1 Clement 39.1

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

Summary: Fools mock us to exalt themselves.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:74

Ἅφρονες καὶ ἀσύνετοι καὶ μωροὶ καὶ ἀπαίδευτοι χλευάζουσιν ἡμᾶς καὶ μυκτηρίζουσιν, ἑαυτοὺς βουλόμενοι ἐπαίρεσθαι ταῖς διανοίαις αὐτῶν.

Senseless, foolish, stupid, and ignorant people mock and deride us, wanting to exalt themselves in their own imaginations.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:74 · 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.

1 Clem. 39.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/1/).

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1 Clem. 39.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/1/).