# 1 Clement 3.3

- 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 24:12; 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/3/3/

Summary: The young rose up against their elders.

## Greek text

οὕτως ἐπηγέρθησαν οἱ ἄτιμοι ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐντίμους, οἱ ἄδοξοι ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐνδόξους, οἱ ἄφρονες ἐπὶ τοὺς φρονίμους, οἱ νέοι ἐπὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους.

## English translation (Claude)

So the dishonored rose up against the honored, the disreputable against the reputable, the foolish against the wise, the young against the older.

## Scripture references

- Isa 3:5: allusion, high confidence

## Translation notes

- “The older” (τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους): the word also means “presbyters,” and the double sense is probably intended (compare 44.5; 47.6).

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 3.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/3/3/).