1 Clement 15.5

Clement of Rome · 1 Clement · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Rome · Read in context

Summary: God will silence deceitful and boastful lips.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:32

διὰ τοῦτο ἄλαλα γενηθήτω τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια τὰ λαλοῦντα κατὰ τοῦ δικαίου ἀνομίαν. καὶ πάλιν· Ἐξολεθρεύσαι κύριος πάντα τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια, γλῶσσαν μεγαλορήμονα, τοὺς εἰπόντας· Τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡμῶν μεγαλυνοῦμεν, τὰ χείλη ἡμῶν παρʼ ἡμῖν ἐστιν· τίς ἡμῶν κύριός ἐστιν;

English · Claude translation

“Therefore let the deceitful lips that speak lawlessness against the righteous be struck dumb.” And again: “May the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, the boastful tongue, those who said, ‘We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?’

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:32 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized 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 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Ps 31:18 (30:19 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 12:3 (11:4 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 12:4 (11:5 LXX) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip: letters transposed in the transcription): χείηλ → χείλη.

Cite this passage

1 Clem. 15.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/5/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 15.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/5/).

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