Letters to Virgins (complete) · Sophia Scriptura

Letters 1, chapter 2

1.2.1Funk–Diekamp 2

Ὁ γὰρ ὄντως εὐνουχίσας ἑαυτὸν διὰ τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν ἢ παρθενεύσας διὰ πάντων ὀφειλέτης ἐστὶν ἄξιον ἑαυτὸν ἀναδεῖξαι τῆς βασιλείας.

Ho gar ontōs eunouchisas heauton dia tēn basileian tōn ouranōn ē partheneusas dia pantōn opheiletēs estin axion heauton anadeixai tēs basileias.

For one who has truly made himself a eunuch for the sake of the kingdom of heaven, or lives as a virgin, is bound in every way to show himself worthy of the kingdom.

Matt 19:12 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: One who chooses celibacy for the kingdom must live worthily of it.

Matt 19:12. The Greek survives only in fragments, mostly preserved in Antiochus of Saint Sabas’s Pandect; the full letters survive in Syriac.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): II. Ὁ → Ὁ.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.2.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.2.2Funk–Diekamp 2

οὐ γὰρ ἐν λόγῳ ἢ σχήματι ἢ ὀνόματι ἢ γένει ἢ μορφῇ ἢ ἰσχύϊ ἢ χρόνῳ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν καταλαμβάνεται, ἀλλʼ ἐν δυνάμει πίστεως· ἐπιδεικνυμένην γὰρ πίστιν ἀπαγγελεῖ δίκαιος ἐνεργῶς. ὁ δὲ ὄντως δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεως πίστιν ἔχει ἐνεργῆ, πίστιν αὐξάνουσαν, πίστιν πεπληροφορημένην, πίστιν φωτίζουσαν ἐν τοῖς καλοῖς ἔργοις, ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ τῶν ὅλων θεός.

ou gar en logǭ ē schēmati ē onomati ē genei ē morphę̄ ē ischyï ē chronǭ hē basileia tōn ouranōn katalambanetai, allʼ en dynamei pisteōs; epideiknymenēn gar pistin apangelei dikaios energōs. ho de ontōs dikaios ek pisteōs pistin echei energē, pistin auxanousan, pistin peplērophorēmenēn, pistin phōtizousan en tois kalois ergois, hina doxasthę̄ ho tōn holōn theos.

For the kingdom of heaven is not attained by word, or appearance, or name, or race, or form, or strength, or age, but by the power of faith; for the righteous man will declare faith shown actively. The one who is truly righteous by faith has active faith, growing faith, faith fully assured, faith shining in good works, so that the God of all may be glorified.

Rom 1:17 (allusion, low confidence) · Matt 5:16 (allusion, low confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The kingdom is gained by active faith, shown in good works.

Compare Rom 1:17; Matt 5:16.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text; word split in the digital text): 2. οὐ → οὐ; πίστιν αὐξά νουσαν → πίστιν αὐξάνουσαν.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.2.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.2.3Funk–Diekamp 2

ὁ γὰρ ὄντως φιλόπτωχος ἀκούει τοῦ λέγοντος· Ἐλεημοσύναι καὶ πίστις μὴ ἐκλειπέτωσάν σε· ἄφαψαι δὲ αὐτὰς ἐπὶ 〈τῷ〉 σῷ τραχήλῳ, καὶ εὑρήσεις χάριν· καὶ προνοοῦ καλὰ ἐνώπιον κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων.

ho gar ontōs philoptōchos akouei tou legontos; Eleēmosynai kai pistis mē ekleipetōsan se; aphapsai de autas epi 〈tǭ〉 sǭ trachēlǭ, kai heurēseis charin; kai pronoou kala enōpion kyriou kai anthrōpōn.

For the one who truly loves the poor listens to the one who says, “Let not almsgiving and faith fail you; bind them about your neck, and you will find favour”; and, “Provide good things before the Lord and before men.”

Prov 3:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 3:4 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 8:21 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The lover of the poor heeds Proverbs on almsgiving.

Prov 3:3–4 and 3:4 (Septuagint); compare 2 Cor 8:21.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.2.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.2.4Funk–Diekamp 2

Ὀδοὶ δικαίων ὁμοίως φωτὶ λάμπουσιν, προπορεύονται καὶ φωτίζουσιν, ἕως κατορθώσῃ ἡ ἡμέρα.

Odoi dikaiōn homoiōs phōti lampousin, proporeuontai kai phōtizousin, heōs katorthōsę̄ hē hēmera.

“The ways of the righteous shine like light; they go before and give light until the day is fully established.”

Prov 4:18 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The ways of the righteous shine like light.

Prov 4:18 (Septuagint).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text; word split in the digital text): 4. Ὀδοὶ → Ὀδοὶ; λάμπου σιν → λάμπουσιν.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.2.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.2.5Funk–Diekamp 2

χρὴ οὖν τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἄνθρωπον ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ καὶ λόγῳ ἐξηρτύσθαι καὶ κοσμεῖσθαι καὶ εὐχημόνως καὶ κατὰ τάξιν πάντα πράττειν πρὸς ὑποτύπωσιν τῶν αὐτῷ πειθομένων.

chrē oun ton tou theou anthrōpon en panti ergǭ agathǭ kai logǭ exērtysthai kai kosmeisthai kai euchēmonōs kai kata taxin panta prattein pros hypotypōsin tōn autǭ peithomenōn.

The man of God, then, must be equipped and adorned in every good work and word, and do everything decently and in order, as a pattern for those who obey him.

2 Tim 3:17 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 14:40 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The man of God must be an example in every good work.

Compare 2 Tim 3:17; 1 Cor 14:40.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 5. χρὴ → χρὴ.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.2.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-2-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 1, chapter 3

1.3.1Funk–Diekamp 2

ὁ γὰρ ἡγούμενος ἐκ τοῦ ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ προηγεῖσθαι καλεῖται ἡγούμενος. ὄνομα γὰρ ψιλὸν οὐκ εἰσάγει εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.

ho gar hēgoumenos ek tou en tǭ ergǭ proēgeisthai kaleitai hēgoumenos. onoma gar psilon ouk eisagei eis tēn basileian tōn ouranōn.

For the one who leads is called a leader from leading the way in action. A bare name does not bring one into the kingdom of heaven.

Notes and citation

Summary: A leader leads by deeds; a name does not save.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.3.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-3-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.3.2Funk–Diekamp 2

ὁ νεανίσκος τοίνυν, τουτέστιν ὁ ἑαυτὸν εὐνουχίσας διὰ τὴν βασιλείαν, καὶ ἡ παρθένος, ἐὰν μὴ κατὰ πάντα τοιοῦτοι ὦσιν, ὥσπερ οἱ ἀληθινοὶ μιμηταὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, οὐ δύνανται σωθῆναι.

ho neaniskos toinyn, toutestin ho heauton eunouchisas dia tēn basileian, kai hē parthenos, ean mē kata panta toioutoi ōsin, hōsper hoi alēthinoi mimētai tou Christou, ou dynantai sōthēnai.

The young man, then, that is, the one who has made himself a eunuch for the kingdom, and the virgin, cannot be saved unless they are such in every respect as the true imitators of Christ.

Notes and citation

Summary: Celibates must imitate Christ in everything to be saved.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.3.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-3-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.3.3Funk–Diekamp 2

τὸ γὰρ λέγεσθαι παρθένον καὶ τὰς ἀρετὰς μὴ ἔχειν ἀναλόγους καὶ οἰκείους καὶ ἁρμοζούσας τῇ παρθένῳ, μωρὰν τὴν τοιαύτην παρθενίαν ἔφησεν ὁ κύριος· ἀφεγγὴς γὰρ οὖσα καὶ ἀνέλαιος ἔξω τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐκκλείεται. νυμφίου χαρᾶς στερηθεῖσα, καὶ μετὰ τῶν μισούντων τὸν νυμφίον λογισθήσεται· δοκεῖ γὰρ εἶναί τι ἡ ἄπρακτος μηδὲν οὖσα, καὶ φρεναπατᾷ ἑαυτήν.

to gar legesthai parthenon kai tas aretas mē echein analogous kai oikeious kai harmozousas tę̄ parthenǭ, mōran tēn toiautēn parthenian ephēsen ho kyrios; aphengēs gar ousa kai anelaios exō tēs basileias tōn ouranōn ekkleietai. nymphiou charas sterētheisa, kai meta tōn misountōn ton nymphion logisthēsetai; dokei gar einai ti hē apraktos mēden ousa, kai phrenapatą heautēn.

For to be called a virgin and not to have the virtues corresponding, proper, and fitting to a virgin, such virginity the Lord called foolish: being without light and without oil, it is shut out of the kingdom of heaven, deprived of the joy of the bridegroom, and will be counted with those who hate the bridegroom. For she thinks herself something while she is nothing, doing nothing, and deceives herself.

Matt 25:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 25:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Gal 6:3 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Virginity without virtues is the foolish virgins’ lampless state.

Matt 25:1–12; Gal 6:3.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 3. τὸ → τὸ.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.3.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-3-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.3.4Funk–Diekamp 2

τὸ δὲ ἔργον ἑαυτοῦ δοκιμαζέτω ἕκαστος καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἐπιγινωσκέτω, ὅτι θρησκεία ἐστὶν μάταιος· παρθενίαν καὶ ἐγκράτειαν ὁμολογοῦντες ἔχειν, τὴν δὲ δύναμιν αὐτῆς ἠρνημένοι.

to de ergon heautou dokimazetō hekastos kai heauton epiginōsketō, hoti thrēskeia estin mataios; parthenian kai enkrateian homologountes echein, tēn de dynamin autēs ērnēmenoi.

But let each one test his own work and know himself, that such religion is vain: professing to have virginity and continence, but having denied its power.

Gal 6:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Jas 1:26 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Tim 3:5 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Professed virginity without its power is vain.

Gal 6:4; Jas 1:26; 2 Tim 3:5.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text; word split in the digital text): 4. τὸ → τὸ; ἕκα στος → ἕκαστος.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.3.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-3-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.3.5Funk–Diekamp 2

καὶ ὁ τοιοῦτος τὴν ἁγνείαν ἐγκομβοῦται ἐν τῷ ἁγνῷ φόβῳ κυρίου.

kai ho toioutos tēn hagneian enkomboutai en tǭ hagnǭ phobǭ kyriou.

And such a one clothes himself with chastity in the pure fear of the Lord.

Ps 19:9 (18:10 LXX) (allusion, low confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Chastity is worn in the fear of the Lord.

Compare Ps 19:9 (18:10 LXX).

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.3.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-3-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.3.6Funk–Diekamp 2

καὶ ὁ ἀληθῶς ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου κυρίου τὰς σάρκας προσηλώσας ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου κυρίου παρῃτήσατο τὸ αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε, καὶ παρῃτήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἄνθρωπος ἐν τῷ μέρει τούτῳ, τάς τε τοῦ κόσμου μερίμνας καὶ ἀπάτας καὶ ἡδονὰς καὶ κραιπάλας καὶ μέθας καὶ συγχύσεις Βαβυλωνίας καὶ πάντα τὰ βιωτικὰ ἠρνήσατο, καὶ ἀπετάξατο τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ τοῖς τοῦ κόσμου δικτύοις καὶ συμπλοκαῖς καὶ παγίσιν, καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς βαδίζων τὸ πολίτευμα ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἠγάπησεν ἔχειν.

kai ho alēthōs apo tou phobou kyriou tas sarkas prosēlōsas apo tou phobou kyriou parę̄tēsato to auxanesthe kai plēthynesthe, kai parę̄tēsato to einai anthrōpos en tǭ merei toutǭ, tas te tou kosmou merimnas kai apatas kai hēdonas kai kraipalas kai methas kai synchyseis Babylōnias kai panta ta biōtika ērnēsato, kai apetaxato tǭ kosmǭ kai tois tou kosmou diktyois kai symplokais kai pagisin, kai epi gēs badizōn to politeuma en ouranois ēgapēsen echein.

And the one who has truly nailed his flesh from the fear of the Lord has, from the fear of the Lord, renounced “Increase and multiply,” and renounced being a man in this respect; he has denied the cares and deceits and pleasures of the world, its debauchery, drunkenness, and Babylonian confusions, and all the things of this life; he has bidden farewell to the world and to its nets, entanglements, and snares, and while walking on earth has loved to have his citizenship in heaven.

Ps 119:120 (118:120 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 1:28 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 21:34 (allusion, medium confidence) · Phil 3:20 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The celibate renounces marriage and worldly life for heavenly citizenship.

Ps 119:120 (118:120 LXX, “nail my flesh with your fear”); Gen 1:28; Luke 21:34; Phil 3:20. The writer applies Gen 1:28 to the celibate’s renunciation of marriage; translated as written.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip and word split in the digital text; section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text; word split in the digital text): 6. καὶ → καὶ; ἡδωνὰς καὶ κραι πάλας → ἡδονὰς καὶ κραιπάλας; καὶ πα γίσιν → καὶ παγίσιν.

Topics: Marriage

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.3.6 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-3-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 1, chapter 4

1.4.1Funk–Diekamp 2

Τῶν γὰρ κρειττόνων ὀρεγόμενος τῷ κόσμῳ ἀπετάξατο, ἵνα ζήσῃ βίον θεῖον, οὐράνιον, ἀγγελικόν, ἐν θρησκείᾳ καθαρᾷ καὶ ἀμιάντῳ καὶ ἁγίᾳ ἐν πνεύματι θεοῦ, θεῷ λατρεύων παντοκράτορι διὰ τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.

Tōn gar kreittonōn oregomenos tǭ kosmǭ apetaxato, hina zēsę̄ bion theion, ouranion, angelikon, en thrēskeią katharą kai amiantǭ kai hagią en pneumati theou, theǭ latreuōn pantokratori dia tēn basileian tōn ouranōn.

For, reaching after better things, he has bidden farewell to the world, so as to live a divine, heavenly, angelic life, in pure, undefiled, and holy religion in the Spirit of God, serving God Almighty for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.

Jas 1:27 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The celibate lives an angelic life in service to God.

Compare Jas 1:27.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text; word split in the digital text): IV. Τῶν → Τῶν; ὀρε γόμενος → ὀρεγόμενος.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.4.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-4-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.4.2Funk–Diekamp 2

διʼ ἣν καὶ ἀπετάξατο τῷ τῆς σαρκὸς φρονήματι.

diʼ hēn kai apetaxato tǭ tēs sarkos phronēmati.

For its sake he has also bidden farewell to the mind of the flesh.

Rom 8:6 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: He renounces the mind of the flesh.

Rom 8:6–7.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 2. διʼ → διʼ.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.4.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-4-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 1, chapter 5

1.5.2Funk–Diekamp 2

ἀγώνισαι νομίμως ἀθλῆσαι, ἵνα τὸν στέφανον, ὃν ᾑρήσω, ἀπολάβῃς καὶ στεφανηφόρος πομπεύσῃς εἰς τὴν ἄνω Ἱερουσαλήμ.

agōnisai nomimōs athlēsai, hina ton stephanon, hon hę̄rēsō, apolabę̄s kai stephanēphoros pompeusę̄s eis tēn anō Hierousalēm.

Contend lawfully to compete, so that you may receive the crown you have chosen and march wearing the crown into the Jerusalem above.

2 Tim 2:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Gal 4:26 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Contend lawfully to win the crown of the heavenly Jerusalem.

2 Tim 2:5; Gal 4:26. The beginning of the sentence is lost.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.5.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-5-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.5.3Funk–Diekamp 2

ἀγωνισώμεθα νικῆσαι τὴν σάρκα καὶ τὸ ταύτης φρόνημα ἐν πνεύματι θεοῦ. νικήσωμεν τὸν σατανᾶν, τὸν δράκοντα ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντι ἡμᾶς Χριστῷ.

agōnisōmetha nikēsai tēn sarka kai to tautēs phronēma en pneumati theou. nikēsōmen ton satanan, ton drakonta en tǭ endynamounti hēmas Christǭ.

Let us contend to conquer the flesh and its mind in the Spirit of God. Let us conquer Satan, the dragon, in Christ who strengthens us.

Rev 12:9 (allusion, medium confidence) · Phil 4:13 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Conquer the flesh and Satan through Christ.

Rev 12:9; Phil 4:13.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 3. ἀγωνισώμεθα → ἀγωνισώμεθα.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.5.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-5-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.5.4Funk–Diekamp 2

ἄρωμεν τὸν σταυρὸν καὶ ἀκολουθήσωμεν τῷ νικοποιῷ Ἰησοῦ. ἀγωνισώμεθα δραμεῖν εὐθέως καὶ πεποιθότως, ἵνα καταλάβωμεν τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως ἐν Χριστῷ.

arōmen ton stauron kai akolouthēsōmen tǭ nikopoiǭ Iēsou. agōnisōmetha dramein eutheōs kai pepoithotōs, hina katalabōmen to brabeion tēs anō klēseōs en Christǭ.

Let us take up the cross and follow the victory-bringing Jesus. Let us contend to run straight and confidently, so that we may lay hold of the prize of the upward call in Christ.

Matt 16:24 (allusion, high confidence) · Phil 3:14 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Take up the cross and run for the prize of the upward call.

Matt 16:24; Phil 3:14.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 4. ἄρωμεν → ἄρωμεν.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.5.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-5-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.5.5Funk–Diekamp 2

πᾶς γὰρ ὁ τρέχων πεπληροφορημένως καὶ οὐκ ἀδήλως καταλαμβάνει τὸν στέφανον τῆς ἀποταγῆς καὶ τῆς ἁγνείας τὸν πολύμοχθον καὶ πολύμισθον πλοῦτον. μέγα οὖν ἐστιν ἐν ἁγνείᾳ μένειν... χρὴ δὲ καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς ἀρετάς, καθὼς εἴρηται, ἀναλόγους ἔχειν τῇ παρθενίᾳ. ὅτι ἡ παρθενία ἀνωτέρα ἐστὶν πάντων.

pas gar ho trechōn peplērophorēmenōs kai ouk adēlōs katalambanei ton stephanon tēs apotagēs kai tēs hagneias ton polymochthon kai polymisthon plouton. mega oun estin en hagneią menein... chrē de kai tas loipas aretas, kathōs eirētai, analogous echein tę̄ parthenią. hoti hē parthenia anōtera estin pantōn.

For everyone who runs with full assurance and not uncertainly lays hold of the crown of renunciation and the much-laboured and richly rewarded wealth of chastity. It is a great thing, then, to remain in chastity… But one must also, as has been said, have the other virtues corresponding to virginity; for virginity is higher than all.

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

1 Cor 9:26 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Chastity is great but must be joined with the other virtues.

1 Cor 9:26. A gap in the text is marked “…”.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 5. πᾶς → πᾶς.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.5.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-5-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 1, chapter 6

1.6.1Funk–Diekamp 2

Παρθένου γὰρ μήτρα ἐκύησε τὸν θεὸν λόγον. ἐκ τούτου γνῶθι τὴν δόξαν τῆς παρθενίας. οἱ γὰρ ἀφιερούμενοι τῷ θεῷ μιμηταὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ γίνονται.

Parthenou gar mētra ekyēse ton theon logon. ek toutou gnōthi tēn doxan tēs parthenias. hoi gar aphieroumenoi tǭ theǭ mimētai tou Christou ginontai.

For a virgin’s womb conceived God the Word. From this learn the glory of virginity. For those consecrated to God become imitators of Christ.

Luke 1:31 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: A virgin bore God the Word; virginity is glorious.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): VI. Παρθένου → Παρθένου.

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.6.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.6.2Funk–Diekamp 2

γίνου ὡς Ἰωάννης ὁ τοῦ Χριστοῦ πρόδρομος, ὁ ἁγνὸς τοῦ κυρίου ἄγγελος.

ginou hōs Iōannēs ho tou Christou prodromos, ho hagnos tou kyriou angelos.

Be like John, the forerunner of Christ, the pure messenger of the Lord;

Mark 1:2 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Imitate John the Baptist.

Mal 3:1; Mark 1:2.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 2. γίνου → γίνου.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.6.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.6.3Funk–Diekamp 2

καὶ ὡς Ἰωάννης ὁ ἐπιστήθιος τοῦ κυρίου, ὃν καὶ ἐφίλει ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὡς ἁγνόν.

kai hōs Iōannēs ho epistēthios tou kyriou, hon kai ephilei ho Iēsous hōs hagnon.

and like John who leaned on the Lord’s breast, whom Jesus loved as pure.

John 13:23 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Imitate John the beloved disciple.

John 13:23–25; 21:20.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 3. καὶ → καὶ.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.6.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-6-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.6.4Funk–Diekamp 2

Παῦλος καὶ Βαρνάβας καὶ Τιμόθεος τὸν δρόμον τῆς ἁγνείας καὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα ἀσπίλως ἐτέλεσαν, ὡς ἀληθῶς μιμηταὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ.

Paulos kai Barnabas kai Timotheos ton dromon tēs hagneias kai ton agōna aspilōs etelesan, hōs alēthōs mimētai tou Christou.

Paul and Barnabas and Timothy finished the course of chastity and the contest spotlessly, as true imitators of Christ.

2 Tim 4:7 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Paul, Barnabas, and Timothy lived chastely.

Compare 2 Tim 4:7.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 4. Παῦλος → Παῦλος.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.6.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.6.5Funk–Diekamp 2

ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἡλιοῦ καὶ Ἐλισσαίου καὶ ἄλλων πολλῶν τὸν βίον τοιοῦτον εὑρήσεις ἁγνὸν καὶ ἄμωμον. εἰ οὖν τούτους θέλεις μιμήσασθαι, δυνατῶς μιμοῦ πρεσβυτέρους, ὧν ἀναθεωροῦντες, φησίν, τὴν ἔκβασιν τῆς ἀναστροφῆς μιμεῖσθε καὶ τὴν πίστιν. καὶ τό· μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε, καθὼς κἀγὼ Χριστοῦ.

alla kai Hēliou kai Elissaiou kai allōn pollōn ton bion toiouton heurēseis hagnon kai amōmon. ei oun toutous theleis mimēsasthai, dynatōs mimou presbyterous, hōn anatheōrountes, phēsin, tēn ekbasin tēs anastrophēs mimeisthe kai tēn pistin. kai to; mimētai mou ginesthe, kathōs kagō Christou.

And you will find the life of Elijah and Elisha and many others to have been likewise chaste and blameless. If, then, you wish to imitate these, imitate the elders strongly, of whom it says, “Considering the outcome of their way of life, imitate their faith”; and, “Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.”

Heb 13:7 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 11:1 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Imitate Elijah, Elisha, and the faithful elders.

Heb 13:7; 1 Cor 11:1.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text; word split in the digital text): 5. ἀλλὰ → ἀλλὰ; μιμοῦ πρε σβυτέρους → μιμοῦ πρεσβυτέρους.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.6.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-6-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 1, chapter 7

1.7.1Funk–Diekamp 2

Οἱ τοῦ Χριστοῦ μιμηταὶ δυνατῶς μιμοῦνται αὐτόν. οὕτω γὰρ ἀγωνιζόμενοι δυνηθήσεσθε ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἐμμορφώσασθαι τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν πᾶσιν, ἐν βίῳ, ἐν ἀναστροφῇ, ἐν προθέσει, ἐν λόγῳ, ἐν ἔργῳ, ἐν ὑπομονῇ, ἐν ἀνδρείᾳ, ἐν φρονήσει, ἐν σωφροσύνῃ, ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ἐν μακροθυμίᾳ, ἐν ἀνεξικακίᾳ, ἐν εὐσεβείᾳ, ἐν ὁσιότητι, ἐν ἐγκρατείᾳ, ἐν πίστει, ἐν ἐλπίδι, ἐν ἀγάπῃ τελειοτάτῃ πρὸς θεόν.

Hoi tou Christou mimētai dynatōs mimountai auton. houtō gar agōnizomenoi dynēthēsesthe en alētheią en heautois emmorphōsasthai tēn eikona tou Christou en pasin, en biǭ, en anastrophę̄, en prothesei, en logǭ, en ergǭ, en hypomonę̄, en andreią, en phronēsei, en sōphrosynę̄, en dikaiosynę̄, en makrothymią, en anexikakią, en eusebeią, en hosiotēti, en enkrateią, en pistei, en elpidi, en agapę̄ teleiotatę̄ pros theon.

The imitators of Christ imitate him strongly. For contending thus you will be able truly to form in yourselves the image of Christ in all things: in life, in conduct, in purpose, in word, in deed, in endurance, in courage, in prudence, in temperance, in righteousness, in long-suffering, in forbearance, in piety, in holiness, in continence, in faith, in hope, in most perfect love toward God.

Gal 4:19 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Form the image of Christ in every virtue.

Compare Gal 4:19.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text; word split in the digital text): VII. Οἱ → Οἱ; μιμη ταὶ → μιμηταὶ.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.7.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.7.2Funk–Diekamp 2

ἡ γὰρ ὄντως εὐνουχία καὶ ἡ ὄντως παρθενία ἐν κυρίῳ ἁγία ἐστὶν τῷ σώματι καὶ τῷ πνεύματι, ἀπερισπάστως καὶ εὐπαρέδρως τῷ κυρίῳ λατρεύουσα ἐν πνεύματι θεοῦ, καθαρῶς καὶ ἀμιάντως ἀρέσκουσα τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἀεὶ μεριμνῶσα, πῶς ἀρέσει αὐτῷ.

hē gar ontōs eunouchia kai hē ontōs parthenia en kyriǭ hagia estin tǭ sōmati kai tǭ pneumati, aperispastōs kai euparedrōs tǭ kyriǭ latreuousa en pneumati theou, katharōs kai amiantōs areskousa tǭ kyriǭ kai aei merimnōsa, pōs aresei autǭ.

For true eunuchhood and true virginity in the Lord is holy in body and spirit, serving the Lord without distraction and with devotion in the Spirit of God, pleasing the Lord purely and undefiled, and always anxious how to please him.

1 Cor 7:34 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 7:35 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 7:32 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: True virginity is holy in body and spirit, wholly devoted to the Lord.

1 Cor 7:32–35.

Topics: Marriage

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.7.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-7-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.7.3Funk–Diekamp 2

Καὶ ἐν πνεύματί ἐστιν πρὸς τὸν κύριον, καθὼς γέγραπται· Ἅγιοι ἔσεσθε, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἅγιός εἰμι, λέγει κύριος.

Kai en pneumati estin pros ton kyrion, kathōs gegraptai; Hagioi esesthe, hoti egō hagios eimi, legei kyrios.

And it is in spirit toward the Lord, as it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy, says the Lord.”

Lev 19:2 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Pet 1:16 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Be holy as God is holy.

Lev 19:2; 1 Pet 1:16.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 3. Καὶ → Καὶ.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.7.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-7-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 1, chapter 8

1.8.1Funk–Diekamp 2

Οὐ γὰρ μόνον ὀνόματι ψιλῷ ἅγιός ἐστιν, ἀλλʼ ἐν παντὶ ἅγιός ἐστιν τῷ σώματι καὶ τῷ πνεύματι.

Ou gar monon onomati psilǭ hagios estin, allʼ en panti hagios estin tǭ sōmati kai tǭ pneumati.

For one is holy not by a bare name only, but is holy in everything, in body and spirit.

Notes and citation

Summary: Holiness is of body and spirit, not of name.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text; word repeated in the digital text): VIII. Οὐ → Οὐ; ψιλῷ ἅγιος ἅγιός ἐστιν → ψιλῷ ἅγιός ἐστιν.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.8.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.8.2Funk–Diekamp 2

ἅτινά εἰσιν πορνεία, ἀκαθαρσία, 〈ἀσέλγεια〉, εἰδωλολατρεία, φαρμακεία, ἔχθραι, ἔρεις, ζῆλοι, θυμοί, ἐριθεῖαι, καταλαλιαί, διχοστασίαι, φθόνοι, φόνοι, μέθαι, κῶμοι, εὐτραπελία, μωρολογία, γέλως, ἀφροσύνη, σκώμματα, ψιθυρισμοί, πικρία, ὀργή, κραυγή, βλασφημίαι, φλυαρίαι, κακίαι, ἐφευρήσεις κακῶν, ἐπιορκίαι, πολυλογίαι, πλοκολογίαι, βαττολογίαι, μοχθισμοί, βαναυσίαι, διαπαρατριβαί, προσκλήσεις, βλακεῖαι,

hatina eisin porneia, akatharsia, 〈aselgeia〉, eidōlolatreia, pharmakeia, echthrai, ereis, zēloi, thymoi, eritheiai, katalaliai, dichostasiai, phthonoi, phonoi, methai, kōmoi, eutrapelia, mōrologia, gelōs, aphrosynē, skōmmata, psithyrismoi, pikria, orgē, kraugē, blasphēmiai, phlyariai, kakiai, epheurēseis kakōn, epiorkiai, polylogiai, plokologiai, battologiai, mochthismoi, banausiai, diaparatribai, prosklēseis, blakeiai,

… which are sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, slanders, dissensions, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, coarse joking, foolish talk, laughter, folly, mockeries, whisperings, bitterness, wrath, clamour, blasphemies, idle talk, malice, inventions of evil, perjuries, much speaking, tangled talk, babbling, toilsomeness, vulgarities, quarrellings, lawsuits, stupidities,

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

Gal 5:19 (allusion, high confidence) · Gal 5:20 (allusion, high confidence) · Gal 5:21 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 4:31 (allusion, medium confidence) · Eph 5:4 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: A list of the works of the flesh.

Compare Gal 5:19–21; Eph 4:31; 5:4. The beginning of the sentence is lost; the editor supplies “licentiousness” (ἀσέλγεια).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (word split in the digital text): βαναυ σίαι → βαναυσίαι.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.8.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.8.3Funk–Diekamp 2

τύφος, φυσίωσις γένους, μορφῆς, χώρας, πλούτου, ἀνδρείας σαρκίνης, λόγου, ἐριθεία μετὰ φιλονεικίας, μῖσος, μνησικακία, ὀξυχολία, μῆνις, δόλος, ἀνταπόδοσις, γαστριμαργία, ἀπληστία, πλεονεξία ἥτις ἐστὶν εἰδωλολατρεία, φιλαργυρία ἡ ῥίζα πάντων τῶν κακῶν, φιλοκοσμία, κενοδοξία, φιλαρχία, αὐθάδεια, θράσος, ἀλαζονεία ἣ καλεῖται λοιμότης, ὑπερηφανία ᾗ ὁ θεὸς ἀντιτάσσεται.

typhos, physiōsis genous, morphēs, chōras, ploutou, andreias sarkinēs, logou, eritheia meta philoneikias, misos, mnēsikakia, oxycholia, mēnis, dolos, antapodosis, gastrimargia, aplēstia, pleonexia hētis estin eidōlolatreia, philargyria hē rhiza pantōn tōn kakōn, philokosmia, kenodoxia, philarchia, authadeia, thrasos, alazoneia hē kaleitai loimotēs, hyperēphania hę̄ ho theos antitassetai.

pride, puffing up over birth, beauty, country, wealth, bodily strength, eloquence; rivalry with contentiousness, hatred, bearing grudges, quick temper, wrath, deceit, retaliation, gluttony, insatiability, covetousness, which is idolatry, love of money, the root of all evils, love of finery, vainglory, love of power, self-will, rashness, boastfulness, which is called pestilence, arrogance, which God opposes.

Col 3:5 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Tim 6:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Jas 4:6 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: The list of vices continues.

Col 3:5; 1 Tim 6:10; Jas 4:6 (Prov 3:34).

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Digital text corrected (accent slips in the digital text; section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 3. τύφος, → τύφος,; ἀλαζονεία ἢ καλεῖται λοιμότης, ὑπερηφανία ᾖ ὁ θεὸς → ἀλαζονεία ἣ καλεῖται λοιμότης, ὑπερηφανία ᾗ ὁ θεὸς.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.8.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-8-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.8.4Funk–Diekamp 2

ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τούτοις ὅμοια ὅστις ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ, σαρκικός ἐστι καὶ υἱὸς τοῦ ἐναντίου. τὸ γὰρ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς σάρξ ἐστι, καὶ ὁ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ὢν τὰ τῆς γῆς λαλεῖ, τὰ τῆς γῆς ἔργα φρονῶν. τὸ γὰρ φρόνημα τῆς σαρκὸς ἔχθρα εἰς θεόν ἐστιν· τῷ γὰρ νόμῳ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐχ ὑποτάσσεται, οὐδὲ γὰρ δύναται. καὶ ἐν τῷ τοιούτῳ οὐκ οἰκεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ·

tauta kai ta toutois homoia hostis echei en heautǭ, sarkikos esti kai huios tou enantiou. to gar gegennēmenon ek tēs sarkos sarx esti, kai ho ek tēs gēs ōn ta tēs gēs lalei, ta tēs gēs erga phronōn. to gar phronēma tēs sarkos echthra eis theon estin; tǭ gar nomǭ tou theou ouch hypotassetai, oude gar dynatai. kai en tǭ toioutǭ ouk oikei to pneuma tou theou;

Whoever has these and the like in himself is fleshly and a son of the adversary. For “what is born of the flesh is flesh,” and “he who is of the earth speaks of the earth,” thinking earthly things. “For the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor can it be.” And in such a one the Spirit of God does not dwell.

John 3:6 (quotation, high confidence) · John 3:31 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 8:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 8:9 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Whoever has these vices is fleshly, without God’s Spirit.

John 3:6; 3:31; Rom 8:7, 9.

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Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 4. ταῦτα → ταῦτα.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.8.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-8-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.8.5Funk–Diekamp 2

οὐ μὴ γὰρ καταμείνῃ, φησίν, τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τούτοις εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτοὺς σάρκας. εἴ τις τοίνυν πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ οὐκ ἔχει, οὗτος οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ.

ou mē gar katameinę̄, phēsin, to pneuma mou en tois anthrōpois toutois eis ton aiōna dia to einai autous sarkas. ei tis toinyn pneuma Christou ouk echei, houtos ouk estin autou.

“For my Spirit shall not abide,” it says, “in these men for ever, because they are flesh.” If, then, anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

Gen 6:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 8:9 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Without Christ’s Spirit one is not his.

Gen 6:3 (Septuagint); Rom 8:9.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 5. οὐ → οὐ.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.8.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-8-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 1, chapter 9

1.9.1Funk–Diekamp 2

Ὁ γὰρ πνεῦμα θεοῦ ἔχων πνεύματι θεοῦ στοιχεῖ καὶ πνεύματι θεοῦ τὰς πράξεις τοῦ σώματος θανατοῖ καὶ ζῇ τῷ θεῷ, ὑποπιάζων καὶ δουλαγωγῶν τὴν σάρκα.

Ho gar pneuma theou echōn pneumati theou stoichei kai pneumati theou tas praxeis tou sōmatos thanatoi kai zę̄ tǭ theǭ, hypopiazōn kai doulagōgōn tēn sarka.

For the one who has the Spirit of God walks by the Spirit of God, and by the Spirit of God puts to death the deeds of the body, and lives to God, buffeting and bringing the flesh into subjection.

Gal 5:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Rom 8:13 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 9:27 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: The spiritual man puts to death the deeds of the body.

Gal 5:25; Rom 8:13; 1 Cor 9:27.

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Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): IX. Ὁ → Ὁ.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.9.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-9-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.9.2Funk–Diekamp 2

ἐν γὰρ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν φρόνημα σαρκικόν, ἀλλὰ πάντες οἱ καρποὶ τοῦ πνεύματος οἱ σωτήριοι, ἐν οἷς οἰκεῖ ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἐμπεριπατεῖ.

en gar tǭ anthrōpǭ tou theou ouk estin phronēma sarkikon, alla pantes hoi karpoi tou pneumatos hoi sōtērioi, en hois oikei ho theos kai emperipatei.

For in the man of God there is no fleshly mind, but all the saving fruits of the Spirit, in whom God dwells and walks.

Gal 5:22 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Cor 6:16 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: God dwells in the man who bears the Spirit’s fruit.

Gal 5:22; 2 Cor 6:16.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 2. ἐν → ἐν.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.9.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-9-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.9.3Funk–Diekamp 2

ἐν οἷς φαίνονται ὡς φωστῆρες ἐν κόσμῳ, λόγον ζωῆς ἐπέχοντες ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ καύχημα καὶ δόξα τῆς εὐσεβείας ὑπάρχοντες.

en hois phainontai hōs phōstēres en kosmǭ, logon zōēs epechontes hōs alēthōs kai kauchēma kai doxa tēs eusebeias hyparchontes.

In them they shine as lights in the world, holding forth the word of life, being truly the boast and glory of piety.

Phil 2:15 (allusion, high confidence) · Phil 2:16 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Such people shine as lights in the world.

Phil 2:15–16.

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Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 3. ἐν → ἐν.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.9.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-9-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.9.4Funk–Diekamp 2

... ἵνα πᾶς ὁ ὁρῶν ὑμᾶς ἐπιγνώσηται, ὅτι σπέρμα εὐλογημένον ἐστὲ ὑπὸ κυρίου, ἀληθῶς σπέρμα ἔντιμον, βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, ἔθνος ἅγιον, λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν θεοῦ, κληρονόμοι ἀφθάρτων καὶ ἀμαράντων ἐπαγγελιῶν, ὧν ὀφθαλμὸς οὐκ ἴδεν καὶ οὖς οὐκ ἤκουσεν καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπων οὐκ ἀνέβη, ἃ ἡτοίμασεν ὁ θεὸς τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτὸν καὶ φυλάττουσιν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ.

... hina pas ho horōn hymas epignōsētai, hoti sperma eulogēmenon este hypo kyriou, alēthōs sperma entimon, basileion hierateuma, ethnos hagion, laos eis peripoiēsin theou, klēronomoi aphthartōn kai amarantōn epangeliōn, hōn ophthalmos ouk iden kai ous ouk ēkousen kai epi kardian anthrōpōn ouk anebē, ha hētoimasen ho theos tois agapōsin auton kai phylattousin tas entolas autou.

… so that everyone who sees you may know that you are a seed blessed by the Lord, truly a precious seed, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession, heirs of incorruptible and unfading promises, which eye has not seen and ear has not heard and have not entered the heart of men, which God has prepared for those who love him and keep his commandments.

Isa 61:9 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Pet 2:9 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Pet 1:4 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 2:9 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Those who see them will know them as God’s holy people, heirs of his promises.

Isa 61:9; 1 Pet 2:9; 1:4; 1 Cor 2:9.

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Digital text corrected (section numeral leaked into the digital text): 4... ἵνα πᾶς → ... ἵνα πᾶς.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.9.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-9-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 1, chapter 10

1.10.5Funk–Diekamp 2

ἐν γὰρ χερσὶ τοῦ ἀεργοῦ ἄκανθαι φύονται, καί· ὁδοὶ ἀεργῶν ἐστρωμέναι ἀκάνθαις.

en gar chersi tou aergou akanthai phyontai, kai; hodoi aergōn estrōmenai akanthais.

For “in the hands of the idle thorns grow,” and, “the ways of the idle are strewn with thorns.”

Prov 26:9 (quotation, medium confidence) · Prov 15:19 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Idleness breeds thorns.

Prov 26:9 and 15:19 (Septuagint).

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.10.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-10-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 1, chapter 11

1.11.1Funk–Diekamp 2

τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν οἱ μηδὲν ἐργαζόμενοι, ἀλλὰ περιεργαζόμενοι, καταλαλοῦντες

toioutoi eisin hoi mēden ergazomenoi, alla periergazomenoi, katalalountes

Such are those who do no work but are busybodies, slandering

2 Thess 3:11 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Busybodies who do no work.

2 Thess 3:11.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.11.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-11-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.11.2Funk–Diekamp 2

καὶ φλυαροῦντες ἐν ἀφοβίᾳ θεοῦ. πρὸς τούτοις δὲ καὶ προπετεῖς εἰσιν ἐν λόγοις ἀσυναρτήτοις, προφάσει δῆθεν διδασκαλίας,

kai phlyarountes en aphobią theou. pros toutois de kai propeteis eisin en logois asynartētois, prophasei dēthen didaskalias,

and chattering without the fear of God. Besides this they are rash in incoherent words, on the pretext, forsooth, of teaching,

Notes and citation

Summary: They chatter and teach rashly.

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Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.11.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-11-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.11.3Funk–Diekamp 2

μὴ νοοῦντες μήτε ἃ λέγουσι μήτε περὶ τίνων διαβεβαιοῦνται.

mē noountes mēte ha legousi mēte peri tinōn diabebaiountai.

understanding neither what they say nor what they confidently affirm.

1 Tim 1:7 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: They do not understand what they assert.

1 Tim 1:7.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 3. μὴ → μὴ.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.11.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-11-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.11.5Funk–Diekamp 2

καί· εἰ ἔστι σοι σύνεσις, ἀποκρίθητι τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου· εἰ δὲ μήγε, χεῖρα ἐπίθες ἐπὶ τῷ στόματί σου. εἰ δὲ καιρὸς τοῦ λαλεῖν, καλὸν εἰπεῖν λόγον ἐν καιρῷ.

kai; ei esti soi synesis, apokrithēti tǭ adelphǭ sou; ei de mēge, cheira epithes epi tǭ stomati sou. ei de kairos tou lalein, kalon eipein logon en kairǭ.

And: “If you have understanding, answer your brother; but if not, put your hand on your mouth.” And if it is the time to speak, it is good to say a word in season.

Eccl 3:7 (allusion, low confidence) · Prov 15:23 (allusion, low confidence)

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Summary: Speak only with understanding and in season.

Sirach 5:12; compare Eccl 3:7 and Prov 15:23.

Extrabiblical texts: Sir 5:12 (Sirach [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.11.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-11-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.11.6Funk–Diekamp 2

φησὶ γάρ· ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν εἴη πάντοτε ἅλατι ἠρτυμένος, εἰδέναι πῶς δεῖ ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ἀποκρίνεσθαι. πᾶς γὰρ λόγος ἔγκοπος καὶ ὁ προσθεὶς γνῶσιν προστίθησιν ἄλγημα. ὁ δὲ προπετὴς χείλεσιν ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κακά· διὰ ἀπαιδευσίαν γὰρ γλώσσης ἐπέρχονται ὀργαί. ὁ δὲ ἄκακος τηρεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γλῶσσαν ὡς ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν.

phēsi gar; ho logos hymōn eiē pantote halati ērtymenos, eidenai pōs dei heni hekastǭ apokrinesthai. pas gar logos enkopos kai ho prostheis gnōsin prostithēsin algēma. ho de propetēs cheilesin empeseitai eis kaka; dia apaideusian gar glōssēs eperchontai orgai. ho de akakos tērei tēn heautou glōssan hōs agapōn tēn heautou psychēn.

For it says, “Let your speech always be seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each one.” For every word is wearisome, and “he who adds knowledge adds sorrow.” But “the one rash with his lips will fall into evils”; for “through an undisciplined tongue anger comes.” But the innocent keeps his tongue as one who loves his own soul.

Col 4:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Eccl 1:8 (allusion, medium confidence) · Eccl 1:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 13:3 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Guard the tongue; rash speech brings evil.

Col 4:6; Eccl 1:8, 18; Prov 13:3 and other proverbs (loosely, Septuagint).

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Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 6. φησὶ → φησὶ.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.11.6 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-11-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.11.7Funk–Diekamp 2

οἱ γὰρ τῇ κολακείᾳ χρώμενοι ἐξαπατῶσι τὰς καρδίας τῶν ἀκάκων καὶ μακαρίζοντες πλανῶσιν.

hoi gar tę̄ kolakeią chrōmenoi exapatōsi tas kardias tōn akakōn kai makarizontes planōsin.

For those who use flattery deceive the hearts of the innocent and lead them astray by calling them blessed.

Rom 16:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 3:12 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Flatterers deceive the innocent.

Rom 16:18; Isa 3:12 (Septuagint).

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Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 7. οἱ → οἱ.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.11.7 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-11-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.11.8Funk–Diekamp 2

φοβηθῶμεν οὖν τὸ κρῖμα τῶν διδασκάλων· περισσότερον γάρ ἐστι τῶν Λεγόντων καὶ μὴ ποιούντων τὸ κρῖμα ψευδώνυμον γνῶσιν διδασκόντων καὶ ἐμβατευόντων εἰκῇ καὶ φυσιουμένων ἀπὸ τοῦ νοὸς τῆς σαρκός, τυφλῶν τυφλοὺς ὁδηγούντων καὶ ἀμφοτέρων εἰς βόθυνον πιπτόντων. ἐκ γὰρ ἐξόδου λόγου αὐτοῦ γνωσθήσεται ἀνήρ.

phobēthōmen oun to krima tōn didaskalōn; perissoteron gar esti tōn Legontōn kai mē poiountōn to krima pseudōnymon gnōsin didaskontōn kai embateuontōn eikę̄ kai physioumenōn apo tou noos tēs sarkos, typhlōn typhlous hodēgountōn kai amphoterōn eis bothynon piptontōn. ek gar exodou logou autou gnōsthēsetai anēr.

Let us fear, then, the judgment of teachers; for greater is the judgment of those who speak and do not do, who teach knowledge falsely so called, intrude rashly into things, and are puffed up by the mind of the flesh, blind leading the blind, and both falling into the pit. For “from the issue of his word a man will be known.”

Jas 3:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 23:3 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Tim 6:20 (allusion, high confidence) · Col 2:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 15:14 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Teachers who do not practise face greater judgment.

Jas 3:1; Matt 23:3; 1 Tim 6:20; Col 2:18; Matt 15:14; Sirach 27:7. “Those who speak” is printed with a capital in the digital text (Λεγόντων); no change is made.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (breathing slip in the digital text; section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 8. φοβηθῶμεν → φοβηθῶμεν; καὶ ἁμφοτέρων → καὶ ἀμφοτέρων.

Extrabiblical texts: Sir 27:7 (Sirach [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.11.8 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-11-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.11.10Funk–Diekamp 2

πλὴν εἰ εἴληφας χάρισμα πνευματικὸν καὶ λόγον σοφίας ἢ γνώσεως ἢ διδασκαλίας ἢ προφητείας ἢ διακονίας, εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς ὁ πάμπλουτος, ὁ θεὸς ὁ διδοὺς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις καὶ μὴ ὀνειδίζων... χάρισμα ἔχεις παρὰ κυρίου, διακόνησον τοῖς πνευματικοῖς, τοῖς γινώσκουσιν, ὅτι ἃ λέγεις κυρίου ἐστίν, εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ ἀδελφότητος, ἐν πάσῃ ταπεινοφροσύνῃ καὶ πραότητι, ὅπερ ἐστὶν καλὸν καὶ ὠφέλιμον τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.

plēn ei eilēphas charisma pneumatikon kai logon sophias ē gnōseōs ē didaskalias ē prophēteias ē diakonias, eulogētos ho theos ho pamploutos, ho theos ho didous pasin anthrōpois kai mē oneidizōn... charisma echeis para kyriou, diakonēson tois pneumatikois, tois ginōskousin, hoti ha legeis kyriou estin, eis oikodomēn tēs en Christǭ adelphotētos, en pasę̄ tapeinophrosynę̄ kai praotēti, hoper estin kalon kai ōphelimon tois anthrōpois.

But if you have received a spiritual gift, and a word of wisdom or knowledge or teaching or prophecy or service, blessed be God, the all-rich, God who gives to all men and does not reproach… You have a gift from the Lord: serve the spiritual, who know that what you say is the Lord’s, for the building up of the brotherhood in Christ, in all humility and meekness, which is good and profitable to men.

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

1 Cor 12:8 (allusion, high confidence) · Jas 1:5 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Pet 4:10 (allusion, medium confidence) · Titus 3:8 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Use spiritual gifts humbly to build up the church.

1 Cor 12:8; Jas 1:5; 1 Pet 4:10; Titus 3:8. A gap is marked “…”.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 10. πλὴν → πλὴν.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.11.10 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-11-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 1, chapter 12

1.12.1Funk–Diekamp 2

Ὅτι δὲ καλὸν τὸ ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ὀρφανοὺς καὶ χήρας ἐν τῇ θλίψει αὐτῶν καὶ πολυτέκνους πένητας, μάλιστα δὲ πρῶτον τοὺς οἰκείους τῆς πίστεως, πᾶσι πρόδηλα καὶ ἀναντίρρητά ἐστιν.

Hoti de kalon to episkeptesthai orphanous kai chēras en tę̄ thlipsei autōn kai polyteknous penētas, malista de prōton tous oikeious tēs pisteōs, pasi prodēla kai anantirrēta estin.

That it is good to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and poor people with many children, and above all first those of the household of faith, is plain and undisputed to all.

Jas 1:27 (allusion, high confidence) · Gal 6:10 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Visiting orphans, widows, and the poor is good.

Jas 1:27; Gal 6:10.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): XII. Ὅτι → Ὅτι.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.12.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.12.2Funk–Diekamp 2

Ὅτι δὲ καὶ τοῦτο καλὸν καὶ ὠφέλιμον τῇ ἐν Χριστῷ ἀδελφότητι τὸ τοὺς δαιμονιῶντας ἐπισκέπτεσθαι καὶ εὔχεσθαι ἐπάνω αὐτῶν εὐχὴν τῷ θεῷ ἀρέσκουσαν πιστῶς καὶ μὴ ἐκ συνθέσεως πολλῶν λόγων ἢ μελέτας ἐξορκισμῶν πρὸς ἐπίδειξιν ἀνθρωπαρεσκείας πρὸς τὸ φανῆναι εὐλάλους ἢ μνήμονας ἡμᾶς,

Hoti de kai touto kalon kai ōphelimon tę̄ en Christǭ adelphotēti to tous daimoniōntas episkeptesthai kai euchesthai epanō autōn euchēn tǭ theǭ areskousan pistōs kai mē ek syntheseōs pollōn logōn ē meletas exorkismōn pros epideixin anthrōpareskeias pros to phanēnai eulalous ē mnēmonas hēmas,

And that this too is good and profitable for the brotherhood in Christ, to visit those possessed by demons and to pray over them a prayer pleasing to God, faithfully, and not with a composition of many words or practised exorcisms, for show, to please men, so as to appear eloquent or of good memory,

Notes and citation

Summary: Visit and pray over the possessed in faith, not with showy formulas.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 2. Ὅτι → Ὅτι.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.12.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-12-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.12.3Funk–Diekamp 2

δίκην αὐλοῦ ἠχοῦντας πρὸς τοὺς ἐνεργουμένους φλυαρίας καὶ βαττολογίας καὶ οὐκ ἐν πίστει ἀληθείας, καθὼς ἐδίδαξεν ὁ κύριος· τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ γένος, φησίν, ἐν προσευχῇ ἐκτενεῖ καὶ πίστει μετὰ νηστείας ἐξέρχεται.

dikēn aulou ēchountas pros tous energoumenous phlyarias kai battologias kai ouk en pistei alētheias, kathōs edidaxen ho kyrios; touto gar to genos, phēsin, en proseuchę̄ ektenei kai pistei meta nēsteias exerchetai.

sounding like a flute to those possessed with chatter and babbling, and not in faith of truth, as the Lord taught: “For this kind,” he says, “comes out by earnest prayer and faith with fasting.”

Matt 17:21 (quotation, medium confidence) · Mark 9:29 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Exorcism requires prayer, faith, and fasting, not empty words.

Matt 17:21; Mark 9:29 (expanded).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text; word split in the digital text): 3. δίκην → δίκην; ἐν πίστει ἀλη θείας → ἐν πίστει ἀληθείας.

Topics: Prayer, Fasting

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.12.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-12-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.12.4Funk–Diekamp 2

Νηφόντως οὖν τὸν κάμνοντα ἐπισκεπτώμεθα, ὡς δεῖ, ἐν πνεύματι ταπεινώσεως.

Nēphontōs oun ton kamnonta episkeptōmetha, hōs dei, en pneumati tapeinōseōs.

Let us, then, visit the sick soberly, as we ought, in a spirit of humility.

Notes and citation

Summary: Visit the sick humbly and soberly.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 4. Νηφόντως → Νηφόντως.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.12.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-12-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.12.5Funk–Diekamp 2

Καλὸν οὖν τὸ συγκοπιᾶν τοῖς κάμνουσιν ἀδελφοῖς, ὡς εἴρηται, διʼ ἀγρυπνιῶν καὶ νηστειῶν καὶ εὐχῶν ἀδιαλείπτων. ἐρρέθη γὰρ ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου· Δαιμόνια ἐκβάλλετε, μετὰ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἰάσεων· δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε.

Kalon oun to synkopian tois kamnousin adelphois, hōs eirētai, diʼ agrypniōn kai nēsteiōn kai euchōn adialeiptōn. errethē gar hypo tou kyriou; Daimonia ekballete, meta kai tōn allōn iaseōn; dōrean elabete, dōrean dote.

It is good, then, to labour with suffering brothers, as has been said, through vigils and fasts and unceasing prayers. For it was said by the Lord: “Cast out demons,” along with the other healings; “freely you received, freely give.”

Matt 10:8 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Labour for the sick with vigils, fasts, and prayer, freely.

Matt 10:8.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (accent slip in the digital text; section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 5. Καλὸν → Καλὸν; τοῖς κάμνουσιν ἀδελφοῑς → τοῖς κάμνουσιν ἀδελφοῖς.

Topics: Prayer, Fasting

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.12.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-12-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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1.12.8Funk–Diekamp 2

καλή ἐστιν ἡ φιλοξενία καὶ τῷ θεῷ ἀρέσκουσα, μάλιστα πρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους τῆς πίστεως. φησὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοις· Περὶ δὲ τῆς φιλαδελφίας αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς θεοδίδακτοί ἐστε εἰς τὸ ἀγαπᾶν ἀλλήλους.

kalē estin hē philoxenia kai tǭ theǭ areskousa, malista pros tous oikeious tēs pisteōs. phēsi de kai allois; Peri de tēs philadelphias autoi hymeis theodidaktoi este eis to agapan allēlous.

Hospitality is good and pleasing to God, especially toward those of the household of faith. And it says to others too: “Concerning brotherly love you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.”

Gal 6:10 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Thess 4:9 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Hospitality and brotherly love please God.

Gal 6:10; 1 Thess 4:9.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.12.8 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-12-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 1, chapter 13

1.13.4Funk–Diekamp 2

ὅτι δὲ ὁ θερισμὸς πολὺς καὶ οἱ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι, δῆλον ὅτι ἐν τοῖς καιροῖς ἡμῶν λιμός ἐστιν τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι λόγον κυρίου. διὸ δεηθῶμεν τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ, ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ, ἀλλʼ ἐργάτας τοιούτους· ὀρθοτομοῦντας τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας, ἀνεπαισχύντους, ἀνεπιλήπτους, ἐργάτας πιστούς, φωστῆρας τῆς οἰκουμένης, ἐργαζομένους μὴ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν ἀπολλυμένην, ἀλλὰ τὴν μένουσαν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον· ἐργάτας τοιούτους ὡς οἱ ἀπόστολοι,.. ἐργαζομένους τὴν σωτηρίαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

hoti de ho therismos polys kai hoi ergatai oligoi, dēlon hoti en tois kairois hēmōn limos estin tou akousai logon kyriou. dio deēthōmen tou kyriou tou therismou, hopōs ekbalę̄ ergatas eis ton therismon autou, allʼ ergatas toioutous; orthotomountas ton logon tēs alētheias, anepaischyntous, anepilēptous, ergatas pistous, phōstēras tēs oikoumenēs, ergazomenous mē tēn brōsin tēn apollymenēn, alla tēn menousan eis zōēn aiōnion; ergatas toioutous hōs hoi apostoloi,.. ergazomenous tēn sōtērian tōn anthrōpōn.

That the harvest is great and the workers few is clear, since in our times there is a famine of hearing the word of the Lord. Let us therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest, but workers such as these: rightly dividing the word of truth, unashamed, blameless, faithful workers, lights of the world, working not for the food that perishes but for that which endures to eternal life; workers like the apostles… working the salvation of men.

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

Matt 9:37 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 9:38 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 8:11 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Tim 2:15 (allusion, high confidence) · John 6:27 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Pray for true workers in the harvest, like the apostles.

Matt 9:37–38; Amos 8:11; 2 Tim 2:15; Phil 2:15; John 6:27. A gap is marked “…”.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (letters lost in the digital text; section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 4. ὅτι → ὅτι; ἐργάτας πιστούς, φ στῆρας → ἐργάτας πιστούς, φωστῆρας.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 1.13.4 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-1-13-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 2, chapter 2

2.2.5Funk–Diekamp 2

χρὴ οὖν.. εἰλῆσαι τὰς ἑαυτῶν χεῖρας τῷ ἑαυτῶν ἱματίῳ. ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες μετὰ αἰδοῦς ὀρθῶς βλέποντες σωφρόνως τε καὶ σεμνῶς ἐν κυρίῳ τὰς ἑαυτῶν δεξιὰς περικεκαλυμμένας ἔχοντες τῷ ἑαυτῶν ἱματίῳ ἀποχωρισθῶσιν.

chrē oun.. eilēsai tas heautōn cheiras tǭ heautōn himatiǭ. homoiōs de kai hoi andres meta aidous orthōs blepontes sōphronōs te kai semnōs en kyriǭ tas heautōn dexias perikekalymmenas echontes tǭ heautōn himatiǭ apochōristhōsin.

They must, then, … wrap their hands in their own garment. And likewise the men, looking rightly with modesty, soberly and gravely in the Lord, having their right hands covered by their own garment, are to withdraw.

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

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Summary: At greetings, women and men cover their hands with their garments.

A gap is marked “…”. In the full Syriac text the passage describes the greeting after prayer, when women and men greet one another only with hands wrapped in their garments.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.2.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-2-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 2, chapter 3

2.3.2Funk–Diekamp 2

ὅλως γὰρ ἀναρμόδιόν ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ ἀσκῆσαι βουλομένῳ μετὰ γυναικὸς ἐσθίειν ἢ πίνειν ἢ ὑπὸ γυναικὸς ὑπηρετεῖσθαι ἢ προνοεῖν γυναικῶν ἢ ὅλως ἔχειν μετʼ αὐτῶν γνῶσιν. ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ κανονικαῖς ἀνάρμοστόν ἐστι συνδυάζειν μετὰ ἀνδρῶν, πρὸς τὸ μηδένα σκανδαλίζεσθαι διʼ ἡμῶν, ἀλλʼ ἵνα ὦμεν πᾶσιν ἀπρόσκοποι· εἰδότες γάρ, φησίν, τὸν φόβον τοῦ κυρίου ἀνθρώπους πείθομεν, θεῷ δὲ πεφανερώμεθα.

holōs gar anarmodion estin anthrōpǭ askēsai boulomenǭ meta gynaikos esthiein ē pinein ē hypo gynaikos hypēreteisthai ē pronoein gynaikōn ē holōs echein metʼ autōn gnōsin. homoiōs de kai kanonikais anarmoston esti syndyazein meta andrōn, pros to mēdena skandalizesthai diʼ hēmōn, allʼ hina ōmen pasin aproskopoi; eidotes gar, phēsin, ton phobon tou kyriou anthrōpous peithomen, theǭ de pephanerōmetha.

For it is altogether unfitting for a man who wishes to practise asceticism to eat or drink with a woman, or to be served by a woman, or to provide for women, or to have any acquaintance with them at all. Likewise it is unfitting for women under the canon to associate with men, so that no one may be scandalized through us, but that we may be without offence to all. “For knowing,” it says, “the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are manifest to God.”

1 Cor 10:32 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Cor 5:11 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Ascetic men and consecrated women must not associate, to avoid scandal.

1 Cor 10:32; 2 Cor 5:11. “Women under the canon” (κανονικαί) are women enrolled in the church’s list of virgins.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.3.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-3-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 2, chapter 5

2.5.1Funk–Diekamp 2

χρὴ οὖν ὡς ἀπὸ προσώπου ὄφεως καὶ ἁμαρτίας μεγάλης φεύγειν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.

chrē oun hōs apo prosōpou opheōs kai hamartias megalēs pheugein apʼ autōn.

One must, then, flee from them as from the face of a serpent and of great sin.

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Summary: Avoid being alone with a woman as one would flee a serpent.

Sirach 21:2. In the full Syriac text the sentence concerns a travelling ascetic who finds only one believing woman in a place and will not stay there; the Greek fragment is translated as it stands.

Extrabiblical texts: Sir 21:2 (Sirach [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.5.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-5-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 2, chapter 6

2.6.1Funk–Diekamp 2

Χρὴ οὖν τὸν βουλόμενον τὴν ἀγγελικὴν ταύτην τοῦ μονήρους βίου ἀσκῆσαι πολιτείαν κτήσασθαι τὴν φρόνησιν τοῦ ὄφεως καὶ τὸ ἀκέραιον τῆς περιστερᾶς, ἵνα συνιῇ ἐν παντί, τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ καλὸν καὶ εὐάρεστον καὶ τέλειον, ἵνα δοξασθῇ ἐν πᾶσιν ὁ θεὸς διὰ τῆς θεοσεβοῦς ἡμῶν τάξεως καὶ εἰλικρινοῦς πολιτείας·

Chrē oun ton boulomenon tēn angelikēn tautēn tou monērous biou askēsai politeian ktēsasthai tēn phronēsin tou opheōs kai to akeraion tēs peristeras, hina synię̄ en panti, ti to thelēma tou theou to kalon kai euareston kai teleion, hina doxasthę̄ en pasin ho theos dia tēs theosebous hēmōn taxeōs kai eilikrinous politeias;

One who wishes to practise this angelic way of life of the solitary life must therefore acquire the wisdom of the serpent and the innocence of the dove, so as to understand in everything what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God, that God may be glorified in all things through our God-fearing order and sincere way of life;

Matt 10:16 (allusion, high confidence) · Rom 12:2 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Pet 4:11 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The ascetic needs the serpent’s wisdom and the dove’s innocence.

Matt 10:16; Rom 12:2; 1 Pet 4:11. “Solitary life” renders μονήρους βίου; the wording is probably later than the original letters.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (accent slip in the digital text; section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): VI. Χρὴ → Χρὴ; τὴν ἀγγελικὴν ταῦτην → τὴν ἀγγελικὴν ταύτην.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.6.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.6.2Funk–Diekamp 2

ἵνα οἱ ὁρῶντες ἡμᾶς ἐπιγνῶσιν, ὅτι σπέρμα εὐλογημένον ἅγιόν ἐσμεν, υἱοὶ θεοῦ ζῶντος ἐν παντὶ λόγῳ, αἰδοῖ, πραότητι, ἀγωγῇ, προσοχῇ. διὸ ἐν μηδενὶ λόγῳ ὁμοιωθῶμεν τοῖς κοσμικοῖς κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον.

hina hoi horōntes hēmas epignōsin, hoti sperma eulogēmenon hagion esmen, huioi theou zōntos en panti logǭ, aidoi, praotēti, agōgę̄, prosochę̄. dio en mēdeni logǭ homoiōthōmen tois kosmikois kata mēdena tropon.

so that those who see us may know that we are a blessed and holy seed, sons of the living God, in every word, in modesty, meekness, conduct, attentiveness. Therefore let us in no word be like worldly people, in any way.

Isa 61:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Hos 1:10 (2:1 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Ascetics must not resemble worldly people in anything.

Isa 61:9; Hos 1:10 (2:1 LXX).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 2. ἵνα → ἵνα.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.6.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.6.5Funk–Diekamp 2

οὕτως τοίνυν καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος τύπος γινέσθω τοῦ ποιμνίου ἐν πάσῃ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀναστροφῇ ἁγίᾳ, ὁσίως καὶ δικαίως πολιτευόμενος, τηρῶν ὅσα ἐστὶν ἁγνά, ὅσα σεμνά, εἴ τις ἀρετὴ καὶ εἴ τις ἔπαινος, εἴ τις εὔφημος ὠφελείας διόρθωσις, γινέσθω παρʼ αὐτοῦ.

houtōs toinyn kai ho hēgoumenos typos ginesthō tou poimniou en pasę̄ dikaiosynę̄ kai anastrophę̄ hagią, hosiōs kai dikaiōs politeuomenos, tērōn hosa estin hagna, hosa semna, ei tis aretē kai ei tis epainos, ei tis euphēmos ōpheleias diorthōsis, ginesthō parʼ autou.

So too, then, let the leader be a pattern for the flock in all righteousness and holy conduct, living holily and justly, keeping whatever things are pure, whatever are honourable; if there is any virtue and if any praise, if any well-spoken correction for benefit, let it come from him.

1 Pet 5:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Phil 4:8 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The leader must be an example to the flock.

1 Pet 5:3; Phil 4:8.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 5. οὕτως → οὕτως.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.6.5 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-6-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 2, chapter 8

2.8.1Funk–Diekamp 2

πῶς δὲ καὶ ἡ Αἰγυπτία; οὐ τὴν μορφὴν τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ ἐπεπόθησε σαρκὸς πόθῳ τοῦ ὄντως σεμνοτάτου; καὶ τούτου μὴ ἐπινεύσαντος ἐκπληρῶσαι τὴν αὐτῆς ἐπιθυμίαν, εἰς θλίψεις καὶ ἀνάγκας διὰ τῆς ψευδηγορίας τὸν εὐσεβῆ περιέπειρεν ἕως θανάτου.

pōs de kai hē Aigyptia? ou tēn morphēn tou Iōsēph epepothēse sarkos pothǭ tou ontōs semnotatou? kai toutou mē epineusantos ekplērōsai tēn autēs epithymian, eis thlipseis kai anankas dia tēs pseudēgorias ton eusebē periepeiren heōs thanatou.

And how did the Egyptian woman act? Did she not desire the form of Joseph, the truly most chaste, with fleshly desire? And when he did not consent to fulfil her desire, by her false accusation she brought the godly man into afflictions and distresses even to death.

Gen 39:7 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 39:20 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Potiphar’s wife brought Joseph into affliction.

Gen 39:7–20.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (accent slip in the digital text): οὐ τὴν μορφῆν τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ → οὐ τὴν μορφὴν τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.8.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.8.2Funk–Diekamp 2

ὁρᾷς, ὅτι ὁ ἐνδελεχισμὸς τῆς σαρκὸς τῆς Αἰγυπτίας πόσην κατειργάσατο τῷ δικαίῳ θλίψιν; διὰ τοῦτο οὖν πᾶσι τρόποις συμφέρει ἡμῖν ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπʼ αὐτῶν. οὐ γὰρ ἔχουσι λυσιτέλειαν αἱ αὐτῶν συντυχίαι τοῖς θέλουσιν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ τὴν ὀσφὺν περιζώσασθαι.

horąs, hoti ho endelechismos tēs sarkos tēs Aigyptias posēn kateirgasato tǭ dikaiǭ thlipsin? dia touto oun pasi tropois sympherei hēmin apechesthai apʼ autōn. ou gar echousi lysiteleian hai autōn syntychiai tois thelousin en alētheią tēn osphyn perizōsasthai.

Do you see how much affliction the Egyptian woman’s persistence of the flesh brought on the righteous man? For this reason, then, it profits us in every way to keep away from them. For meetings with them bring no profit to those who wish in truth to gird their loins.

Luke 12:35 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Keep away from women, as Joseph’s story shows.

Luke 12:35.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (iota subscript missing in the digital text; section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 2. ὁρᾷς, → ὁρᾷς,; ἐν ἀληθεία τὴν ὀσφὺν → ἐν ἀληθείᾳ τὴν ὀσφὺν.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.8.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 2, chapter 9

2.9.1Funk–Diekamp 2

Οὐκ ἤκουσας περὶ τοῦ Σαμψὼν τοῦ Ναζιραίου, μεθʼ οὗ πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐπορεύετο; καὶ τὸν τοιοῦτον ἅγιον γυνὴ ἀπώλεσε διὰ τῆς μοχθηρᾶς σαρκὸς καὶ ἀθεμίτου ἐπιθυμίας.

Ouk ēkousas peri tou Sampsōn tou Naziraiou, methʼ hou pneuma kyriou eporeueto? kai ton toiouton hagion gynē apōlese dia tēs mochthēras sarkos kai athemitou epithymias.

Have you not heard of Samson the Nazirite, with whom the Spirit of the Lord went? Even such a holy man a woman destroyed, through wicked flesh and lawless desire.

Judg 13:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Judg 16:4 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Delilah destroyed Samson.

Judg 13:25; 16:4–21.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): IX. Οὐκ → Οὐκ.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.9.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-9-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.9.2Funk–Diekamp 2

διὰ τοῦτο οὐδʼ ὅλως ἐπιτρεπόμεθα μετὰ γυναικὸς καθίσαι ἢ ἔχειν συντυχίας τὸ σύνολον.

dia touto oudʼ holōs epitrepometha meta gynaikos kathisai ē echein syntychias to synolon.

For this reason we are not permitted at all to sit with a woman or to have meetings with her at all.

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Summary: Ascetics may not sit or meet with women.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 2. διὰ → διὰ.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.9.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-9-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 2, chapter 10

2.10.1Funk–Diekamp 2

Ὁμοίως καὶ περὶ τοῦ Δαυὶδ οὐ πεπαίδευσαι, ὃν καὶ εὗρεν ὁ θεὸς ἄνδρα κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, πῶς μορφὴν γυναικός, λέγω δὴ τῆς Βηρσαβεέ, ἐπιθυμήσας πόσοις κακοῖς περιέπεσε; ταύτην γὰρ ἰδὼν ὁ ἅγιος ἀληθῶς λουομένην, ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ τῆς μορφῆς αὐτῆς γενόμενος,

Homoiōs kai peri tou Dauid ou pepaideusai, hon kai heuren ho theos andra kata tēn kardian autou, pōs morphēn gynaikos, legō dē tēs Bērsabee, epithymēsas posois kakois periepese? tautēn gar idōn ho hagios alēthōs louomenēn, en epithymią tēs morphēs autēs genomenos,

Likewise have you not been instructed about David, whom God found a man after his own heart, how, desiring the form of a woman, I mean Bathsheba, he fell into so many evils? For the truly holy man, seeing her bathing, coming into desire for her beauty,

Acts 13:22 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Sam 11:2 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: David fell through desire for Bathsheba.

Acts 13:22; 2 Sam 11:2.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): X. Ὁμοίως → Ὁμοίως.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.10.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-10-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.10.2Funk–Diekamp 2

πόσην κακίαν ὁ παμμέγιστος ἀνὴρ κατειργάσατο; καὶ ἥμαρτεν εἰς θεὸν οὐ μόνον τῇ μοιχείᾳ περιπεσὼν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς ἀναιρεθῆναι κελεύσας. ὁρᾷς, πόσην δραματουργίαν κακίας ἐτελεσιούργησε διὰ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ὁ χριστὸς κυρίου Δαυίδ;

posēn kakian ho pammegistos anēr kateirgasato? kai hēmarten eis theon ou monon tę̄ moicheią peripesōn, alla kai ton andra autēs anairethēnai keleusas. horąs, posēn dramatourgian kakias etelesiourgēse dia tēn epithymian ho christos kyriou Dauid?

how much evil did that very great man work? And he sinned against God, not only falling into adultery but also ordering her husband to be killed. Do you see what a drama of evil David, the anointed of the Lord, carried out because of desire?

2 Sam 11:4 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Sam 11:15 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: David committed adultery and murder through desire.

2 Sam 11:4–17.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): 2. πόσην → πόσην.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.10.2 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-10-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.10.3Funk–Diekamp 2

παιδευθῶμεν τοῦ μὴ ἐπιθυμεῖν. εἰ γὰρ οἱ τηλικοῦτοι ἄνδρες διὰ γυναικῶν ἑάλωσαν, πῶς ἡμεῖς οἱ ἀνίσχυες μετὰ τῆς ἑαυτῶν πτώσεως διαπορευόμενοι καὶ ἐν μέσῳ παγίδων διαβαίνοντες ἐκφευξώμεθα;

paideuthōmen tou mē epithymein. ei gar hoi tēlikoutoi andres dia gynaikōn healōsan, pōs hēmeis hoi anischyes meta tēs heautōn ptōseōs diaporeuomenoi kai en mesǭ pagidōn diabainontes ekpheuxōmetha?

Let us learn not to desire. For if such great men were caught through women, how shall we, the weak, who go along with our own frailty and pass through the midst of snares, escape?

Notes and citation

Summary: If great men fell, the weak must beware.

Sirach 9:13 (passing among snares).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text; word split in the digital text): 3. παιδευθῶμεν → παιδευθῶμεν; ἐκφευ ξώμεθα → ἐκφευξώμεθα.

Extrabiblical texts: Sir 9:13 (Sirach [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.10.3 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-10-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 2, chapter 11

2.11.1Funk–Diekamp 2

Ὁμοίως καὶ ὁ Ἀμνὼν διὰ τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτοῦ Θήμαρ ἀνῃρέθη κακῶς.

Homoiōs kai ho Amnōn dia tēs adelphēs autou Thēmar anę̄rethē kakōs.

Likewise Amnon too was wickedly killed because of his sister Tamar.

2 Sam 13:28 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Amnon died because of Tamar.

2 Sam 13:1–29.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): XI. Ὁμοίως → Ὁμοίως.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.11.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-11-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 2, chapter 12

2.12.1Funk–Diekamp 2

Ὡσαύτως καὶ ὁ Σολομὼν ἔχων σοφίαν καὶ φρόνησιν καὶ χῦμα καρδίας καὶ πλοῦτον καὶ δόξαν πολλὴν ὑπὲρ πάντας ἀνθρώπους, καὶ οὗτος διὰ γυναικῶν ἀπώλετο καὶ ἀποστάτης ἐγένετο ἀπὸ κυρίου διὰ γυναῖκας.

Hōsautōs kai ho Solomōn echōn sophian kai phronēsin kai chyma kardias kai plouton kai doxan pollēn hyper pantas anthrōpous, kai houtos dia gynaikōn apōleto kai apostatēs egeneto apo kyriou dia gynaikas.

In the same way Solomon, having wisdom and understanding and largeness of heart and wealth and great glory above all men, he too was ruined through women and became an apostate from the Lord because of women.

1 Kgs 4:29 (3 Kgdms 5:9 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Kgs 11:4 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Solomon was ruined by women.

1 Kgs 4:29 (5:9 LXX); 11:1–8.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (chapter numeral and stray mark in the digital text): XII. ’Ωσαύτως → Ὡσαύτως.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.12.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Letters 2, chapter 13

2.13.1Funk–Diekamp 2

Οἱ πρεσβύτεροι οἱ κατὰ Σωσάνναν κριταὶ διὰ τὸ ἐνδελεχίζειν καὶ καταμανθάνειν κάλλος ἀλλότριον εἰς τὸ πέλαγος τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἐμπεσόντες ἐπανέστησαν τῇ μακαρίᾳ Σωσάννῃ.

Hoi presbyteroi hoi kata Sōsannan kritai dia to endelechizein kai katamanthanein kallos allotrion eis to pelagos tēs epithymias empesontes epanestēsan tę̄ makarią Sōsannę̄.

The elders who were judges in the matter of Susanna, through persisting and gazing at another’s beauty, fell into the sea of desire and rose up against the blessed Susanna.

Notes and citation

Summary: The elders lusted after Susanna.

Susanna 8–21 (Greek Daniel).

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Digital text corrected (section or chapter numeral leaked into the digital text): XIII. Οἱ → Οἱ.

Extrabiblical texts: Sus 8–21 (Susanna [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Clem. Ep. virg. 2.13.1 (Funk–Diekamp 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ps-clem-virginibus/1-2-1/#p-2-13-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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