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1 Clement 57.5

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

Summary: Those who hated wisdom will not find her.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:106–108

ἔσται γὰρ ὅταν ἐπικαλέσησθέ με, ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ εἰσακούσομαι ὑμῶν· ζητήσουσίν με κακοί, καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσουσιν. ἐμίσησαν γὰρ σοφίαν, τὸν δὲ φόβον τοῦ κυρίου οὐ προείλαντο, οὐδὲ ἤθελον ἐμαῖς προσέχειν βουλαῖς, ἐμυκτήριζον δὲ ἐμοὺς ἐλέγχους.

English · Claude translation

For it will be that when you call upon me, I will not listen to you. The wicked will seek me and will not find me. For they hated wisdom and did not choose the fear of the Lord, nor were they willing to heed my counsels, but they mocked my reproofs.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:106–108 · 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. 57.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/5/).

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1 Clem. 57.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/5/).

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