# 1 Clement 23.3

- 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 24:50; 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/23/3/

Summary: Doubters complain that God's promises have not come true.

## Greek text

πόρρω γενέσθω ἀφʼ ἡμῶν ἡ γραφὴ αὕτη, ὅπου λέγει· Ταλαίπωροί εἰσιν οἱ δίψυχοι, οἱ διστάζοντες τῇ ψυχῇ, οἱ λέγοντες· Ταῦτα ἠκούσαμεν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ ἰδού, γεγηράκαμεν, καὶ οὐδὲν ἡμῖν τούτων συνβέβηκεν.

## English translation (Claude)

Let this scripture be far from us where it says: “Wretched are the double-minded, who doubt in their soul, who say, ‘We heard these things even in our fathers' time, and look, we have grown old, and none of them has happened to us.’

## Scripture references

- Jas 1:8: echo, low confidence
- 2 Pet 3:4: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- The source of this quotation (also in 2 Clem. 11.2–4) is unknown; perhaps a lost apocryphal book.

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 23.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/23/3/).