# 1 Clement 16.15

- Author: [Clement of Rome](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/clement-of-rome/)
- Work: [1 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/) (*Epistula I ad Corinthios*)
- Date: ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:36; 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/15/

Summary: “I am a worm and not a man.”

## Greek text

καὶ πάλιν αὐτός φησιν· Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι σκώληξ καὶ οὐκ ἄνθρωπος, ὄνειδος ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἐξουθένημα λαοῦ.

## English translation (Claude)

And again he himself says: “But I am a worm and not a man, a reproach of men and despised by the people.

## Scripture references

- Ps 22:6 (21:7 LXX): quotation, high confidence

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 16.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/15/).