίαν τις πρᾶξιν ἐργάσηται, δύναται καὶ τῷ κυρίῳ δουλεῦσαι· οὐ γὰρ διαφθαρήσεται ἡ διάνοια αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου, ἀλλὰ δουλεύσει αὐτῷ ἔχων τὴν διάνοιαν αὐτοῦ καθαράν.

English · Claude translation

But if someone engages in one business, he can also serve the Lord; for his mind will not be corrupted away from the Lord, but he will serve him, keeping his mind pure.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 25:150 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 138–305 · 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), and from the ancient Latin version where Lake prints it because the Greek is lost (from Sim. 9.30.3); made independently of existing English translations.

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Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): δυναται καὶ → δύναται καὶ.

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Herm. Sim. 4.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/4/7/).

Plain text

Herm. Sim. 4.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/4/7/).

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