1 Clement 50.1

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

Summary: Love's perfection cannot be described.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:94

Ὁρᾶτε, ἀγαπητοί, πῶς μέγα καὶ θαυμαστόν ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη, καὶ τῆς τελειότητος αὐτῆς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐξήγησις.

You see, beloved, how great and wonderful love is, and there is no describing its perfection.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:94 · 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.

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): ἀγαπητοι → ἀγαπητοί; πῶς μεγα → πῶς μέγα.

1 Clem. 50.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/1/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 50.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/1/).