Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 9.22.4 (99.4)

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

Summary: Their fault is folly, not wickedness; they may repent.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:274–276

καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς δὲ τοῖς τοιούτοις κεῖται μετάνοια· οὐκ ἐγένοντο γὰρ πονηροί, μᾶλλον δὲ μωροὶ καὶ ἀσύνετοι. οὗτοι οὖν ἐὰν μετανοήσωσι, ζήσονται τῷ θεῷ· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ μετανοήσωσι, κατοικήσουσι μετὰ τῶν γυναικῶν τῶν πονηρευομένων εἰς αὐτούς.

English · Claude translation

And for the rest of such people repentance is laid down; for they did not become wicked, but rather foolish and without understanding. These, then, if they repent, will live to God; but if they do not repent, they will dwell with the women who do evil to them.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 25:274–276 · 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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Digital text corrected (digitization slip: a stray letter at the end of the section): εἰς αὐτούς. α → εἰς αὐτούς..

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Herm. Sim. 9.22.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/9/22/4/).

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Herm. Sim. 9.22.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/9/22/4/).

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