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1 Clement 30.3

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

Summary: Be humble and self-controlled, justified by deeds, not words.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:58

κολληθῶμεν οὖν ἐκείνοις, οἷς ἡ χάρις ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ δέδοται· ἐνδυσώμεθα τὴν ὁμόνοιαν ταπεινοφρονοῦντες, ἐγκρατευόμενοι, ἀπὸ παντὸς ψιθυρισμοῦ καὶ καταλαλιᾶς πόρρω ἑαυτοὺς ποιοῦντες, ἔργοις δικαιούμενοι, μὴ λόγοις.

English · Claude translation

Let us therefore join ourselves to those to whom grace has been given by God. Let us clothe ourselves with concord, being humble-minded and self-controlled, keeping ourselves far from all whispering and slander, being justified by works and not by words.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:58 · 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.
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Ethics

Notes

Translation notes

  • “Justified by works and not by words”: the contrast is between deeds and empty talk; compare 32.4 on justification through faith, and Jas 2:24.

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1 Clem. 30.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/3/).

Plain text
1 Clem. 30.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/3/).

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