Sophia Scriptura

1 Clement 33.1

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

Summary: Faith is no excuse for idleness; hurry to do good.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:62

Τί οὖν ποιήσωμεν, ἀδελφοί; ἀργήσωμεν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγαθοποιΐας καὶ ἐγκαταλίπωμεν τὴν ἀγάπην; μηθαμῶς τοῦτο ἐάσαι ὁ δεσπότης ἐφʼ ἡμῖν γε γενηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ σπεύσωμεν μετὰ ἐκτενείας καὶ προθυμίας πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἐπιτελεῖν.

English · Claude translation

What then shall we do, brothers? Shall we be idle in doing good and abandon love? May the Master never let this happen to us; but let us hurry with earnestness and eagerness to accomplish every good work.

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Lake, LCL 24:62 · 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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  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong letter)): πᾶς ἔργον → πᾶν ἔργον.

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1 Clem. 33.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/1/).

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1 Clem. 33.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/1/).

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