1 Clement 56.16

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

Summary: God, a good Father, disciplines us for our good.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:106

βλέπετε, ἀγαπητοί, πόσος ὑπερασπισμός ἐστιν τοῖς παιδευομένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ δεσπότου· πατὴρ γὰρ ἀγαθὸς ὢν παιδεύει εἰς τὸ ἐλεηθῆναι ἡμᾶς διὰ τῆς ὁσίας παιδείας αὐτοῦ.

English · Claude translation

You see, beloved, how great a protection there is for those who are disciplined by the Master; for, being a good Father, he disciplines us so that we may obtain mercy through his holy discipline.

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Source: Lake, LCL 24:106 · 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.

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1 Clem. 56.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/16/).

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1 Clem. 56.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/16/).

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