# 1 Clement 35.9

- 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 24:68; 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/35/9/

Summary: God's silence is not approval.

## Greek text

ταῦτα ἐποίησας, καὶ ἐσίγησα· ὑπέλαβες, ἄνομε, ὅτι ἔσομαί σοι ὅμοιος.

## English translation (Claude)

These things you did, and I kept silent; you supposed, lawless one, that I would be like you.

## Scripture references

- Ps 50:21 (49:21 LXX): quotation, high confidence

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 35.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/9/).