# 1 Clement 2.3

- 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 24:10; 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/2/3/

Summary: They prayed for forgiveness even of unintended sins.

## Greek text

μεστοί τε ὁσίας βουλῆς, ἐν ἀγαθῇ προθυμίᾳ μετʼ εὐσεβοῦς πεποιθήσεως ἐξετείνετε τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν πρὸς τὸν παντοκράτορα θεόν, ἱκετεύοντες αὐτὸν ἵλεως γενέσθαι, εἴ τι ἄκοντες ἡμάρτετε.

## English translation (Claude)

Full of holy counsel, with good eagerness and devout confidence, you stretched out your hands to almighty God, begging him to be merciful if you had sinned at all unwillingly.

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 2.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/3/).