1 Clement 35.5
Summary: Keep your mind on God and cast away all sin.
Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:66–68
πῶς δὲ ἔσται τοῦτο, ἀγαπητοί; ἐὰν ἐστηριγμένη ᾖ ἡ διάνοια ἡμῶν πιστῶς πρὸς τὸν θεόν, ἐὰν ἐκζητῶμεν τὰ εὐάρεστα καὶ εὐπρόσδεκτα αὐτῷ, ἐὰν ἐπιτελέσωμεν τὰ ἀνήκοντα τῇ ἀμώμῳ βουλήσει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθήσωμεν τῇ ὁδῷ τῆς ἀληθείας, ἀπορρίψαντες ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν πᾶσαν ἀδικίαν καὶ πονηρίαν, πλεονεξίαν, ἔρεις, κακοηθείας τε καὶ δόλους, ψιθυρισμούς τε καὶ καταλαλιάς, θεοστυγίαν, ὑπερηφανίαν τε καὶ ἀλαζονείαν, κενοδοξίαν τε καὶ ἀφιλοξενίαν.
English · Claude translation
But how shall this be, beloved? If our mind is fixed faithfully on God; if we seek what is pleasing and acceptable to him; if we accomplish what befits his blameless will and follow the way of truth, casting away from ourselves all unrighteousness and wickedness, greed, strife, malice and deceit, whispering and slander, hatred of God, pride and arrogance, vainglory and inhospitality.
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- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): ἐστηριγμενη → ἐστηριγμένη.
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1 Clem. 35.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/5/).
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1 Clem. 35.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/5/).
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