Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 2.2.8 (6.8)

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

Summary: Those who deny Christ in the coming days lose life; earlier deniers find mercy.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:20–22

ὤμοσεν γὰρ κύριος κατὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, τοὺς ἀρνησαμένους τὸν Χριστὸν αὐτῶν ἀπεγνωρίσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς ζωῆς αὐτῶν, τοὺς νῦν μέλλοντας ἀρνεῖσθαι ταῖς ἐρχομέναις ἡμέραις· τοῖς δὲ πρότερον ἀρνησαμένοις, διὰ τὴν πολυσπλαγχνίαν ἵλεως ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς.

English · Claude translation

For the Lord has sworn by his Son that those who have denied their Christ have been rejected from their life, that is, those who are now going to deny him in the days to come; but to those who denied him before, he has become merciful because of his great compassion.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 25:20–22 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 6–71 · 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: Persecution, Christology

Notes

Translation notes

“Their life”: Christ, or their own salvation; the Greek allows both.

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Herm. Vis. 2.2.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/2/2/8/).

Plain text

Herm. Vis. 2.2.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/2/2/8/).

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