1 Clement 36.4

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

Summary: God calls Christ his Son.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:70

ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ οὕτως εἶπεν ὁ δεσπότης· Υἱός μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε· αἴτησαι παρʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ δώσω σοι ἔθνη τὴν κληρονομίαν σου καὶ τὴν κατάσχεσίν σου τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς.

English · Claude translation

But of his Son the Master said thus: “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, and the ends of the earth as your possession.”

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:70 · 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.

Scripture

Ps 2:7 · quotation, high confidence
Ps 2:8 · quotation, high confidence
Heb 1:5 · allusion, high confidence

Topics

Christology

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (raised dot before the quotation)): ὁ δεσπότης. Υἱός → ὁ δεσπότης· Υἱός.

Cite this passage

1 Clem. 36.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/4/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 36.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/4/).

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