Sophia Scriptura

1 Clement 34.4

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

Summary: Do not be idle in good works.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:64

προτρέπεται οὖν ἡμᾶς πιστεύοντας ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, μὴ ἀργοὺς μηδὲ παρειμένους εἶναι ἐπὶ πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθόν.

English · Claude translation

So he urges us, who believe in him with all our heart, not to be idle or careless in any good work.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:64 · 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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1 Clem. 34.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/4/).

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1 Clem. 34.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/4/).

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