# 1 Clement 42.5

- 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 24:80; 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/42/5/

Summary: Scripture foretold bishops and deacons.

## Greek text

καὶ τοῦτο οὐ καινῶς· ἐκ γὰρ δὴ πολλῶν χρόνων ἐγέγραπτο περὶ ἐπισκόπων καὶ διακόνων. οὕτως γάρ που λέγει ἡ γραφή· Καταστήσω τοὺς ἐπισκόπους αὐτῶν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ τοὺς διακόνους αὐτῶν ἐν πίστει.

## English translation (Claude)

And this was nothing new, for bishops and deacons had been written about many ages before. For thus says the scripture somewhere: “I will appoint their bishops in righteousness and their deacons in faith.”

## Scripture references

- Isa 60:17: quotation, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- A free form of Isa 60:17 LXX (“I will give your rulers in peace and your overseers in righteousness”).

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 42.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/42/5/).