1 Clement 18.16

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

Summary: God does not desire burnt offerings.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:40

ὅτι εἰ ἠθέλησας θυσίαν, ἔδωκα ἄν· ὁλοκαυτώματα οὐκ εὐδοκήσεις.

English · Claude translation

For if you had desired sacrifice, I would have given it; you will not be pleased with whole burnt offerings.

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:40 · 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 51:16 (50:18 LXX) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Prayer

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): θυσίαν. ἔδωκα → θυσίαν, ἔδωκα.

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1 Clem. 18.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/16/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 18.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/16/).

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