Sophia Scriptura

1 Clement 9.4

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

Summary: Noah's faithfulness saved the creatures in the ark.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:22–24

Νῶε πιστὸς εὑρεθεὶς διὰ τῆς λειτουργίας αὐτοῦ παλιγγενεσίαν κόσμῳ ἐκήρυξεν, καὶ διέσωσεν διʼ αὐτοῦ ὁ δεσπότης τὰ εἰσελθόντα ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ ζῶα εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν.

English · Claude translation

Noah, being found faithful, preached a new birth to the world through his ministry, and through him the Master saved the living creatures that entered the ark in concord.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:22–24 · 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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Notes

Translation notes

  • “A new birth” (παλιγγενεσίαν): the world's renewal after the flood.

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1 Clem. 9.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/9/4/).

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1 Clem. 9.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/9/4/).

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