# 1 Clement - Author: [Clement of Rome](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/clement-of-rome/) - Latin title: *Epistula I ad Corinthios* - Date: ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) (disputed) - Source: 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, from the original text; each passage below gives the model and date - Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/ - Passages: 400 ## 1 Clement, inscription - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/0/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:8 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The church at Rome greets the church at Corinth. ### Greek text Ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ παροικοῦσα Ῥώμην τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ παροικούσῃ Κόρινθον, κλητοῖς ἡγιασμένοις ἐν θελήματι θεοῦ διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ παντοκράτορος θεοῦ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ πληθυνθείη. ### English translation (Claude) The church of God that sojourns at Rome, to the church of God that sojourns at Corinth, to those who are called and sanctified by the will of God through our Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace from almighty God through Jesus Christ be multiplied. ### Scripture references - 1 Pet 1:2: echo, medium confidence - 1 Cor 1:2: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The letter names no author. From Dionysius of Corinth (ca. 170) on, tradition attributes it to Clement, a leader of the Roman church. - “Sojourns” (παροικοῦσα): see the note on Pol. Phil. 0. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 0 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/0/). ## 1 Clement 1.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/1/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:8 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The Roman church apologizes for its delay in addressing the revolt at Corinth. ### Greek text Διὰ τὰς αἰφνιδίους καὶ ἐπαλλήλους γενομένας ἡμῖν συμφορὰς καὶ περιπτώσεις, βράδιον νομίζομεν ἐπιστροφὴν πεποιῆσθαι περὶ τῶν ἐπιζητουμένων παρʼ ὑμῖν πραγμάτων, ἀγαπητοί, τῆς τε ἀλλοτρίας καὶ ξένης τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς τοῦ θεοῦ, μιαρᾶς καὶ ἀνοσίου στάσεως ἣν ὀλίγα πρόσωπα προπετῆ καὶ αὐθάδη ὑπάρχοντα εἰς τοσοῦτον ἀπονοίας ἐξέκαυσαν, ὥστε τὸ σεμνὸν καὶ περιβόητον καὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἀξιαγάπητον ὄνομα ὑμῶν μεγάλως βλασφημηθῆναι. ### English translation (Claude) Because of the sudden and repeated misfortunes and calamities that have befallen us, we think we have been rather slow in turning our attention to the matters in dispute among you, beloved: the strange and alien faction, foul and unholy and hateful to God's elect, which a few rash and self-willed persons have kindled to such a pitch of madness that your venerable and famous name, worthy of everyone's love, has been greatly blasphemed. ### Translation notes - “Misfortunes and calamities”: often taken as a persecution in Rome (perhaps under Domitian), but the letter does not say. - “Faction” (στάσις): revolt, sedition; the letter's key word for the Corinthian dispute, in which some younger members removed their presbyters (44.6; 47.6). ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 1.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/1/1/). ## 1 Clement 1.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/1/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:8–10 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The Corinthians were once famous for faith, piety, hospitality, and knowledge. ### Greek text τίς γὰρ παρεπιδημήσας πρὸς ὑμᾶς τὴν πανάρετον καὶ βεβαίαν ὑμῶν πίστιν οὐκ ἐδοκίμασεν; τήν τε σώφρονα καὶ ἐπιεικῆ ἐν Χριστῷ εὐσέβειαν οὐκ ἐθαύμασεν; καὶ τὸ μεγαλοπρεπὲς τῆς φιλοξενίας ὑμῶν ἦθος οὐκ ἐκήρυξεν; καὶ τὴν τελείαν καὶ ἀσφαλῆ γνῶσιν οὐκ ἐμακάρισεν; ### English translation (Claude) For who has stayed among you and not proved your all-virtuous and steadfast faith? Who has not admired your sober and gentle piety in Christ? Who has not proclaimed the magnificent character of your hospitality? And who has not called your perfect and secure knowledge blessed? ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 1.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/1/2/). ## 1 Clement 1.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/1/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:10 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The Corinthians once respected their leaders and elders, and their households were well ordered. ### Greek text ἀπροσωπολήμπτως γὰρ πάντα ἐποιεῖτε καὶ ἐν τοῖς νομίμοις τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπορεύεσθε, ὑποτασσόμενοι τοῖς ἡγουμένοις ὑμῶν, καὶ τιμὴν τὴν καθήκουσαν ἀπονέμοντες τοῖς παρʼ ὑμῖν πρεσβυτέροις· νέοις τε μέτρια καὶ σεμνὰ νοεῖν ἐπετρέπετε· γυναιξίν τε ἐν ἀμώμῳ καὶ σεμνῇ καὶ ἁγνῇ συνειδήσει πάντα ἐπιτελεῖν παρηγγέλλετε, στεργούσας καθηκόντως τοὺς ἄνδρας ἑαυτῶν· ἔν τε τῷ κανόνι τῆς ὑποταγῆς ὑπαρχούσας τὰ κατὰ τὸν οἶκον σεμνῶς οἰκουργεῖν ἐδιδάσκετε, πάνυ σωφρονούσας. ### English translation (Claude) For you did everything without partiality and walked in the ordinances of God, submitting to your leaders and giving fitting honor to the older men among you. You instructed the young to think moderate and seemly thoughts; you charged the women to do everything with a blameless, seemly, and pure conscience, loving their husbands as is fitting; and you taught them to keep within the rule of submission and to manage their households with dignity, in all self-control. ### Translation notes - “The older men” (πρεσβυτέροις): here probably older men generally, as distinct from “your leaders”; some take it as the presbyters (see the glossary). ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 1.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/1/3/). ## 1 Clement 2.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:10 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The Corinthians were humble, generous, and attentive to Christ's words and sufferings. ### Greek text Πάντες τε ἐταπεινοφρονεῖτε μηδὲν ἀλαζονευόμενοι, ὑποτασσόμενοι μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποτάσσοντες, ἥδιον διδόντες ἢ λαμβάνοντες. τοῖς ἐφοδίοις τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀρκούμενοι, καὶ προσέχοντες τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ ἐπιμελῶς ἐνεστερνισμένοι ἦτε τοῖς σπλάγχνοις, καὶ τὰ παθήματα αὐτοῦ ἦν πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν ὑμῶν. ### English translation (Claude) And you were all humble-minded, not boasting at all, submitting rather than demanding submission, giving more gladly than receiving. Content with the provisions Christ gives, and heeding his words, you stored them up carefully in your hearts, and his sufferings were before your eyes. ### Scripture references - Acts 20:35: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - “Provisions” (ἐφοδίοις): supplies for a journey. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 2.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/1/). ## 1 Clement 2.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:10 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The church enjoyed deep peace and the fullness of the Spirit. ### Greek text οὕτως εἰρήνη βαθεῖα καὶ λιπαρὰ ἐδέδοτο πᾶσιν καὶ ἀκόρεστος πόθος εἰς ἀγαθοποιΐαν, καὶ πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου ἔκχυσις ἐπὶ πάντας ἐγίνετο· ### English translation (Claude) Thus a deep and rich peace was given to all, and an insatiable longing to do good, and a full outpouring of the Holy Spirit came upon all. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 2.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/2/). ## 1 Clement 2.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:10 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: They prayed for forgiveness even of unintended sins. ### Greek text μεστοί τε ὁσίας βουλῆς, ἐν ἀγαθῇ προθυμίᾳ μετʼ εὐσεβοῦς πεποιθήσεως ἐξετείνετε τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν πρὸς τὸν παντοκράτορα θεόν, ἱκετεύοντες αὐτὸν ἵλεως γενέσθαι, εἴ τι ἄκοντες ἡμάρτετε. ### English translation (Claude) Full of holy counsel, with good eagerness and devout confidence, you stretched out your hands to almighty God, begging him to be merciful if you had sinned at all unwillingly. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 2.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/3/). ## 1 Clement 2.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:10–12 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: They labored in prayer for the salvation of all believers. ### Greek text ἀγὼν ἦν ὑμῖν ἡμέρας τε καὶ νυκτὸς ὑπὲρ πάσης τῆς ἀδελφότητος, εἰς τὸ σώζεσθαι μετʼ ἐλέους καὶ συνειδήσεως τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Day and night you contended for the whole brotherhood, that the number of his elect might be saved with mercy and conscience. ### Translation notes - “With mercy and conscience”: obscure; some editors emend “conscience” (συνειδήσεως) to “concord” or “fear.” ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 2.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/4/). ## 1 Clement 2.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:12 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: They bore no grudges. ### Greek text εἰλικρινεῖς καὶ ἀκέραιοι ἦτε καὶ ἀμνησίκακοι εἰς ἀλλήλους. ### English translation (Claude) You were sincere and innocent and bore no grudges against one another. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 2.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/5/). ## 1 Clement 2.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:12 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: They hated division and shared one another's failings. ### Greek text πᾶσα στάσις καὶ πᾶν σχίσμα βδελυκτὸν ἦν ὑμῖν. ἐπὶ τοῖς παραπτώμασιν τῶν πλησίον ἐπενθεῖτε· τὰ ὑστερήματα αὐτῶν ἴδια ἐκρίνετε. ### English translation (Claude) Every faction and every schism was abominable to you. You mourned over the transgressions of your neighbors; you considered their shortcomings your own. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 2.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/6/). ## 1 Clement 2.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:12 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: They were always ready to do good. ### Greek text ἀμεταμέλητοι ἦτε ἐπὶ πάσῃ ἀγαθοποιΐᾳ, ἕτοιμοι εἰς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθόν. ### English translation (Claude) You never regretted any good deed; you were “ready for every good work.” ### Scripture references - Titus 3:1: quotation, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 2.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/7/). ## 1 Clement 2.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:12 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God's commandments were written on their hearts. ### Greek text τῇ παναρέτῳ καὶ σεβασμίῳ πολιτείᾳ κεκοσμημένοι πάντα ἐν τῷ φόβῳ αὐτοῦ ἐπετελεῖτε· τὰ προστάγματα καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα τοῦ κυρίου ἐπὶ τὰ πλάτη τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν ἐγέγραπτο. ### English translation (Claude) Adorned with an all-virtuous and venerable way of life, you did everything in the fear of him; the commandments and ordinances of the Lord were written on the tablets of your heart. ### Scripture references - Prov 7:3: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 2.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/2/8/). ## 1 Clement 3.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/3/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:12 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Prosperity made the Corinthians proud, as Scripture foretold. ### Greek text Πᾶσα δόξα καὶ πλατυσμὸς ἐδόθη ὑμῖν, καὶ ἐπετελέσθη τὸ γεγραμμένον· Ἔφαγεν καὶ ἔπιεν, καὶ ἐπλατύνθη, καὶ ἐπαχύνθη, καὶ ἀπελάκτισεν ὁ ἠγαπημένος. ### English translation (Claude) All glory and enlargement were given to you, and what was written was fulfilled: “My beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged and grew fat, and kicked.” ### Scripture references - Deut 32:15: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 3.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/3/1/). ## 1 Clement 3.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/3/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:12 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Pride bred jealousy, strife, and disorder. ### Greek text ἐκ τούτου ζῆλος καὶ φθόνος, καὶ ἔρις, καὶ στάσις, διωγμὸς καὶ ἀκαταστασία, πόλεμος καὶ αἰχμαλωσία. ### English translation (Claude) From this came jealousy and envy, strife and faction, persecution and disorder, war and captivity. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 3.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/3/2/). ## 1 Clement 3.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/3/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:12 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The young rose up against their elders. ### Greek text οὕτως ἐπηγέρθησαν οἱ ἄτιμοι ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐντίμους, οἱ ἄδοξοι ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐνδόξους, οἱ ἄφρονες ἐπὶ τοὺς φρονίμους, οἱ νέοι ἐπὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους. ### English translation (Claude) So the dishonored rose up against the honored, the disreputable against the reputable, the foolish against the wise, the young against the older. ### Scripture references - Isa 3:5: allusion, high confidence ### Translation notes - “The older” (τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους): the word also means “presbyters,” and the double sense is probably intended (compare 44.5; 47.6). ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 3.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/3/3/). ## 1 Clement 3.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/3/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:12–14 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Jealousy, through which death entered the world, has driven out peace. ### Greek text διὰ τοῦτο πόρρω ἄπεστιν ἡ δικαιοσύνη καὶ εἰρήνη, ἐν τῷ ἀπολιπεῖν ἕκαστον τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐν τῇ πίστει αὐτοῦ ἀμβλυωπῆσαι, μηδὲ ἐν τοῖς νομίμοις τῶν προσταγμάτων αὐτοῦ πορεύεσθαι, μηδὲ πολιτεύεσθαι κατὰ τὸ καθῆκον τῷ Χριστῷ, ἀλλὰ ἕκαστον βαδίζειν κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς καρδίας αὐτοῦ τῆς πονηρᾶς, ζῆλον ἄδικον καὶ ἀσεβῆ ἀνειληφότας, διʼ οὗ καὶ θάνατος εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον. ### English translation (Claude) For this reason righteousness and peace are far away, since each has abandoned the fear of God and become dim-sighted in faith in him, neither walking in the ordinances of his commandments nor living as befits Christ, but each goes according to the desires of his evil heart, having taken up unrighteous and ungodly jealousy, through which also death entered the world. ### Scripture references - Isa 59:14: allusion, medium confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Wis 2:24 (Wisdom of Solomon): allusion, high confidence ### Translation notes - “Through which also death entered the world”: from Wis 2:24 (“through the devil's envy death entered the world”). ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 3.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/3/4/). ## 1 Clement 4.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:14 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The story of Cain and Abel begins. ### Greek text Γέγραπται γὰρ οὕτως· Καὶ ἐγένετο μεθʼ ἡμέρας, ἤνεγκεν Κάϊν ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν τῆς γῆς θυσίαν τῷ θεῷ, καὶ Ἄβελ ἤνεγκεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπὸ τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν προβάτων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν στεάτων αὐτῶν. ### English translation (Claude) For it is written thus: “And it came to pass after some days that Cain brought to God a sacrifice from the fruits of the earth, and Abel also brought from the firstborn of the sheep and from their fat. ### Scripture references - Gen 4:3: quotation, high confidence - Gen 4:4: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter 4 quotes Gen 4:3–8 in the Septuagint (Greek) form. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 4.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/1/). ## 1 Clement 4.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:14 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God accepted Abel's offering, not Cain's. ### Greek text καὶ ἐπεῖδεν ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ Ἄβελ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς δώροις αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ δὲ Κάϊν καὶ ἐπὶ ταῖς θυσίαις αὐτοῦ οὐ προσέσχεν. ### English translation (Claude) And God looked on Abel and on his gifts, but to Cain and his sacrifices he paid no attention. ### Scripture references - Gen 4:4: quotation, high confidence - Gen 4:5: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 4.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/2/). ## 1 Clement 4.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:14 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Cain was angry. ### Greek text καὶ ἐλυπήθη Κάϊν λίαν καὶ συνέπεσεν τῷ προσώπῳ αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) And Cain was very grieved, and his face fell. ### Scripture references - Gen 4:5: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 4.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/3/). ## 1 Clement 4.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:14 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God questions Cain. ### Greek text καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Κάϊν· Ἱνατί περίλυπος ἐγένου, καὶ ἱνατί συνέπεσεν τὸ πρόσωπόν σου; οὐκ ἐὰν ὀρθῶς προσενέγκῃς, ὀρθῶς δὲ μὴ διέλῃς, ἥμαρτες; ### English translation (Claude) And God said to Cain, ‘Why have you become very grieved, and why has your face fallen? If you have offered rightly but have not divided rightly, have you not sinned? ### Scripture references - Gen 4:6: quotation, high confidence - Gen 4:7: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The Septuagint wording here differs from the Hebrew (“If you do well, will you not be accepted?”). ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 4.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/4/). ## 1 Clement 4.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:14 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God's warning to Cain. ### Greek text ἡσύχασον· πρὸς σὲ ἡ ἀποστροφὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ σὺ ἄρξεις αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Be still; his turning will be toward you, and you will rule over him.’ ### Scripture references - Gen 4:7: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 4.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/5/). ## 1 Clement 4.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:14 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Cain killed his brother. ### Greek text καὶ εἶπεν Κάϊν πρὸς Ἄβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ· Διέλθωμεν εἰς τὸ πεδίον. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, ἀνέστη Κάϊν ἐπὶ Ἄβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτόν. ### English translation (Claude) And Cain said to Abel his brother, ‘Let us go out into the field.’ And it came to pass, while they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.” ### Scripture references - Gen 4:8: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 4.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/6/). ## 1 Clement 4.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:14 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Jealousy led to fratricide. ### Greek text ὁρᾶτε, ἀδελφοί, ζῆλος καὶ φθόνος ἀδελφοκτονίαν κατειργάσατο. ### English translation (Claude) You see, brothers: jealousy and envy brought about the murder of a brother. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 4.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/7/). ## 1 Clement 4.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:14 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Jealousy drove Jacob into flight. ### Greek text διὰ ζῆλος ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν Ἰακὼβ ἀπέδρα ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἠσαῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Because of jealousy our father Jacob fled from the presence of Esau his brother. ### Scripture references - Gen 27:41: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 4.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/8/). ## 1 Clement 4.9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/9/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:14 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Jealousy sold Joseph into slavery. ### Greek text ζῆλος ἐποίησεν Ἰωσὴφ μέχρι θανάτου διωχθῆναι καὶ μέχρι δουλείας εἰσελθεῖν. ### English translation (Claude) Jealousy caused Joseph to be persecuted to the point of death and to come into slavery. ### Scripture references - Gen 37:28: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 4.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/9/). ## 1 Clement 4.10 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/10/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:14–16 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Jealousy forced Moses to flee Egypt. ### Greek text ζῆλος φυγεῖν ἠνάγκασεν Μωϋσῆν ἀπὸ προσώπου Φαραὼ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁμοφύλου· Τίς σε κατέστησεν κριτὴν ἢ δικαστὴν ἐφʼ ἡμῶν; μὴ ἀνελεῖν με σὺ θέλεις, ὃν τρόπον ἀνεῖλες ἐχθὲς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον; ### English translation (Claude) Jealousy forced Moses to flee from the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, when he heard from his own countryman, “Who made you a judge or a ruler over us? Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?” ### Scripture references - Exod 2:14: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 4.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/10/). ## 1 Clement 4.11 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/11/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:16 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Jealousy put Aaron and Miriam outside the camp. ### Greek text διὰ ζῆλος Ἀαρὼν καὶ Μαριὰμ ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς ηὐλίσθησαν. ### English translation (Claude) Because of jealousy Aaron and Miriam had to lodge outside the camp. ### Scripture references - Num 12:14: allusion, medium confidence - Num 12:15: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 4.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/11/). ## 1 Clement 4.12 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/12/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:16 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Revolt against Moses destroyed Dathan and Abiram. ### Greek text ζῆλος Δαθὰν καὶ Ἀβειρὼν ζῶντας κατήγαγεν εἰς ᾅδου διὰ τὸ στασιάσαι αὐτοὺς πρὸς τὸν θεράποντα τοῦ θεοῦ Μωϋσῆν. ### English translation (Claude) Jealousy brought Dathan and Abiram down alive into Hades, because they revolted against Moses, the servant of God. ### Scripture references - Num 16:33: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 4.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/12/). ## 1 Clement 4.13 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/13/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:16 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Jealousy made Saul persecute David. ### Greek text διὰ ζῆλος Δαυεὶδ φθόνον ἔσχεν οὐ μόνον ὑπὸ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὸ Σαοὺλ βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλ ἐδιώχθη. ### English translation (Claude) Because of jealousy David incurred envy not only from foreigners but was also persecuted by Saul, king of Israel. ### Scripture references - 1 Sam 18:8: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 4.13 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/13/). ## 1 Clement 5.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:16 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Turning to recent examples. ### Greek text Ἀλλʼ ἵνα τῶν ἀρχαίων ὑποδειγμάτων παυσώμεθα, ἔλθωμεν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἔγγιστα γενομένους ἀθλητάς· λάβωμεν τῆς γενεᾶς ἡμῶν τὰ γενναῖα ὑποδείγματα. ### English translation (Claude) But to leave the ancient examples, let us come to the athletes who lived nearest to our own time; let us take the noble examples of our own generation. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 5.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/1/). ## 1 Clement 5.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:16 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The greatest pillars of the church were persecuted to death. ### Greek text διὰ ζῆλον καὶ φθόνον οἱ μέγιστοι καὶ δικαιότατοι στύλοι ἐδιώχθησαν καὶ ἕως θανάτου ἤθλησαν. ### English translation (Claude) Because of jealousy and envy the greatest and most righteous pillars were persecuted and contended even unto death. ### Scripture references - Gal 2:9: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 5.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/2/). ## 1 Clement 5.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:16 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The example of the apostles. ### Greek text λάβωμεν πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν ἡμῶν τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς ἀποστόλους· ### English translation (Claude) Let us set before our eyes the good apostles: ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 5.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/3/). ## 1 Clement 5.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:16 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Peter endured many trials and died a martyr. ### Greek text Πέτρον, ὃς διὰ ζῆλον ἄδικον οὐχ ἕνα οὐδὲ δύο, ἀλλὰ πλείονας ὑπήνεγκεν πόνους καὶ οὕτω μαρτυρήσας ἐπορεύθη εἰς τὸν ὀφειλόμενον τόπον τῆς δόξης. ### English translation (Claude) Peter, who because of unrighteous jealousy endured not one or two but many labors, and so, having borne his witness, went to the place of glory that was his due. ### Translation notes - “Having borne his witness” (μαρτυρήσας): or “having suffered martyrdom.” The earliest reference to Peter's death; the place is not named. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 5.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/4/). ## 1 Clement 5.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:16 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Paul showed the way to the prize of endurance. ### Greek text διὰ ζῆλον καὶ ἔριν Παῦλος ὑπομονῆς βραβεῖον ὑπέδειξεν, ### English translation (Claude) Because of jealousy and strife Paul showed the way to the prize of endurance: ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 5.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/5/). ## 1 Clement 5.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:16 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Paul's sufferings and preaching in East and West. ### Greek text ἑπτάκις δεσμὰ φορέσας, φυγαδευθείς, λιθασθείς, κήρυξ γενόμενος ἔν τε τῇ ἀνατολῇ καὶ ἐν τῇ δύσει, τὸ γενναῖον τῆς πίστεως αὐτοῦ κλέος ἔλαβεν, ### English translation (Claude) seven times he wore chains, he was exiled, he was stoned; having become a herald both in the East and in the West, he received the noble renown of his faith; ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 5.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/6/). ## 1 Clement 5.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:16–18 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Paul preached to the ends of the West and died a martyr. ### Greek text δικαιοσύνην διδάξας ὅλον τὸν κόσμον, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ τέρμα τῆς δύσεως ἐλθὼν καὶ μαρτυρήσας ἐπὶ τῶν ἡγουμένων, οὕτως ἀπηλλάγη τοῦ κόσμου καὶ εἰς τὸν ἅγιον τόπον ἀνελήμφθη, ὑπομονῆς γενόμενος μέγιστος ὑπογραμμός. ### English translation (Claude) having taught righteousness to the whole world, and having come to the limit of the West, and having borne his witness before the rulers, he was thus released from the world and taken up to the holy place, having become the greatest example of endurance. ### Translation notes - “The limit of the West” (τὸ τέρμα τῆς δύσεως): possibly Spain (compare Rom 15:24, 28) or Rome itself; the point is debated. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 5.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/5/7/). ## 1 Clement 6.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/6/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:18 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: A great multitude of Roman Christians also suffered. ### Greek text Τούτοις τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ὁσίως πολιτευσαμένοις συνηθροίσθη πολὺ πλῆθος ἐκλεκτῶν, οἵτινες πολλαῖς αἰκίαις καὶ βασάνοις διὰ ζῆλος παθόντες ὑπόδειγμα κάλλιστον ἐγένοντο ἐν ἡμῖν. ### English translation (Claude) To these men who lived holy lives there was gathered a great multitude of the elect, who suffered many indignities and tortures because of jealousy and became a most noble example among us. ### Translation notes - Probably the victims of Nero's persecution in Rome (AD 64). ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 6.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/6/1/). ## 1 Clement 6.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/6/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:18 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Christian women were tortured in cruel spectacles but finished the race of faith. ### Greek text διὰ ζῆλος διωχθεῖσαι γυναῖκες Δαναΐδες καὶ Δίρκαι, αἰκίσματα δεινὰ καὶ ἀνόσια παθοῦσαι, ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πίστεως βέβαιον δρόμον κατήντησαν καὶ ἔλαβον γέρας γενναῖον αἱ ἀσθενεῖς τῷ σώματι. ### English translation (Claude) Because of jealousy women were persecuted as Danaids and Dircae; having suffered terrible and unholy indignities, they reached the secure goal in the race of faith and received a noble prize, though weak in body. ### Translation notes - “As Danaids and Dircae”: probably women put to death in the arena in scenes from mythology (Dirce was tied to a bull). Some think the text corrupt and emend it to “young women, slave girls.” ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 6.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/6/2/). ## 1 Clement 6.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/6/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:18 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Jealousy has broken up marriages. ### Greek text ζῆλος ἀπηλλοτρίωσεν γαμετὰς ἀνδρῶν καὶ ἠλλοίωσεν τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀδάμ· Τοῦτο νῦν ὀστοῦν ἐκ τῶν ὀστέων μου καὶ σὰρξ ἐκ τῆς σαρκός μου. ### English translation (Claude) Jealousy has estranged wives from their husbands and changed what was said by our father Adam: “This now is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” ### Scripture references - Gen 2:23: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 6.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/6/3/). ## 1 Clement 6.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/6/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:18 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Jealousy has destroyed cities and nations. ### Greek text ζῆλος καὶ ἔρις πόλεις μεγάλας κατέστρεψεν καὶ ἔθνη μεγάλα ἐξερίζωσεν. ### English translation (Claude) Jealousy and strife have overthrown great cities and uprooted great nations. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 6.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/6/4/). ## 1 Clement 7.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:18 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The Romans face the same struggle as the Corinthians. ### Greek text Ταῦτα, ἀγαπητοί, οὐ μόνον ὑμᾶς νουθετοῦντες ἐπιστέλλομεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑαυτοὺς ὑπομιμνήσκοντες· ἐν γὰρ τῷ αὐτῷ ἐσμὲν σκάμματι, καὶ ὁ αὐτὸς ἡμῖν ἀγὼν ἐπίκειται. ### English translation (Claude) We write these things, beloved, not only to admonish you but also to remind ourselves; for we are in the same arena, and the same contest lies before us. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 7.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/1/). ## 1 Clement 7.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:18 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Return to the rule of the tradition. ### Greek text διὸ ἀπολίπωμεν τὰς κενὰς καὶ ματαίας φροντίδας, καὶ ἔλθωμεν ἐπὶ τὸν εὐκλεῆ καὶ σεμνὸν τῆς παραδόσεως ἡμῶν κανόνα, ### English translation (Claude) Therefore let us leave behind empty and vain concerns, and let us come to the glorious and venerable rule of our tradition; ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 7.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/2/). ## 1 Clement 7.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:18 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Seek what pleases God. ### Greek text καὶ ἴδωμεν, τί καλὸν καὶ τί τερπνὸν καὶ τί προσδεκτὸν ἐνώπιον τοῦ ποιήσαντος ἡμᾶς. ### English translation (Claude) and let us see what is good and what is pleasing and what is acceptable in the sight of him who made us. ### Scripture references - 1 Tim 2:3: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 7.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/3/). ## 1 Clement 7.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:18–20 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Christ's precious blood won the grace of repentance for the world. ### Greek text ἀτενίσωμεν εἰς τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ γνῶμεν, ὡς ἔστιν τίμιον τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν ἐκχυθὲν παντὶ τῷ κόσμῳ μετανοίας χάριν ὑπήνεγκεν. ### English translation (Claude) Let us fix our eyes on the blood of Christ and know how precious it is to his Father, because, poured out for our salvation, it brought the grace of repentance to the whole world. ### Scripture references - 1 Pet 1:19: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 7.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/4/). ## 1 Clement 7.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:20 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God has always given opportunity to repent. ### Greek text διέλθωμεν εἰς τὰς γενεὰς πάσας, καὶ καταμάθωμεν ὅτι ἐν γενεᾷ καὶ γενεᾷ μετανοίας τόπον ἔδωκεν ὁ δεσπότης τοῖς βουλομένοις ἐπιστραφῆναι ἐπʼ αὐτόν. ### English translation (Claude) Let us go through all the generations and learn that in generation after generation the Master has given opportunity for repentance to those who wished to turn to him. ### Extrabiblical texts - Wis 12:10 (Wisdom of Solomon): echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 7.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/5/). ## 1 Clement 7.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:20 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Noah preached repentance. ### Greek text Νῶε ἐκήρυξεν μετάνοιαν, καὶ οἱ ὑπακούσαντες ἐσώθησαν. ### English translation (Claude) Noah preached repentance, and those who obeyed were saved. ### Scripture references - Gen 7:1: echo, medium confidence - 2 Pet 2:5: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 7.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/6/). ## 1 Clement 7.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:20 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The Ninevites repented and were saved. ### Greek text Ἰωνᾶς Νινευΐταις καταστροφὴν ἐκήρυξεν· οἱ δὲ μετανοήσαντες ἐπὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτήμασιν αὐτῶν ἐξιλάσαντο τὸν θεὸν ἱκετεύσαντες καὶ ἔλαβον σωτηρίαν, καίπερ ἀλλότριοι τοῦ θεοῦ ὄντες. ### English translation (Claude) Jonah preached destruction to the Ninevites; but they, repenting of their sins, appeased God by their supplications and received salvation, even though they were strangers to God. ### Scripture references - Jonah 3:4: allusion, high confidence - Jonah 3:10: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 7.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/7/7/). ## 1 Clement 8.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/8/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:20 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The prophets spoke of repentance by the Spirit. ### Greek text Οἱ λειτουργοὶ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου περὶ μετανοίας ἐλάλησαν. ### English translation (Claude) The ministers of the grace of God spoke about repentance through the Holy Spirit. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 8.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/8/1/). ## 1 Clement 8.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/8/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:20 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God swore that he desires repentance, not death. ### Greek text καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ δεσπότης τῶν ἁπάντων περὶ μετανοίας ἐλάλησεν μετὰ ὅρκου· Ζῶ γὰρ ἐγώ, λέγει κύριος, οὐ βούλομαι τὸν θάνατον τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ ὡς τὴν μετάνοιαν, προστιθεὶς καὶ γνώμην ἀγαθήν· ### English translation (Claude) And the Master of all things himself spoke about repentance with an oath: “As I live, says the Lord, I do not desire the death of the sinner so much as his repentance,” adding also a gracious word: ### Scripture references - Ezek 33:11: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 8.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/8/2/). ## 1 Clement 8.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/8/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:20 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God promises to hear all who turn to him, however great their sins. ### Greek text Μετανοήσατε, οἶκος Ἰσραήλ, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας ὑμῶν· εἶπον τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ λαοῦ μου. Ἐὰν ὦσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ὑμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἐὰν ὦσιν πυρρότεραι κόκκου καὶ μελανώτεραι σάκκου, καὶ ἐπιστραφῆτε πρός με ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας καὶ εἴπητε· Πάτερ· ἐπακούσομαι ὑμῶν ὡς λαοῦ ἁγίου. ### English translation (Claude) “Repent, house of Israel, from your lawlessness. Say to the children of my people: Though your sins reach from the earth to heaven, and though they be redder than scarlet and blacker than sackcloth, and you turn to me with all your heart and say, ‘Father,’ I will listen to you as to a holy people.” ### Scripture references - Ezek 18:30: echo, medium confidence - Isa 1:18: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The source of this quotation is unknown; perhaps an apocryphal writing of Ezekiel. Compare Ezek 18:30; Isa 1:18. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 8.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/8/3/). ## 1 Clement 8.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/8/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:20–22 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Isaiah's call to repentance: though your sins are scarlet, they will be white as snow. ### Greek text καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ τόπῳ λέγει οὕτως· Λούσασθε καὶ καθαροὶ γένεσθε, ἀφέλεσθε τὰς πονηρίας ἀπὸ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου· παύσασθε ἀπὸ τῶν πονηριῶν ὑμῶν, μάθετε καλὸν ποιεῖν, ἐκζητήσατε κρίσιν, ῥύσασθε ἀδικούμενον, κρίνατε ὀρφανῷ καὶ δικαιώσατε χήρᾳ· καὶ δεῦτε καὶ διελεγχθῶμεν, λέγει κύριος· καὶ ἐὰν ὦσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ὑμῶν ὡς φοινικοῦν, ὡς χιόνα λευκανῶ· ἐὰν δὲ ὦσιν ὡς κόκκινον, ὡς ἔριον λευκανῶ· καὶ ἐὰν θέλητε καὶ εἰσακούσητέ μου, τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς φάγεσθε· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ θέλητε μηδὲ εἰσακούσητέ μου, μάχαιρα ὑμᾶς κατέδεται· τὸ γὰρ στόμα κυρίου ἐλάλησεν ταῦτα. ### English translation (Claude) And in another place he says this: “Wash and become clean; remove the wickedness from your souls before my eyes. Cease from your wickedness, learn to do good, seek justice, rescue the wronged, defend the orphan, and vindicate the widow. And come, let us reason together, says the Lord; and though your sins be like crimson, I will make them white as snow; and though they be like scarlet, I will make them white as wool. And if you are willing and listen to me, you shall eat the good things of the land; but if you are not willing and do not listen to me, a sword will devour you; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken these things.” ### Scripture references - Isa 1:16–20: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 8.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/8/4/). ## 1 Clement 8.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/8/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:22 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God wills all his beloved to repent. ### Greek text πάντας οὖν τοὺς ἀγαπητοὺς αὐτοῦ βουλόμενος μετανοίας μετασχεῖν ἐστήριξεν τῷ παντοκρατορικῷ βουλήματι αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) So, wishing all his beloved to share in repentance, he established it by his almighty will. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 8.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/8/5/). ## 1 Clement 9.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/9/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:22 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Obey God's will and abandon strife and jealousy. ### Greek text Διὸ ὑπακούσωμεν τῇ μεγαλοπρεπεῖ καὶ ἐνδόξῳ βουλήσει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἱκέται γενόμενοι τοῦ ἐλέους καὶ τῆς χρηστότητος αὐτοῦ προσπέσωμεν καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν ἐπὶ τοὺς οἰκτιρμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ἀπολιπόντες τὴν ματαιοπονίαν τήν τε ἔριν καὶ τὸ εἰς θάνατον ἄγον ζῆλος. ### English translation (Claude) Therefore let us obey his magnificent and glorious will, and, becoming suppliants of his mercy and kindness, let us fall down before him and turn to his compassion, abandoning the fruitless toil and the strife and the jealousy that leads to death. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 9.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/9/1/). ## 1 Clement 9.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/9/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:22 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Look to those who served God perfectly. ### Greek text ἀτενίσωμεν εἰς τοὺς τελείως λειτουργήσαντας τῇ μεγαλοπρεπεῖ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Let us fix our eyes on those who have served his magnificent glory perfectly. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 9.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/9/2/). ## 1 Clement 9.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/9/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:22 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Enoch was taken up because of his obedience. ### Greek text λάβωμεν Ἐνώχ, ὃς ἐν ὑπακοῇ δίκαιος εὑρεθεὶς μετετέθη, καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθη αὐτοῦ θάνατος. ### English translation (Claude) Let us take Enoch, who, being found righteous in obedience, was translated, and his death was never found. ### Scripture references - Gen 5:24: allusion, high confidence - Heb 11:5: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 9.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/9/3/). ## 1 Clement 9.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/9/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:22–24 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Noah's faithfulness saved the creatures in the ark. ### Greek text 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 translation (Claude) 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. ### Scripture references - Gen 6:9: echo, medium confidence - Heb 11:7: echo, medium confidence - 2 Pet 2:5: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - “A new birth” (παλιγγενεσίαν): the world's renewal after the flood. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 9.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/9/4/). ## 1 Clement 10.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:24 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Abraham, God's friend, was faithful and obedient. ### Greek text Ἀβραάμ, ὁ φίλος προσαγορευθείς, πιστὸς εὑρέθη ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν ὑπήκοον γενέσθαι τοῖς ῥήμασιν τοῦ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Abraham, who was called “the friend,” was found faithful in becoming obedient to the words of God. ### Scripture references - Isa 41:8: allusion, medium confidence - Jas 2:23: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 10.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/1/). ## 1 Clement 10.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:24 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Abraham obediently left his home to inherit God's promises. ### Greek text οὗτος διʼ ὑπακοῆς ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ὅπως γῆν ὀλίγην καὶ συγγένειαν ἀσθενῆ καὶ οἶκον μικρὸν καταλιπὼν κληρονομήσῃ τὰς ἐπαγγελίας τοῦ θεοῦ. λέγει γὰρ αὐτῷ· ### English translation (Claude) In obedience he went out from his land and his kindred and his father's house, so that by leaving a small land and a weak kindred and a little house he might inherit the promises of God. For God says to him: ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 10.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/2/). ## 1 Clement 10.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:24 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God's call and promise to Abraham. ### Greek text Ἄπελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός σου εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω· καὶ ποιήσω σε εἰς ἔθνος μέγα καὶ εὐλογήσω σε καὶ μεγαλυνῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου, καὶ ἔσῃ εὐλογημένος· καὶ εὐλογήσω τοὺς εὐλογοῦντάς σε καὶ καταράσομαι τοὺς καταρωμένους σε, καὶ εὐλογηθήσονται ἐν σοὶ πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς. ### English translation (Claude) “Go out from your land and from your kindred and from your father's house to the land that I will show you; and I will make you a great nation and bless you and make your name great, and you will be blessed. And I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you, and in you all the tribes of the earth will be blessed.” ### Scripture references - Gen 12:1–3: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 10.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/3/). ## 1 Clement 10.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:24 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God promised Abraham the land. ### Greek text καὶ πάλιν ἐν τῷ διαχωρισθῆναι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ Λὼτ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεός· Ἀναβλέψας τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου ἴδε ἀπὸ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ νῦν σὺ εἶ, πρὸς βορρᾶν καὶ λίβα καὶ ἀνατολὰς καὶ θάλασσαν, ὅτι πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἣν σὺ ὁρᾷς, σοὶ δώσω αὐτὴν καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου ἕως αἰῶνος. ### English translation (Claude) And again, when he separated from Lot, God said to him: “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you now are, to the north and south and east and west; for all the land that you see, I will give it to you and to your seed forever. ### Scripture references - Gen 13:14: quotation, high confidence - Gen 13:15: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 10.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/4/). ## 1 Clement 10.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:24 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God promised Abraham countless descendants. ### Greek text καὶ ποιήσω τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡς τὴν ἄμμον τῆς γῆς· εἰ δύναταί τις ἐξαριθμῆσαι τὴν ἄμμον τῆς γῆς, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου ἐξαριθμηθήσεται. ### English translation (Claude) And I will make your seed like the sand of the earth: if anyone can count the sand of the earth, your seed also will be counted.” ### Scripture references - Gen 13:16: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 10.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/5/). ## 1 Clement 10.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:24 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness. ### Greek text καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Ἐξήγαγεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν Ἀβραὰμ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἀρίθμησον τοὺς ἀστέρας, εἰ δυνήσῃ ἐξαριθμῆσαι αὐτούς· οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου. ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην. ### English translation (Claude) And again he says: “God brought Abraham out and said to him, ‘Look up to heaven and count the stars, if you can count them; so shall your seed be.’ And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.” ### Scripture references - Gen 15:5: quotation, high confidence - Gen 15:6: quotation, high confidence - Rom 4:3: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 10.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/6/). ## 1 Clement 10.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:24–26 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Abraham received Isaac and offered him to God. ### Greek text διὰ πίστιν καὶ φιλοξενίαν ἐδόθη αὐτῷ υἱὸς ἐν γήρᾳ, καὶ διʼ ὑπακοῆς προσήνεγκεν αὐτὸν θυσίαν τῷ θεῷ πρὸς τὸ ὄρος ὃ ἔδειξεν αὐτῷ. ### English translation (Claude) Because of his faith and hospitality a son was given him in his old age, and in obedience he offered him as a sacrifice to God on one of the mountains that he showed him. ### Scripture references - Gen 18:1: echo, medium confidence - Gen 22:2: allusion, high confidence - Heb 11:17: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 10.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/10/7/). ## 1 Clement 11.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/11/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:26 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Lot was saved from Sodom because of his hospitality. ### Greek text Διὰ φιλοξενίαν καὶ εὐσέβειαν Λὼτ ἐσώθη ἐκ Σοδόμων, τῆς περιχώρου πάσης κριθείσης διὰ πυρὸς καὶ θείου, πρόδηλον ποιήσας ὁ δεσπότης, ὅτι τοὺς ἐλπίζοντας ἐπʼ αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐγκαταλείπει, τοὺς δὲ ἑτεροκλινεῖς ὑπάρχοντας εἰς κόλασιν καὶ αἰκισμὸν τίθησιν. ### English translation (Claude) Because of his hospitality and godliness Lot was saved from Sodom, when the whole surrounding region was judged by fire and brimstone. The Master made it plain that he does not forsake those who hope in him, but hands over to punishment and torment those who turn aside. ### Scripture references - Gen 19:24: allusion, high confidence - 2 Pet 2:7: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 11.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/11/1/). ## 1 Clement 11.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/11/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:26 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Lot's wife became a warning against doubt. ### Greek text συνεξελθούσης γὰρ αὐτῷ τῆς γυναικὸς ἑτερογνώμονος ὑπαρχούσης καὶ οὐκ ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ, εἰς τοῦτο σημεῖον ἐτέθη, ὥστε γενέσθαι αὐτὴν στήλην ἁλὸς ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης, εἰς τὸ γνωστὸν εἶναι πᾶσιν, ὅτι οἱ δίψυχοι καὶ οἱ διστάζοντες περὶ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ δυνάμεως εἰς κρίμα καὶ εἰς σημείωσιν πάσαις ταῖς γενεαῖς γίνονται. ### English translation (Claude) For his wife, who went out with him, was of a different mind and not in concord, and was made a sign of this, so that she became a pillar of salt to this day, to make known to all that the double-minded and those who doubt the power of God become a judgment and a warning to all generations. ### Scripture references - Gen 19:26: allusion, high confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Wis 10:7 (Wisdom of Solomon): echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 11.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/11/2/). ## 1 Clement 12.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:26 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Rahab was saved by faith and hospitality. ### Greek text Διὰ πίστιν καὶ φιλοξενίαν ἐσώθη Ῥαὰβ ἡ πόρνη. ### English translation (Claude) Because of her faith and hospitality Rahab the prostitute was saved. ### Scripture references - Heb 11:31: allusion, high confidence - Jas 2:25: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 12.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/1/). ## 1 Clement 12.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:26 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Joshua's spies are hunted in Jericho. ### Greek text ἐκπεμφθέντων γὰρ ὑπὸ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ τοῦ Ναυὴ κατασκόπων εἰς τὴν Ἱεριχώ, ἔγνω ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἥκασιν κατασκοπεῦσαι τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐξέπεμψεν ἄνδρας τοὺς συλλημψομένους αὐτούς, ὅπως συλλημφθέντες θανατωθῶσιν. ### English translation (Claude) For when the spies were sent into Jericho by Joshua the son of Nun, the king of the land learned that they had come to spy out their country, and he sent out men to seize them, so that when they were seized they might be put to death. ### Scripture references - Josh 2:1: allusion, high confidence - Josh 2:3: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 12.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/2/). ## 1 Clement 12.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:26–28 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Rahab hid the spies. ### Greek text ἡ οὖν φιλόξενος Ῥαὰβ εἰσδεξαμένη αὐτοὺς ἔκρυψεν εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον ὑπὸ τὴν λινοκαλάμην. ### English translation (Claude) So the hospitable Rahab took them in and hid them in the upper room under the flax stalks. ### Scripture references - Josh 2:6: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 12.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/3/). ## 1 Clement 12.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:28 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Rahab misled the king's men. ### Greek text ἐπισταθέντων δὲ τῶν παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ λεγόντων· Πρὸς σὲ εἰσῆλθον οἱ κατάσκοποι τῆς γῆς ἡμῶν· ἐξάγαγε αὐτούς, ὁ γὰρ βασιλεὺς οὕτως κελεύει, ἥδε ἀπεκρίθη· Εἰσῆλθον μὲν οἱ ἄνδρες, οὓς ζητεῖτε, πρός με, ἀλλʼ εὐθέως ἀπῆλθον καὶ πορεύονται τῇ ὁδῷ· ὑποδεικνύουσα αὐτοῖς ἐναλλάξ. ### English translation (Claude) And when the king's men came and said, “The spies of our land came in to you; bring them out, for the king commands it,” she answered, “The men you are seeking did come in to me, but they left at once and are going on their way,” pointing them in the opposite direction. ### Scripture references - Josh 2:3: allusion, high confidence - Josh 2:4: allusion, high confidence - Josh 2:5: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 12.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/4/). ## 1 Clement 12.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:28 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Rahab confessed that God was giving Israel the land. ### Greek text καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς τοὺς ἄνδρας· Γινώσκουσα γινώσκω ἐγώ, ὅτι κύριος ὁ θεὸς παραδίδωσιν ὑμῖν τὴν γῆν ταύτην· ὁ γὰρ φόβος καὶ ὁ τρόμος ὑμῶν ἐπέπεσεν τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν αὐτήν. ὡς ἐὰν οὖν γένηται λαβεῖν αὐτὴν ὑμᾶς, διασώσατέ με καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου. ### English translation (Claude) And she said to the men, “I know for certain that the Lord God is handing this land over to you; for fear and dread of you have fallen on its inhabitants. So when you come to take it, save me and my father's house.” ### Scripture references - Josh 2:9: allusion, high confidence - Josh 2:12: allusion, medium confidence - Josh 2:13: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 12.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/5/). ## 1 Clement 12.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:28 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The spies promised to save Rahab's household. ### Greek text καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ· Ἔσται οὕτως, ὡς ἐλάλησας ἡμῖν. ὡς ἐὰν οὖν γνῷς παραγινομένους ἡμᾶς, συνάξεις πάντας τοὺς σοὺς ὑπὸ τὸ στέγος σου, καὶ διασωθήσονται· ὅσοι γὰρ ἐὰν εὑρεθῶσιν ἔξω τῆς οἰκίας, ἀπολοῦνται. ### English translation (Claude) And they said to her, “It shall be as you have told us. So when you know that we are coming, gather all your family under your roof, and they will be saved; for all who are found outside the house will perish.” ### Scripture references - Josh 2:14: allusion, medium confidence - Josh 2:18: allusion, medium confidence - Josh 2:19: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 12.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/6/). ## 1 Clement 12.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:28 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Rahab's scarlet cord foreshadowed redemption through Christ's blood. ### Greek text καὶ προσέθεντο αὐτῇ δοῦναι σημεῖον, ὅπως ἐκκρεμάσῃ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς κόκκινον, πρόδηλον ποιοῦντες, ὅτι διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ κυρίου λύτρωσις ἔσται πᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν καὶ ἐλπίζουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) And they went on to give her a sign: that she should hang out a scarlet thread from her house, making it plain that through the blood of the Lord there will be redemption for all who believe and hope in God. ### Scripture references - Josh 2:18: allusion, high confidence ### Translation notes - The earliest known Christian reading of Rahab's scarlet cord as a sign of Christ's blood. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 12.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/7/). ## 1 Clement 12.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:28 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Rahab had faith and prophecy. ### Greek text ὁρᾶτε, ἀγαπητοί, ὅτι οὐ μόνον πίστις, ἀλλὰ καὶ προφητεία ἐν τῇ γυναικὶ γέγονεν. ### English translation (Claude) You see, beloved, that there was not only faith but also prophecy in the woman. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 12.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/12/8/). ## 1 Clement 13.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/13/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:28–30 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Be humble, boasting only in the Lord, and remember Jesus's teaching. ### Greek text Ταπεινοφρονήσωμεν οὖν, ἀδελφοί, ἀποθέμενοι πᾶσαν ἀλαζονείαν καὶ τῦφος καὶ ἀφροσύνην καὶ ὀργάς, καὶ ποιήσωμεν τὸ γεγραμμένον, λέγει γὰρ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· Μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ σοφὸς ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ αὐτοῦ μηδὲ ὁ ἰσχυρὸς ἐν τῇ ἰσχύϊ αὐτοῦ μηδὲ ὁ πλούσιος ἐν τῷ πλούτῳ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλʼ ὁ καυχώμενος ἐν κυρίῳ καυχάσθω, τοῦ ἐκζητεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ ποιεῖν κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην· μάλιστα μεμνημένοι τῶν λόγων τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ, οὓς ἐλάλησεν διδάσκων ἐπιείκειαν καὶ μακροθυμίαν. ### English translation (Claude) Let us therefore be humble-minded, brothers, laying aside all arrogance and conceit and folly and anger, and let us do what is written, for the Holy Spirit says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the rich man in his riches; but let him who boasts boast in the Lord, to seek him and to do judgment and righteousness”; especially remembering the words of the Lord Jesus which he spoke when he was teaching gentleness and patience. ### Scripture references - Jer 9:23: quotation, high confidence - Jer 9:24: quotation, medium confidence - 1 Sam 2:10: allusion, medium confidence - 1 Cor 1:31: allusion, medium confidence - 2 Cor 10:17: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 13.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/13/1/). ## 1 Clement 13.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/13/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:30 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Jesus's sayings on mercy, forgiveness, and judgment. ### Greek text οὕτως γὰρ εἶπεν· Ἐλεᾶτε, ἵνα ἐλεηθῆτε· ἀφίετε, ἵνα ἀφεθῇ ὑμῖν· ὡς ποιεῖτε, οὕτω ποιηθήσεται ὑμῖν· ὡς δίδοτε, οὕτως δοθήσεται ὑμῖν· ὡς κρίνετε, οὕτως κριθήσεσθε· ὡς χρηστεύεσθε, οὕτως χρηστευθήσεται ὑμῖν· ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε, ἐν αὐτῷ μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν. ### English translation (Claude) For he spoke thus: “Show mercy, that you may be shown mercy; forgive, that it may be forgiven you. As you do, so it will be done to you; as you give, so it will be given to you; as you judge, so you will be judged; as you show kindness, so kindness will be shown to you; with the measure you measure, it will be measured to you.” ### Scripture references - Matt 5:7: allusion, medium confidence - Matt 6:14: allusion, medium confidence - Matt 7:1: allusion, high confidence - Matt 7:2: allusion, high confidence - Matt 7:12: allusion, medium confidence - Luke 6:31: allusion, medium confidence - Luke 6:36: allusion, medium confidence - Luke 6:37: allusion, high confidence - Luke 6:38: allusion, high confidence ### Translation notes - This form of the sayings is not found in any Gospel; it combines phrases like Matt 5:7; 6:14; 7:1–2, 12 and Luke 6:31, 36–38, perhaps from oral tradition or another collection. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 13.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/13/2/). ## 1 Clement 13.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/13/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:30 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Obey Christ's words with humility. ### Greek text ταύτῃ τῇ ἐντολῇ καὶ τοῖς παραγγέλμασιν τούτοις στηρίξωμεν ἑαυτοὺς εἰς τὸ πορεύεσθαι ὑπηκόους ὄντας τοῖς ἁγιοπρεπέσι λόγοις αὐτοῦ, ταπεινοφρονοῦντες· φησὶν γὰρ ὁ ἅγιος λόγος· ### English translation (Claude) With this commandment and these precepts let us strengthen ourselves to walk in obedience to his holy words, being humble-minded; for the holy word says: ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 13.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/13/3/). ## 1 Clement 13.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/13/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:30 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God looks on the humble. ### Greek text Ἐπὶ τίνα ἐπιβλέψω, ἀλλʼ ἢ ἐπὶ τὸν πραῢν καὶ ἡσύχιον καὶ τρέμοντά μου τὰ λόγια. ### English translation (Claude) “On whom shall I look, but on the one who is gentle and quiet and trembles at my words?” ### Scripture references - Isa 66:2: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 13.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/13/4/). ## 1 Clement 14.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:30 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Obey God, not the ringleaders of jealousy. ### Greek text Δίκαιον οὖν καὶ ὅσιον, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ὑπηκόους ἡμᾶς μᾶλλον γενέσθαι τῷ θεῷ ἢ τοῖς ἐν ἀλαζονείᾳ καὶ ἀκαταστασίᾳ μυσεροῦ ζήλους ἀρχηγοῖς ἐξακολουθεῖν. ### English translation (Claude) It is right and holy, then, men and brothers, for us to obey God rather than to follow those who in arrogance and disorder are the leaders of detestable jealousy. ### Scripture references - Acts 5:29: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 14.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/1/). ## 1 Clement 14.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:30 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Following troublemakers is dangerous. ### Greek text βλάβην γὰρ οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν, μᾶλλον δὲ κίνδυνον ὑποίσομεν μέγαν, ἐὰν ῥιψοκινδύνως ἐπιδῶμεν ἑαυτοὺς τοῖς θελήμασιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἵτινες ἐξακοντίζουσιν εἰς ἔριν καὶ στάσεις, εἰς τὸ ἀπαλλοτριῶσαι ἡμᾶς τοῦ καλῶς ἔχοντος. ### English translation (Claude) For we shall incur no ordinary harm, but rather great danger, if we recklessly surrender ourselves to the wills of people who launch out into strife and factions to estrange us from what is right. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 14.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/2/). ## 1 Clement 14.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:30 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Be kind, as God is kind. ### Greek text χρηστευσώμεθα ἑαυτοῖς κατὰ τὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν καὶ γλυκύτητα τοῦ ποιήσαντος ἡμᾶς. ### English translation (Claude) Let us be kind to one another, according to the compassion and sweetness of him who made us. ### Scripture references - Eph 4:32: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 14.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/3/). ## 1 Clement 14.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:30–32 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The kind will inherit the land. ### Greek text γέγραπται γάρ· Χρηστοὶ ἔσονται οἰκήτορες γῆς, ἄκακοι δὲ ὑπολειφθήσονται ἐπʼ αὐτῆς· οἱ δὲ παρανομοῦντες ἐξολεθρευθήσονται ἀπʼ αὐτῆς. ### English translation (Claude) For it is written: “The kind will inhabit the land, and the innocent will be left in it; but the transgressors will be destroyed from it.” ### Scripture references - Prov 2:21: quotation, high confidence - Prov 2:22: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 14.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/4/). ## 1 Clement 14.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:32 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The proud vanish, but the peaceable have a future. ### Greek text καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Εἶδον ἀσεβῆ ὑπερυψούμενον καὶ ἐπαιρόμενον ὡς τὰς κέδρους τοῦ Λιβάνου· καὶ παρῆλθον, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν, καὶ ἐξεζήτησα τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον. φύλασσε ἀκακίαν καὶ ἴδε εὐθύτητα, ὅτι ἐστὶν ἐγκατάλειμμα ἀνθρώπῳ εἰρηνικῷ. ### English translation (Claude) And again he says: “I saw the ungodly exalted and lifted up like the cedars of Lebanon; and I passed by, and behold, he was not, and I sought his place and did not find it. Keep innocence and look on uprightness, for there is a remnant for the peaceable man.” ### Scripture references - Ps 37:35 (36:35 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 37:36 (36:36 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 37:37 (36:37 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 14.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/14/5/). ## 1 Clement 15.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:32 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Side with those who truly seek peace. ### Greek text Τοίνυν κολληθῶμεν τοῖς μετʼ εὐσεβείας εἰρηνεύουσιν, καὶ μὴ τοῖς μεθʼ ὑποκρίσεως βουλομένοις εἰρήνην. ### English translation (Claude) So let us join ourselves to those who keep peace with godliness, and not to those who wish for peace with hypocrisy. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 15.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/1/). ## 1 Clement 15.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:32 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God rejects lip-service. ### Greek text λέγει γάρ που· Οὗτος ὁ λαὸς τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἄπεστιν ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) For he says somewhere: “This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.” ### Scripture references - Isa 29:13: quotation, high confidence - Mark 7:6: quotation, medium confidence - Matt 15:8: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 15.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/2/). ## 1 Clement 15.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:32 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Blessing with the mouth, cursing in the heart. ### Greek text καὶ πάλιν· Τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν εὐλογοῦσιν, τῇ δὲ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν κατηρῶντο. ### English translation (Claude) And again: “They blessed with their mouth, but cursed with their heart.” ### Scripture references - Ps 62:4 (61:5 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 15.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/3/). ## 1 Clement 15.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:32 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Words without a faithful heart. ### Greek text καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Ἠγάπησαν αὐτὸν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῶν ἐψεύσαντο αὐτόν, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν οὐκ εὐθεῖα μετʼ αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἐπιστώθησαν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) And again he says: “They loved him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied to him; their heart was not right with him, nor were they faithful to his covenant.” ### Scripture references - Ps 78:36 (77:36 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 78:37 (77:37 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 15.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/4/). ## 1 Clement 15.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:32 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God will silence deceitful and boastful lips. ### Greek text διὰ τοῦτο ἄλαλα γενηθήτω τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια τὰ λαλοῦντα κατὰ τοῦ δικαίου ἀνομίαν. καὶ πάλιν· Ἐξολεθρεύσαι κύριος πάντα τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια, γλῶσσαν μεγαλορήμονα, τοὺς εἰπόντας· Τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡμῶν μεγαλυνοῦμεν, τὰ χείλη ἡμῶν παρʼ ἡμῖν ἐστιν· τίς ἡμῶν κύριός ἐστιν; ### English translation (Claude) “Therefore let the deceitful lips that speak lawlessness against the righteous be struck dumb.” And again: “May the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, the boastful tongue, those who said, ‘We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?’ ### Scripture references - Ps 31:18 (30:19 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 12:3 (11:4 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 12:4 (11:5 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 15.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/5/). ## 1 Clement 15.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:32 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God will rise to help the poor. ### Greek text ἀπὸ τῆς ταλαιπωρίας τῶν πτωχῶν καὶ τοῦ στεναγμοῦ τῶν πενήτων νῦν ἀναστήσομαι, λέγει κύριος· θήσομαι ἐν σωτηρίῳ, ### English translation (Claude) Because of the misery of the poor and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise, says the Lord; I will set him in safety; ### Scripture references - Ps 12:5 (11:6 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 15.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/6/). ## 1 Clement 15.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:32–34 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God will act openly for the poor. ### Greek text παρρησιάσομαι ἐν αὐτῷ. ### English translation (Claude) I will deal boldly with him.” ### Scripture references - Ps 12:5 (11:6 LXX): quotation, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The Septuagint wording is obscure; perhaps “I will speak openly in it (that is, in his salvation).” ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 15.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/15/7/). ## 1 Clement 16.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:34 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Christ belongs to the humble, not to those who lord it over his flock. ### Greek text Ταπεινοφρονούντων γάρ ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός, οὐκ ἐπαιρομένων ἐπὶ τὸ ποίμνιον αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) For Christ belongs to those who are humble-minded, not to those who exalt themselves over his flock. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/1/). ## 1 Clement 16.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:34 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Christ came in humility, as the Spirit foretold. ### Greek text τὸ σκῆπτρον τῆς μεγαλωσύνης τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁ κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, οὐκ ἦλθεν ἐν κόμπῳ ἀλαζονείας οὐδὲ ὑπερηφανίας, καίπερ δυνάμενος, ἀλλὰ ταπεινοφρονῶν, καθὼς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον περὶ αὐτοῦ ἐλάλησεν· φησὶν γάρ· ### English translation (Claude) The scepter of the majesty of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, did not come with the pomp of arrogance or pride, though he could have, but humble-minded, just as the Holy Spirit spoke concerning him. For he says: ### Scripture references - Phil 2:6: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/2/). ## 1 Clement 16.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:34 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Isaiah's Suffering Servant: despised and rejected. ### Greek text Κύριε, τίς ἐπίστευσεν τῇ ἀκοῇ ἡμῶν; καὶ ὁ βραχίων κυρίου τίνι ἀπεκαλύφθη; ἀνηγγείλαμεν ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, ὡς παιδίον, ὡς ῥίζα ἐν γῇ διψώσῃ· οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ εἶδος οὐδὲ δόξα, καὶ εἴδομεν αὐτόν, καὶ οὐκ εἶχεν εἶδος οὐδὲ κάλλος, ἀλλὰ τὸ εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἄτιμον, ἐκλεῖπον παρὰ τὸ εἶδος τῶν ἀνθρώπων· ἄνθρωπος ἐν πληγῇ ὢν καὶ πόνῳ καὶ εἰδὼς φέρειν μαλακίαν, ὅτι ἀπέστραπται τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, ἠτιμάσθη καὶ οὐκ ἐλογίσθη· ### English translation (Claude) “Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? We announced before him, as a child, as a root in thirsty ground. He has no form or glory, and we saw him, and he had neither form nor beauty, but his form was without honor, inferior to the form of men; a man in suffering and in toil, and knowing how to bear weakness; because his face was turned away, he was dishonored and not esteemed. ### Scripture references - Isa 53:1–3: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter 16 quotes Isa 53:1–12 and Ps 22:6–8 in the Septuagint form. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/3/). ## 1 Clement 16.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:34 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The Servant bears our sins. ### Greek text οὗτος τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν φέρει καὶ περὶ ἡμῶν ὀδυνᾶται, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐλογισάμεθα αὐτὸν εἶναι ἐν πόνῳ καὶ ἐν πληγῇ καὶ ἐν κακώσει· ### English translation (Claude) He bears our sins and suffers pain for us, and we reckoned him to be in toil and in suffering and in affliction. ### Scripture references - Isa 53:4: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/4/). ## 1 Clement 16.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:34 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: By his wounds we are healed. ### Greek text αὐτὸς δὲ ἐτραυματίσθη διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν καὶ μεμαλάκισται διὰ τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν. παιδεία εἰρήνης ἡμῶν ἐπʼ αὐτόν· τῷ μώλωπι αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς ἰάθημεν. ### English translation (Claude) But he was wounded because of our sins, and he has been weakened because of our lawless deeds. The chastisement of our peace was upon him; by his bruise we were healed. ### Scripture references - Isa 53:5: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/5/). ## 1 Clement 16.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:34 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: All have gone astray like sheep. ### Greek text πάντες ὡς πρόβατα ἐπλανήθημεν, ἄνθρωπος τῇ ὁδῷ αὐτοῦ ἐπλανήθη· ### English translation (Claude) All of us have gone astray like sheep; each has gone astray in his own way. ### Scripture references - Isa 53:6: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/6/). ## 1 Clement 16.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:34 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Like a lamb to the slaughter, he was silent. ### Greek text καὶ κύριος παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ αὐτὸς διὰ τὸ κεκακῶσθαι οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα. ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη, καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ κείραντος ἄφωνος, οὕτως οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ. ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει ἡ κρίσις αὐτοῦ ἤρθη. ### English translation (Claude) And the Lord handed him over for our sins, and he, because he has been afflicted, does not open his mouth. As a sheep he was led to slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he does not open his mouth. In his humiliation his judgment was taken away. ### Scripture references - Isa 53:6–8: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/7/). ## 1 Clement 16.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:34–36 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: His life was taken from the earth. ### Greek text τὴν γενεὰν αὐτοῦ τίς διηγήσεται; ὅτι αἴρεται ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Who will describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth. ### Scripture references - Isa 53:8: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/8/). ## 1 Clement 16.9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/9/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:36 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: He died for his people's sins. ### Greek text ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνομιῶν τοῦ λαοῦ μου ἥκει εἰς θάνατον. ### English translation (Claude) Because of the lawless deeds of my people he came to death. ### Scripture references - Isa 53:8: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/9/). ## 1 Clement 16.10 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/10/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:36 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The innocent Servant. ### Greek text καὶ δώσω τοὺς πονηροὺς ἀντὶ τῆς ταφῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς πλουσίους ἀντὶ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ· ὅτι ἀνομίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν, οὐδὲ εὑρέθη δόλος ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ. καὶ κύριος βούλεται καθαρίσαι αὐτὸν τῆς πληγῆς. ### English translation (Claude) And I will give the wicked for his burial and the rich for his death; for he did no lawlessness, nor was deceit found in his mouth. And the Lord wills to cleanse him of his wound. ### Scripture references - Isa 53:9: quotation, high confidence - Isa 53:10: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/10/). ## 1 Clement 16.11 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/11/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:36 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: An offering for sin. ### Greek text ἐὰν δῶτε περὶ ἁμαρτίας, ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ὄψεται σπέρμα μακρόβιον. ### English translation (Claude) If you make an offering for sin, your soul will see a long-lived seed. ### Scripture references - Isa 53:10: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/11/). ## 1 Clement 16.12 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/12/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:36 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The righteous Servant will justify many. ### Greek text καὶ κύριος βούλεται ἀφελεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ πόνου τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, δεῖξαι αὐτῷ φῶς καὶ πλάσαι τῇ συνέσει, δικαιῶσαι δίκαιον εὖ δουλεύοντα πολλοῖς. καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν αὐτὸς ἀνοίσει. ### English translation (Claude) And the Lord wills to take away from the toil of his soul, to show him light and to form him with understanding, to justify a righteous one who serves many well. And he himself will bear their sins. ### Scripture references - Isa 53:10: quotation, high confidence - Isa 53:11: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/12/). ## 1 Clement 16.13 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/13/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:36 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: He was numbered with the transgressors. ### Greek text διὰ τοῦτο αὐτὸς κληρονομήσει πολλοὺς καὶ τῶν ἰσχυρῶν μεριεῖ σκῦλα· ἀνθʼ ὧν παρεδόθη εἰς θάνατον ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀνόμοις ἐλογίσθη. ### English translation (Claude) Therefore he will inherit many and will divide the spoils of the strong, because his soul was handed over to death and he was reckoned among the lawless. ### Scripture references - Isa 53:12: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.13 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/13/). ## 1 Clement 16.14 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/14/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:36 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: He bore the sins of many. ### Greek text καὶ αὐτὸς ἁμαρτίας πολλῶν ἀνήνεγκεν καὶ διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν παρεδόθη. ### English translation (Claude) And he himself bore the sins of many and was handed over because of their sins.” ### Scripture references - Isa 53:12: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/14/). ## 1 Clement 16.15 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/15/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:36 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: “I am a worm and not a man.” ### Greek text καὶ πάλιν αὐτός φησιν· Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι σκώληξ καὶ οὐκ ἄνθρωπος, ὄνειδος ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἐξουθένημα λαοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) And again he himself says: “But I am a worm and not a man, a reproach of men and despised by the people. ### Scripture references - Ps 22:6 (21:7 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/15/). ## 1 Clement 16.16 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/16/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:36 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The sufferer is mocked. ### Greek text πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντές με ἐξεμυκτήρισάν με, ἐλάλησαν ἐν χείλεσιν, ἐκίνησαν κεφαλήν· Ἤλπισεν ἐπὶ κύριον, ῥυσάσθω αὐτόν, σωσάτω αὐτόν, ὅτι θέλει αὐτόν. ### English translation (Claude) All who saw me mocked me; they spoke with their lips, they shook their heads: ‘He hoped in the Lord; let him deliver him, let him save him, since he delights in him.’” ### Scripture references - Ps 22:7 (21:8 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 22:8 (21:9 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/16/). ## 1 Clement 16.17 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/17/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:36–38 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: If the Lord was so humble, how much more should we be. ### Greek text ὁρᾶτε, ἄνδρες ἀγαπητοί, τίς ὁ ὑπογραμμὸς ὁ δεδομένος ἡμῖν· εἰ γὰρ ὁ κύριος οὕτως ἐταπεινοφρόνησεν, τί ποιήσωμεν ἡμεῖς οἱ ὑπὸ τὸν ζυγὸν τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ διʼ αὐτοῦ ἐλθόντες; ### English translation (Claude) You see, beloved men, what is the example that has been given to us; for if the Lord was so humble-minded, what should we do, who through him have come under the yoke of his grace? ### Scripture references - Matt 11:29: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 16.17 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/16/17/). ## 1 Clement 17.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:38 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Imitate the humble prophets. ### Greek text Μιμηταὶ γενώμεθα κἀκείνων, οἵτινες ἐν δέρμασιν αἰγείοις καὶ μηλωταῖς περιεπάτησαν κηρύσσοντες τὴν ἔλευσιν τοῦ Χριστοῦ· λέγομεν δὲ Ἠλίαν καὶ Ἑλισαιέ, ἔτι δὲ καὶ Ἰεζεκιήλ, τοὺς προφήτας· πρὸς τούτοις καὶ τοὺς μεμαρτυρημένους. ### English translation (Claude) Let us be imitators also of those who went about in goatskins and sheepskins, proclaiming the coming of Christ; we mean Elijah and Elisha, and also Ezekiel, the prophets; and besides these, those who were well attested. ### Scripture references - Heb 11:37: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 17.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/1/). ## 1 Clement 17.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:38 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Abraham humbly called himself dust and ashes. ### Greek text ἐμαρτυρήθη μεγάλως Ἀβραὰμ καὶ φίλος προσηγορεύθη τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ λέγει ἀτενίζων εἰς τὴν δόξαν τοῦ θεοῦ ταπεινοφρονῶν· Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι γῆ καὶ σποδός. ### English translation (Claude) Abraham was greatly attested and was called the friend of God; and gazing on the glory of God, he says in humility, “But I am earth and ashes.” ### Scripture references - Gen 18:27: quotation, high confidence - Jas 2:23: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 17.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/2/). ## 1 Clement 17.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:38 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Job was righteous. ### Greek text ἔτι δὲ καὶ περὶ Ἰὼβ οὕτως γέγραπται· Ἰὼβ δὲ ἦν δίκαιος καὶ ἄμεμπτος, ἀληθινός, θεοσεβής, ἀπεχόμενος ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) And again concerning Job it is written thus: “Job was righteous and blameless, true, God-fearing, keeping away from all evil.” ### Scripture references - Job 1:1: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 17.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/3/). ## 1 Clement 17.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:38 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Yet Job confessed that no one is pure. ### Greek text ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς ἑαυτοῦ κατηγορεῖ λέγων· Οὐδεὶς καθαρὸς ἀπὸ ῥύπου, οὐδʼ ἂν μιᾶς ἡμέρας ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) But he accuses himself, saying, “No one is clean from filth, not even if his life is but a day.” ### Scripture references - Job 14:4: quotation, high confidence - Job 14:5: quotation, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 17.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/4/). ## 1 Clement 17.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:38 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Moses, though glorified, was humble. ### Greek text Μωυσῆς πιστὸς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ ἐκλήθη, καὶ διὰ τῆς ὑπηρεσίας αὐτοῦ ἔκρινεν ὁ θεὸς Αἴγυπτον διὰ τῶν μαστίγων καὶ τῶν αἰκισμάτων αὐτῶν· ἀλλὰ κἀκεῖνος δοξασθεὶς μεγάλως οὐκ ἐμεγαλορημόνησεν, ἀλλʼ εἶπεν ἐκ τῆς βάτου χρηματισμοῦ αὐτῷ διδομένου· Τίς εἰμι ἐγώ, ὅτι με πέμπεις; Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι ἰσχνόφωνος καὶ βραδύγλωσσος. ### English translation (Claude) Moses was called “faithful in all his house,” and through his ministry God judged Egypt with its plagues and torments. But he too, though greatly glorified, did not speak boastfully, but when the oracle was given to him from the bush, he said, “Who am I, that you send me? I am weak of voice and slow of tongue.” ### Scripture references - Num 12:7: quotation, high confidence - Heb 3:2: echo, medium confidence - Exod 3:11: quotation, high confidence - Exod 4:10: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 17.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/5/). ## 1 Clement 17.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:38 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Moses: “I am steam from a pot.” ### Greek text καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι ἀτμὶς ἀπὸ κύθρας. ### English translation (Claude) And again he says, “I am steam from a pot.” ### Translation notes - The source of this saying is unknown; perhaps an apocryphal writing about Moses. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 17.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/17/6/). ## 1 Clement 18.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:38 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: David, a man after God's heart. ### Greek text Τί δὲ εἴπωμεν ἐπὶ τῷ μεμαρτυρημένῳ Δαυείδ; ἐφʼ οὗ εἶπεν ὁ θεός· Εὗρον ἄνδρα κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν μου, Δαυεὶδ τὸν τοῦ Ἰεσσαί, ἐν ἐλέει αἰωνίῳ ἔχρισα αὐτόν. ### English translation (Claude) And what shall we say of the well-attested David? Of him God said, “I have found a man after my heart, David the son of Jesse; I have anointed him with eternal mercy.” ### Scripture references - Ps 89:20 (88:21 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Acts 13:22: allusion, high confidence - 1 Sam 13:14: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/1/). ## 1 Clement 18.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:38–40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: David's prayer of repentance (Psalm 51) begins. ### Greek text ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸς λέγει πρὸς τὸν θεόν· Ἐλέησόν με, ὁ θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐξάλειψον τὸ ἀνόμημά μου. ### English translation (Claude) Yet he too says to God: “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your great mercy, and according to the multitude of your compassions blot out my lawlessness. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:1 (50:3 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter 18 quotes Ps 51:1–17 (50:3–19 LXX) in full. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/2/). ## 1 Clement 18.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: “Wash me from my sin.” ### Greek text ἐπὶ πλεῖον πλῦνόν με ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας μου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου καθάρισόν με· ὅτι τὴν ἀνομίαν μου ἐγὼ γινώσκω, καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία μου ἐνώπιόν μου ἐστὶν διαπαντός. ### English translation (Claude) Wash me thoroughly from my lawlessness, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my lawlessness, and my sin is always before me. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:2 (50:4 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 51:3 (50:5 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/3/). ## 1 Clement 18.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: “Against you only have I sinned.” ### Greek text σοὶ μόνῳ ἥμαρτον, καὶ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐποίησα, ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε. ### English translation (Claude) Against you only have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and prevail when you are judged. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:4 (50:6 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/4/). ## 1 Clement 18.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: “I was conceived in sin.” ### Greek text ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἐν ἀνομίαις συνελήμφθην, καὶ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἐκίσσησέν με ἡ μήτηρ μου. ### English translation (Claude) For behold, I was conceived in lawlessness, and in sins my mother conceived me. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:5 (50:7 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/5/). ## 1 Clement 18.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God loves truth and reveals hidden wisdom. ### Greek text ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἀλήθειαν ἠγάπησας· τὰ ἄδηλα καὶ τὰ κρύφια τῆς σοφίας σου ἐδήλωσάς μοι. ### English translation (Claude) For behold, you have loved truth; you have shown me the hidden and secret things of your wisdom. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:6 (50:8 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/6/). ## 1 Clement 18.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: “Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.” ### Greek text ῥαντιεῖς με ὑσσώπῳ, καὶ καθαρισθήσομαι· πλυνεῖς με, καὶ ὑπὲρ χιόνα λευκανθήσομαι. ### English translation (Claude) You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; you will wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:7 (50:9 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/7/). ## 1 Clement 18.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: “Let me hear joy and gladness.” ### Greek text ἀκουτιεῖς με ἀγαλλίασιν καὶ εὐφροσύνην. ἀγαλλιάσονται ὀστᾶ τεταπεινωμένα. ### English translation (Claude) You will make me hear joy and gladness; the bones that have been humbled will rejoice. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:8 (50:10 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/8/). ## 1 Clement 18.9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/9/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: “Blot out my sins.” ### Greek text ἀπόστρεψον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου, καὶ πάσας τὰς ἀνομίας μου ἐξάλειψον. ### English translation (Claude) Turn your face away from my sins, and blot out all my lawless deeds. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:9 (50:11 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/9/). ## 1 Clement 18.10 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/10/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: “Create in me a clean heart.” ### Greek text καρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί, ὁ θεός, καὶ πνεῦμα εὐθὲς ἐγκαίνισον ἐν τοῖς ἐγκάτοις μου. ### English translation (Claude) Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:10 (50:12 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/10/). ## 1 Clement 18.11 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/11/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: “Do not take your Holy Spirit from me.” ### Greek text μὴ ἀπορίψῃς με ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιόν σου μὴ ἀντανέλῃς ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:11 (50:13 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/11/). ## 1 Clement 18.12 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/12/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: “Restore the joy of your salvation.” ### Greek text ἀπόδος μοι τὴν ἀγαλλίασιν τοῦ σωτηρίου σου, καὶ πνεύματι ἡγεμονικῷ στήρισόν με. ### English translation (Claude) Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and establish me with a guiding spirit. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:12 (50:14 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/12/). ## 1 Clement 18.13 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/13/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: “I will teach sinners your ways.” ### Greek text διδάξω ἀνόμους τὰς ὁδούς σου, καὶ ἀσεβεῖς ἐπιστρέψουσιν ἐπὶ σέ. ### English translation (Claude) I will teach the lawless your ways, and the ungodly will turn back to you. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:13 (50:15 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.13 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/13/). ## 1 Clement 18.14 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/14/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: “Deliver me from bloodguilt.” ### Greek text ῥῦσαί με ἐξ αἱμάτων, ὁ θεός, ὁ θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου. ### English translation (Claude) Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:14 (50:16 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/14/). ## 1 Clement 18.15 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/15/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: “My lips will declare your praise.” ### Greek text ἀγαλλιάσεται ἡ γλῶσσά μου τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου. κύριε, τὸ στόμα μου ἀνοίξεις, καὶ τὰ χείλη μου ἀναγγελεῖ τὴν αἴνεσίν σου. ### English translation (Claude) My tongue will rejoice in your righteousness. Lord, you will open my mouth, and my lips will declare your praise. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:14 (50:16 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 51:15 (50:17 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/15/). ## 1 Clement 18.16 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/16/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God does not desire burnt offerings. ### Greek text ὅτι εἰ ἠθέλησας θυσίαν, ἔδωκα ἄν· ὁλοκαυτώματα οὐκ εὐδοκήσεις. ### English translation (Claude) For if you had desired sacrifice, I would have given it; you will not be pleased with whole burnt offerings. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:16 (50:18 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/16/). ## 1 Clement 18.17 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/17/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:40–42 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God accepts a broken and contrite heart. ### Greek text θυσία τῷ θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον· καρδίαν συντετριμμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἐξουθενώσει. ### English translation (Claude) A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.” ### Scripture references - Ps 51:17 (50:19 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 18.17 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/18/17/). ## 1 Clement 19.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/19/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:42 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The humility of the saints has benefited every generation. ### Greek text Τῶν τοσούτων οὖν καὶ τοιούτων οὕτως μεμαρτυρημένων τὸ ταπεινόφρον καὶ τὸ ὑποδεὲς διὰ τῆς ὑπακοῆς οὐ μόνον ἡμᾶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς πρὸ ἡμῶν γενεὰς βελτίους ἐποίησεν, τούς τε καταδεξαμένους τὰ λόγια αὐτοῦ ἐν φόβῳ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ. ### English translation (Claude) The humility and submissiveness of so many and such well-attested men, through their obedience, has made better not only us but also the generations before us, and those who received his oracles in fear and truth. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 19.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/19/1/). ## 1 Clement 19.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/19/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:42 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Return to the goal of peace and look to God the Creator. ### Greek text πολλῶν οὖν καὶ μεγάλων καὶ ἐνδόξων μετειληφότες πράξεων ἐπαναδράμωμεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἐξ ἀρχῆς παραδεδομένον ἡμῖν τῆς εἰρήνης σκοπόν, καὶ ἀτενίσωμεν εἰς τὸν πατέρα καὶ κτίστην τοῦ σύμπαντος κόσμου καὶ ταῖς μεγαλοπρεπέσι καὶ ὑπερβαλλούσαις αὐτοῦ δωρεαῖς τῆς εἰρήνης εὐεργεσίαις τε κολληθῶμεν. ### English translation (Claude) Having therefore shared in many great and glorious deeds, let us hasten back to the goal of peace handed down to us from the beginning, and let us fix our eyes on the Father and Creator of the whole world, and cling to his magnificent and surpassing gifts and benefits of peace. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 19.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/19/2/). ## 1 Clement 19.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/19/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:42 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Contemplate God's patience toward all creation. ### Greek text ἴδωμεν αὐτὸν κατὰ διάνοιαν καὶ ἐμβλέψωμεν τοῖς ὄμμασιν τῆς ψυχῆς εἰς τὸ μακρόθυμον αὐτοῦ βούλημα· νοήσωμεν, πῶς ἀόργητος ὑπάρχει πρὸς πᾶσαν τὴν κτίσιν αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Let us behold him in our mind and look with the eyes of our soul on his patient will; let us consider how free from anger he is toward all his creation. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 19.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/19/3/). ## 1 Clement 20.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:42 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The heavens obey God in peace. ### Greek text Οἱ οὐρανοὶ τῇ διοικήσει αὐτοῦ σαλευόμενοι ἐν εἰρήνῃ ὑποτάσσονται αὐτῷ. ### English translation (Claude) The heavens, moved by his management, are subject to him in peace. ### Translation notes - Chapter 20 describes the harmony of creation as a model for the church. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 20.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/1/). ## 1 Clement 20.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:42 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Day and night keep their order. ### Greek text ἡμέρα τε καὶ νὺξ τὸν τεταγμένον ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ δρόμον διανύουσιν, μηδὲν ἀλλήλοις ἐμποδίζοντα. ### English translation (Claude) Day and night complete the course assigned by him, in no way hindering one another. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 20.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/2/). ## 1 Clement 20.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:42 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Sun, moon, and stars move in concord. ### Greek text ἥλιός τε καὶ σελήνη, ἀστέρων τε χοροὶ κατὰ τὴν διαταγὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ δίχα πάσης παρεκβάσεως ἐξελίσσουσιν τοὺς ἐπιτεταγμένους αὐτοῖς ὁρισμούς. ### English translation (Claude) The sun and moon and the choirs of stars, according to his arrangement, roll on in concord within their appointed limits, without any deviation. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 20.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/3/). ## 1 Clement 20.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:42–44 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The earth yields food in its seasons. ### Greek text γῆ κυοφοροῦσα κατὰ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἰδίοις καιροῖς τὴν πανπληθῆ ἀνθρώποις τε καὶ θηρσὶν καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς οὖσιν ἐπʼ αὐτῆς ζώοις ἀνατέλλει τροφήν, μὴ διχοστατοῦσα μηδὲ ἀλλοιοῦσά τι τῶν δεδογματισμένων ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) The earth, bearing fruit according to his will in its proper seasons, brings forth abundant food for human beings and beasts and all the living things upon it, without dissent and without altering any of his decrees. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 20.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/4/). ## 1 Clement 20.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:44 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Even the depths obey God's ordinances. ### Greek text ἀβύσσων τε ἀνεξιχνίαστα καὶ νερτέρων ἀνεκδιήγητα κλίματα τοῖς αὐτοῖς συνέχεται προστάγμασιν. ### English translation (Claude) The unsearchable regions of the abysses and the indescribable realms of the underworld are held together by the same ordinances. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 20.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/5/). ## 1 Clement 20.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:44 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The sea keeps within its bounds. ### Greek text τὸ κύτος τῆς ἀπείρου θαλάσσης κατὰ τὴν δημιουργίαν αὐτοῦ συσταθὲν εἰς τὰς συναγωγὰς οὐ παρεκβαίνει τὰ περιτεθειμένα αὐτῇ κλεῖθρα, ἀλλὰ καθὼς διέταξεν αὐτῇ, οὕτως ποιεῖ. ### English translation (Claude) The hollow of the boundless sea, gathered together by his workmanship into its collections, does not pass the barriers set around it, but does as he appointed for it. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 20.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/6/). ## 1 Clement 20.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:44 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God set the sea's limits. ### Greek text εἶπεν γάρ· Ἕως ὧδε ἥξεις, καὶ τὰ κύματά σου ἐν σοὶ συντριβήσεται. ### English translation (Claude) For he said, “Thus far you shall come, and your waves shall be broken within you.” ### Scripture references - Job 38:11: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 20.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/7/). ## 1 Clement 20.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:44 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The ocean and the worlds beyond it obey God. ### Greek text ὠκεανὸς ἀπέραντος ἀνθρώποις καὶ οἱ μετʼ αὐτὸν κόσμοι ταῖς αὐταῖς ταγαῖς τοῦ δεσπότου διευθύνονται. ### English translation (Claude) The ocean, impassable for human beings, and the worlds beyond it are directed by the same ordinances of the Master. ### Translation notes - “The worlds beyond it”: lands thought to lie beyond the ocean that surrounds the known world. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 20.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/8/). ## 1 Clement 20.9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/9/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:44 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The seasons follow one another in peace. ### Greek text καιροὶ ἐαρινοὶ καὶ θερινοὶ καὶ μετοπωρινοὶ καὶ χειμερινοὶ ἐν εἰρήνῃ μεταπαραδιδόασιν ἀλλήλοις. ### English translation (Claude) The seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter give way to one another in peace. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 20.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/9/). ## 1 Clement 20.10 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/10/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:44 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Winds, springs, and the smallest creatures live in peace. ### Greek text ἀνέμων σταθμοὶ κατὰ τὸν ἴδιον καιρὸν τὴν λειτουργίαν αὐτῶν ἀπροσκόπως ἐπιτελοῦσιν· ἀέναοί τε πηγαί, πρὸς ἀπόλαυσιν καὶ ὑγείαν δημιουργηθεῖσαι, δίχα ἐλλείψεως παρέχονται τοὺς πρὸς ζωῆς ἀνθρώποις μαζούς· τά τε ἐλάχιστα τῶν ζώων τὰς συνελεύσεις αὐτῶν ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ καὶ εἰρήνῃ ποιοῦνται. ### English translation (Claude) The stations of the winds fulfill their service at their proper time without stumbling; the ever-flowing springs, created for enjoyment and health, offer their breasts for human life without fail; and the smallest of living creatures come together in concord and peace. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 20.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/10/). ## 1 Clement 20.11 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/11/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:44 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God ordained all things in peace and blesses us through Christ. ### Greek text ταῦτα πάντα ὁ μέγας δημιουργὸς καὶ δεσπότης τῶν ἁπάντων ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ ὁμονοίᾳ προσέταξεν εἶναι, εὐεργετῶν τὰ πάντα, ὑπερεκπερισσῶς δὲ ἡμᾶς τοὺς προσπεφευγότας τοῖς οἰκτιρμοῖς αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ### English translation (Claude) All these things the great Creator and Master of all has ordained to be in peace and concord, doing good to all things, but most abundantly to us who have taken refuge in his compassion through our Lord Jesus Christ, ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 20.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/11/). ## 1 Clement 20.12 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/12/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:44–46 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Doxology. ### Greek text ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ ἡ μεγαλωσύνη εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν. ### English translation (Claude) to whom be the glory and the majesty forever and ever. Amen. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 20.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/12/). ## 1 Clement 21.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:46 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God's blessings will judge us if we live unworthily. ### Greek text Ὁρᾶτε, ἀγαπητοί, μὴ αἱ εὐεργεσίαι αὐτοῦ αἱ πολλαὶ γένωνται εἰς κρίμα ἡμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ ἀξίως αὐτοῦ πολιτευόμενοι τὰ καλὰ καὶ εὐάρεστα ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ποιῶμεν μεθʼ ὁμονοίας. ### English translation (Claude) Take care, beloved, that his many benefits do not become a judgment on us, if we do not live worthily of him and do what is good and pleasing in his sight with concord. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 21.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/1/). ## 1 Clement 21.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:46 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God's Spirit searches our innermost being. ### Greek text λέγει γάρ που· Πνεῦμα κυρίου λύχνος ἐρευνῶν τὰ ταμιεῖα τῆς γαστρός· ### English translation (Claude) For he says somewhere, “The Spirit of the Lord is a lamp searching the inner chambers of the belly.” ### Scripture references - Prov 20:27: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 21.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/2/). ## 1 Clement 21.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:46 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God knows all our thoughts. ### Greek text ἴδωμεν, πῶς ἐγγύς ἐστιν, καὶ ὅτι οὐδὲν λέληθεν αὐτὸν τῶν ἐννοιῶν ἡμῶν οὐδὲ τῶν διαλογισμῶν ὧν ποιούμεθα· ### English translation (Claude) Let us see how near he is, and that none of our thoughts or of the reasonings we make escapes him. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 21.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/3/). ## 1 Clement 21.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:46 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Do not desert God's will. ### Greek text δίκαιον οὖν ἐστὶν μὴ λειποτακτεῖν ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) It is right, then, that we should not desert our post, away from his will. ### Translation notes - “Desert our post” (λειποτακτεῖν): a military term. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 21.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/4/). ## 1 Clement 21.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:46 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Better to offend the proud than to offend God. ### Greek text μᾶλλον ἀνθρώποις ἄφροσι καὶ ἀνοήτοις καὶ ἐπαιρομένοις καὶ ἐγκαυχωμένοις ἐν ἀλαζονείᾳ τοῦ λόγου αὐτῶν προσκόψωμεν ἢ τῷ θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) Let us rather give offense to foolish and senseless people who exalt themselves and boast in the arrogance of their speech, than to God. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 21.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/5/). ## 1 Clement 21.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:46 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Reverence Christ, respect leaders, honor elders, teach the young, guide wives in goodness. ### Greek text τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, οὗ τὸ αἷμα ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐδόθη, ἐντραπῶμεν, τοὺς προηγουμένους ἡμῶν αἰδεσθῶμεν, τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τιμήσωμεν, τοὺς νέους παιδεύσωμεν τὴν παιδείαν τοῦ φόβου τοῦ θεοῦ, τὰς γυναῖκας ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν διορθωσώμεθα. ### English translation (Claude) Let us reverence the Lord Jesus Christ, whose blood was given for us; let us respect those who lead us; let us honor the older; let us instruct the young in the discipline of the fear of God; let us direct our wives toward what is good. ### Translation notes - “The older” (τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους): older men, or the presbyters (see 3.3). ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 21.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/6/). ## 1 Clement 21.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:46 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Wives should show purity, gentleness, and impartial love. ### Greek text τὸ ἀξιαγάπητον τῆς ἁγνείας ἦθος ἐνδειξάσθωσαν, τὸ ἀκέραιον τῆς πραΰτητος αὐτῶν βούλημα ἀποδειξάτωσαν, τὸ ἐπιεικὲς τῆς γλώσσης αὐτῶν διὰ τῆς σιγῆς φανερὸν ποιησάτωσαν, τὴν ἀγάπην αὐτῶν μὴ κατὰ προσκλίσεις, ἀλλὰ πᾶσιν τοῖς φοβουμένοις τὸν θεὸν ὁσίως ἴσην παρεχέτωσαν. ### English translation (Claude) Let them display the lovable character of purity; let them show the sincere will of their gentleness; let them make the gentleness of their tongue plain by their silence; let them give their love, not according to partiality, but equally to all who fear God in holiness. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 21.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/7/). ## 1 Clement 21.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:46–48 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Children should be raised in Christ's discipline. ### Greek text τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ παιδείας μεταλαμβανέτωσαν· μαθέτωσαν, τί ταπεινοφροσύνη παρὰ θεῷ ἰσχύει, τί ἀγάπη ἁγνὴ παρὰ θεῷ δύναται, πῶς ὁ φόβος αὐτοῦ καλὸς καὶ μέγας καὶ σώζων πάντας τοὺς ἐν αὐτῷ ὁσίως ἀναστρεφομένους ἐν καθαρᾷ διανοίᾳ. ### English translation (Claude) Let our children share in the discipline that is in Christ; let them learn what humility can do with God, what pure love can accomplish with God, how the fear of him is good and great and saves all who live in it in holiness with a pure mind. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 21.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/8/). ## 1 Clement 21.9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/9/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:48 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God searches our thoughts and holds our life. ### Greek text ἐρευνητὴς γάρ ἐστιν ἐννοιῶν καὶ ἐνθυμήσεων· οὗ ἡ πνοὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν ἐστίν, καὶ ὅταν θέλῃ, ἀνελεῖ αὐτήν. ### English translation (Claude) For he is a searcher of thoughts and intentions; his breath is in us, and when he wishes, he will take it away. ### Scripture references - Heb 4:12: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 21.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/21/9/). ## 1 Clement 22.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:48 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Christ calls us through the Spirit in Psalm 34. ### Greek text Ταῦτα δὲ πάντα βεβαιοῖ ἡ ἐν Χριστῷ πίστις· καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου οὕτως προσκαλεῖται ἡμᾶς· Δεῦτε, τέκνα, ἀκούσατέ μου, φόβον κυρίου διδάξω ὑμᾶς. ### English translation (Claude) All these things are confirmed by faith in Christ. For he himself, through the Holy Spirit, calls us thus: “Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. ### Scripture references - Ps 34:11 (33:12 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Chapter 22 quotes Ps 34:11–17 (33:12–18 LXX) and Ps 32:10, as words of Christ spoken by the Spirit. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 22.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/1/). ## 1 Clement 22.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:48 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Who desires life? ### Greek text τίς ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὁ θέλων ζωήν, ἀγαπῶν ἡμέρας ἰδεῖν ἀγαθάς; ### English translation (Claude) Who is the man who desires life, who loves to see good days? ### Scripture references - Ps 34:12 (33:13 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 22.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/2/). ## 1 Clement 22.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:48 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Guard your tongue. ### Greek text παῦσον τὴν γλῶσσάν σου ἀπὸ κακοῦ, καὶ χείλη σου τοῦ μὴ λαλῆσαι δόλον. ### English translation (Claude) Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. ### Scripture references - Ps 34:13 (33:14 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 22.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/3/). ## 1 Clement 22.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:48 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Turn from evil and do good. ### Greek text ἔκκλινον ἀπὸ κακοῦ, καὶ ποίησον ἀγαθόν. ### English translation (Claude) Turn away from evil and do good. ### Scripture references - Ps 34:14 (33:15 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 22.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/4/). ## 1 Clement 22.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:48 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Seek peace. ### Greek text ζήτησον εἰρήνην, καὶ δίωξον αὐτήν· ### English translation (Claude) Seek peace and pursue it. ### Scripture references - Ps 34:14 (33:15 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 22.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/5/). ## 1 Clement 22.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:48 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God watches over the righteous and opposes evildoers. ### Greek text ὀφθαλμοὶ κυρίου ἐπὶ δικαίους, καὶ ὦτα αὐτοῦ πρὸς δέησιν αὐτῶν· πρόσωπον δὲ κυρίου ἐπὶ ποιοῦντας κακά, τοῦ ἐξολεθρεῦσαι ἐκ γῆς τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν. ### English translation (Claude) The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to destroy their memory from the earth. ### Scripture references - Ps 34:15 (33:16 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 34:16 (33:17 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 22.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/6/). ## 1 Clement 22.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:48 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God delivers the righteous. ### Greek text ἐκέκραξεν ὁ δίκαιος, καὶ ὁ κύριος εἰσήκουσεν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν θλίψεων αὐτοῦ ἐρύσατο αὐτόν. ### English translation (Claude) The righteous cried out, and the Lord heard him and delivered him from all his troubles. ### Scripture references - Ps 34:17 (33:18 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 22.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/7/). ## 1 Clement 22.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:48 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Mercy surrounds those who trust the Lord. ### Greek text Πολλαὶ αἱ μάστιγες τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ, τοὺς δὲ ἐλπίζοντας ἐπὶ κύριον ἔλεος κυκλώσει. ### English translation (Claude) Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy will surround those who hope in the Lord.” ### Scripture references - Ps 32:10 (31:10 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 22.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/22/8/). ## 1 Clement 23.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/23/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:48–50 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The merciful Father gives graciously to the single-minded. ### Greek text Ὁ οἰκτίρμων κατὰ πάντα καὶ εὐεργετικὸς πατὴρ ἔχει σπλάγχνα ἐπὶ τοὺς φοβουμένους αὐτόν, ἠπίως τε καὶ προσηνῶς τὰς χάριτας αὐτοῦ ἀποδιδοῖ τοῖς προσερχομένοις αὐτῷ ἁπλῇ διανοίᾳ. ### English translation (Claude) The Father, who is merciful in all things and kind, has compassion on those who fear him, and gently and graciously gives his favors to those who come to him with a single mind. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 23.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/23/1/). ## 1 Clement 23.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/23/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:50 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Do not doubt God's gifts. ### Greek text διὸ μὴ διψυχῶμεν, μηδὲ ἰνδαλλέσθω ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ ταῖς ὑπερβαλλούσαις καὶ ἐνδόξοις δωρεαῖς αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Therefore let us not be double-minded, nor let our soul indulge in fancies about his surpassing and glorious gifts. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 23.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/23/2/). ## 1 Clement 23.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/23/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:50 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Doubters complain that God's promises have not come true. ### Greek text πόρρω γενέσθω ἀφʼ ἡμῶν ἡ γραφὴ αὕτη, ὅπου λέγει· Ταλαίπωροί εἰσιν οἱ δίψυχοι, οἱ διστάζοντες τῇ ψυχῇ, οἱ λέγοντες· Ταῦτα ἠκούσαμεν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ ἰδού, γεγηράκαμεν, καὶ οὐδὲν ἡμῖν τούτων συνβέβηκεν. ### English translation (Claude) Let this scripture be far from us where it says: “Wretched are the double-minded, who doubt in their soul, who say, ‘We heard these things even in our fathers' time, and look, we have grown old, and none of them has happened to us.’ ### Scripture references - Jas 1:8: echo, low confidence - 2 Pet 3:4: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The source of this quotation (also in 2 Clem. 11.2–4) is unknown; perhaps a lost apocryphal book. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 23.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/23/3/). ## 1 Clement 23.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/23/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:50 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Like fruit on a vine, God's promises ripen in their time. ### Greek text ὦ ἀνόητοι, συμβάλετε ἑαυτοὺς ξύλῳ· λάβετε ἄμπελον· πρῶτον μὲν φυλλοροεῖ, εἶτα βλαστὸς γίνεται, εἶτα φύλλον, εἶτα ἄνθος, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ὄμφαξ, εἶτα σταφυλὴ παρεστηκυῖα. ὁρᾶτε, ὅτι ἐν καιρῷ ὀλίγῳ εἰς πέπειρον καταντᾷ ὁ καρπὸς τοῦ ξύλου. ### English translation (Claude) You fools, compare yourselves to a tree; take a vine: first it sheds its leaves, then comes a shoot, then a leaf, then a flower, and after that the sour grape, then the ripe bunch.’ You see that in a short time the fruit of the tree comes to ripeness. ### Scripture references - Mark 13:28: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 23.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/23/4/). ## 1 Clement 23.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/23/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:50 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The Lord will come suddenly. ### Greek text ἐπʼ ἀληθείας ταχὺ καὶ ἐξαίφνης τελειωθήσεται τὸ βούλημα αὐτοῦ, συνεπιμαρτυρούσης καὶ τῆς γραφῆς, ὅτι ταχὺ ἥξει καὶ οὐ χρονιεῖ, καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἥξει ὁ κύριος εἰς τὸν ναὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ ἅγιος, ὃν ὑμεῖς προσδοκᾶτε. ### English translation (Claude) Truly his will shall be accomplished quickly and suddenly, as the scripture also testifies: “He will come quickly and will not delay; and the Lord will come suddenly to his temple, and the Holy One whom you expect.” ### Scripture references - Isa 13:22: allusion, medium confidence - Mal 3:1: quotation, high confidence - Hab 2:3: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 23.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/23/5/). ## 1 Clement 24.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/24/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:50 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Christ's resurrection is the firstfruit of ours. ### Greek text Κατανοήσωμεν, ἀγαπητοί, πῶς ὁ δεσπότης ἐπιδείκνυται διηνεκῶς ἡμῖν τὴν μέλλουσαν ἀνάστασιν ἔσεσθαι, ἧς τὴν ἀπαρχὴν ἐποιήσατο τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστήσας. ### English translation (Claude) Let us consider, beloved, how the Master continually shows us the resurrection that is to be, of which he has made the Lord Jesus Christ the firstfruit by raising him from the dead. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 15:20: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 24.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/24/1/). ## 1 Clement 24.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/24/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:50 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Nature shows resurrection. ### Greek text ἴδωμεν, ἀγαπητοί, τὴν κατὰ καιρὸν γινομένην ἀνάστασιν. ### English translation (Claude) Let us look, beloved, at the resurrection that happens at its proper time. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 24.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/24/2/). ## 1 Clement 24.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/24/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:50 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Day and night picture resurrection. ### Greek text ἡμέρα καὶ νὺξ ἀνάστασιν ἡμῖν δηλοῦσιν· κοιμᾶται ἡ νύξ, ἀνίσταται ἡ ἡμέρα· ἡ ἡμέρα ἄπεισιν, νὺξ ἐπέρχεται. ### English translation (Claude) Day and night show us a resurrection: the night falls asleep, the day rises; the day departs, the night comes on. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 24.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/24/3/). ## 1 Clement 24.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/24/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:50–52 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Sowing pictures resurrection. ### Greek text λάβωμεν τοὺς καρπούς· ὁ σπόρος πῶς καὶ τίνα τρόπον γίνεται; ### English translation (Claude) Let us take the crops: how and in what way does the sowing happen? ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 24.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/24/4/). ## 1 Clement 24.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/24/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:52 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Seeds decay and rise to bear fruit. ### Greek text ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων καὶ ἔβαλεν εἰς τὴν γῆν ἕκαστον τῶν σπερμάτων, ἅτινα πεσόντα εἰς τὴν γῆν ξηρὰ καὶ γυμνὰ διαλύεται· εἶτʼ ἐκ τῆς διαλύσεως ἡ μεγαλειότης τῆς προνοίας τοῦ δεσπότου ἀνίστησιν αὐτά, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς πλείονα αὔξει καὶ ἐκφέρει καρπόν. ### English translation (Claude) The sower went out and cast each of the seeds into the ground; falling into the ground dry and bare, they decay. Then from their decay the greatness of the Master's providence raises them up, and from one seed many grow and bear fruit. ### Scripture references - Mark 4:3: allusion, medium confidence - 1 Cor 15:36: echo, medium confidence - 1 Cor 15:37: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 24.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/24/5/). ## 1 Clement 25.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:52 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The sign of the phoenix. ### Greek text Ἴδωμεν τὸ παράδοξον σημεῖον τὸ γινόμενον ἐν τοῖς ἀνατολικοῖς τόποις, τουτέστιν τοῖς περὶ τὴν Ἀραβίαν. ### English translation (Claude) Let us consider the marvelous sign that takes place in the eastern regions, that is, around Arabia. ### Translation notes - Chapter 25 retells the ancient legend of the phoenix (told also by Herodotus, Histories 2.73), which Clement takes as fact and as a sign of the resurrection. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 25.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/1/). ## 1 Clement 25.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:52 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The phoenix dies in a nest of spices. ### Greek text ὄρνεον γάρ ἐστιν, ὃ προσονομάζεται φοῖνιξ· τοῦτο μονογενὲς ὑπάρχον ζῇ ἔτη πεντακόσια, γενόμενόν τε ἤδη πρὸς ἀπόλυσιν τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτό, σηκὸν ἑαυτῷ ποιεῖ ἐκ λιβάνου καὶ σμύρνης καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ἀρωμάτων, εἰς ὃν πληρωθέντος τοῦ χρόνου εἰσέρχεται καὶ τελευτᾷ. ### English translation (Claude) There is a bird called the phoenix. It is the only one of its kind and lives five hundred years; and when it comes near its dissolution and death, it makes itself a nest of frankincense and myrrh and other spices, and when its time is fulfilled it enters it and dies. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 25.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/2/). ## 1 Clement 25.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:52 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: A new phoenix carries its parent's bones to Egypt. ### Greek text σηπομένης δὲ τῆς σαρκὸς σκώληξ τις γεννᾶται, ὃς ἐκ τῆς ἰκμάδος τοῦ τετελευτηκότος ζώου ἀνατρεφόμενος πτεροφυεῖ· εἶτα γενναῖος γενόμενος αἴρει τὸν σηκὸν ἐκεῖνον, ὅπου τὰ ὀστᾶ τοῦ προγεγονότος ἐστίν, καὶ ταῦτα βαστάζων διανύει ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀραβικῆς χώρας ἕως τῆς Αἰγύπτου εἰς τὴν λεγομένην Ἡλιούπολιν, ### English translation (Claude) As its flesh decays, a worm is born, which is nourished by the moisture of the dead creature and grows wings. Then, when it has grown strong, it takes up the nest in which are the bones of its parent, and carrying them it makes its way from the country of Arabia to Egypt, to the city called Heliopolis; ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 25.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/3/). ## 1 Clement 25.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:52 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: It lays them on the altar of the sun. ### Greek text καὶ ἡμέρας, βλεπόντων πάντων, ἐπιπτὰς ἐπὶ τὸν τοῦ ἡλίου βωμὸν τίθησιν αὐτὰ καὶ οὕτως εἰς τοὐπίσω ἀφορμᾷ. ### English translation (Claude) and in the daytime, in the sight of all, it flies to the altar of the sun, places them there, and so sets off back again. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 25.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/4/). ## 1 Clement 25.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:52–54 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The priests confirm its five-hundred-year cycle. ### Greek text οἱ οὖν ἱερεῖς ἐπισκέπτονται τὰς ἀναγραφὰς τῶν χρόνων καὶ εὑρίσκουσιν αὐτὸν πεντακοσιοστοῦ ἔτους πεπληρωμένου ἐληλυθέναι. ### English translation (Claude) Then the priests examine the records of the times and find that it has come at the completion of the five-hundredth year. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 25.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/5/). ## 1 Clement 26.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/26/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:54 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: If God shows resurrection through a bird, he will surely raise the faithful. ### Greek text Μέγα καὶ θαυμαστὸν οὖν νομίζομεν εἶναι, εἰ ὁ δημιουργὸς τῶν ἁπάντων ἀνάστασιν ποιήσεται τῶν ὁσίως αὐτῷ δουλευσάντων ἐν πεποιθήσει πίστεως ἀγαθῆς, ὅπου καὶ διʼ ὀρνέου δείκνυσιν ἡμῖν τὸ μεγαλεῖον τῆς ἐπαγγελίας αὐτοῦ; ### English translation (Claude) Do we then think it a great and marvelous thing that the Creator of all things will raise up those who have served him in holiness in the confidence of a good faith, when he shows us the greatness of his promise even through a bird? ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 26.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/26/1/). ## 1 Clement 26.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/26/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:54 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The Psalms speak of being raised. ### Greek text λέγει γάρ που· Καὶ ἐξαναστήσεις με, καὶ ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, καί· Ἐκοιμήθην καὶ ὕπνωσα, ἐξηγέρθην, ὅτι σὺ μετʼ ἐμοῦ εἶ. ### English translation (Claude) For he says somewhere, “And you will raise me up, and I will give thanks to you,” and, “I lay down and slept; I rose up, for you are with me.” ### Scripture references - Ps 28:7 (27:7 LXX): allusion, low confidence - Ps 3:5 (3:6 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The first quotation is not found exactly in any known text of the Psalms. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 26.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/26/2/). ## 1 Clement 26.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/26/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:54 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Job looked for the resurrection of the flesh. ### Greek text καὶ πάλιν Ἰὼβ λέγει· Καὶ ἀναστήσεις τὴν σάρκα μου ταύτην τὴν ἀναντλήσασαν ταῦτα πάντα. ### English translation (Claude) And again Job says, “And you will raise this flesh of mine, which has endured all these things.” ### Scripture references - Job 19:26: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 26.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/26/3/). ## 1 Clement 27.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:54 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Hold fast to God, faithful in his promises. ### Greek text Ταύτῃ οὖν τῇ ἐλπίδι προσδεδέσθωσαν αἱ ψυχαὶ ἡμῶν τῷ πιστῷ ἐν ταῖς ἐπαγγελίαις καὶ τῷ δικαίῳ ἐν τοῖς κρίμασιν. ### English translation (Claude) In this hope, then, let our souls be bound to him who is faithful in his promises and righteous in his judgments. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 27.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/1/). ## 1 Clement 27.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:54 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God cannot lie. ### Greek text ὁ παραγγείλας μὴ ψεύδεσθαι, πολλῷ μᾶλλον αὐτὸς οὐ ψεύσεται· οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀδύνατον παρὰ τῷ θεῷ εἰ μὴ τὸ ψεύσασθαι. ### English translation (Claude) He who commanded us not to lie will much more not lie himself; for nothing is impossible with God except to lie. ### Scripture references - Heb 6:18: allusion, medium confidence - Titus 1:2: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 27.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/2/). ## 1 Clement 27.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:54 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Rekindle faith; all things are near to God. ### Greek text ἀναζωπυρησάτω οὖν ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ νοήσωμεν ὅτι πάντα ἐγγὺς αὐτῷ ἐστιν. ### English translation (Claude) Let faith in him be rekindled in us, then, and let us understand that all things are near to him. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 27.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/3/). ## 1 Clement 27.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:54 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God made all things by his word. ### Greek text ἐν λόγῳ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ συνεστήσατο τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἐν λόγῳ δύναται αὐτὰ καταστρέψαι. ### English translation (Claude) By the word of his majesty he established all things, and by a word he can overthrow them. ### Scripture references - Heb 1:3: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 27.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/4/). ## 1 Clement 27.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:54 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: No one can resist God's power. ### Greek text Τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ· Τί ἐποίησας; ἢ τίς ἀντιστήσεται τῷ κράτει τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ; ὅτε θέλει καὶ ὡς θέλει ποιήσει πάντα, καὶ οὐδὲν μὴ παρέλθῃ τῶν δεδογματισμένων ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) “Who will say to him, ‘What have you done?’ Or who will resist the might of his strength?” When he wills and as he wills he will do all things, and none of the things he has decreed will pass away. ### Scripture references - Matt 24:35: echo, low confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Wis 12:12 (Wisdom of Solomon): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 27.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/5/). ## 1 Clement 27.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:54 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Nothing escapes God. ### Greek text πάντα ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ εἰσίν, καὶ οὐδὲν λέληθεν τὴν βουλὴν αὐτοῦ, ### English translation (Claude) All things are before him, and nothing has escaped his counsel, ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 27.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/6/). ## 1 Clement 27.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:54–56 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The heavens declare God's glory. ### Greek text εἰ οἱ οὐρανοὶ διηγοῦνται δόξαν θεοῦ, ποίησιν δὲ χειρῶν αὐτοῦ ἀναγγέλλει τὸ στερέωμα· ἡ ἡμέρα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐρεύγεται ῥῆμα, καὶ νὺξ νυκτὶ ἀναγγέλλει γνῶσιν· καὶ οὐκ εἰσὶν λόγοι οὐδὲ λαλιαί, ὧν οὐχὶ ἀκούονται αἱ φωναὶ αὐτῶν. ### English translation (Claude) since “the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night proclaims knowledge. There are no words or speeches whose voices are not heard.” ### Scripture references - Ps 19:1–3 (18:2-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 27.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/27/7/). ## 1 Clement 28.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/28/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:56 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Fear God and flee evil, since he sees all. ### Greek text Πάντων οὖν βλεπομένων καὶ ἀκουομένων, φοβηθῶμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀπολίπωμεν φαύλων ἔργων μιαρὰς ἐπιθυμίας, ἵνα τῷ ἐλέει αὐτοῦ σκεπασθῶμεν ἀπὸ τῶν μελλόντων κριμάτων. ### English translation (Claude) Since, then, all things are seen and heard, let us fear him and abandon the foul desires of evil deeds, so that by his mercy we may be sheltered from the judgments to come. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 28.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/28/1/). ## 1 Clement 28.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/28/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:56 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: No one can escape God. ### Greek text ποῦ γάρ τις ἡμῶν δύναται φυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς κραταιᾶς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ; ποῖος δὲ κόσμος δέξεταί τινα τῶν αὐτομολούντων ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ; ### English translation (Claude) For where can any of us flee from his mighty hand? And what world will receive any who desert him? ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 28.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/28/2/). ## 1 Clement 28.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/28/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:56 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God is everywhere. ### Greek text λέγει γάρ που τὸ γραφεῖον· Ποῦ ἀφήξω καὶ ποῦ κρυβήσομαι ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου; ἐὰν ἀναβῶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, σὺ ἐκεῖ εἶ· ἐὰν ἀπέλθω εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα τῆς γῆς, ἐκεῖ ἡ δεξιά σου· ἐὰν καταστρώσω εἰς τὰς ἀβύσσους, ἐκεῖ τὸ πνεῦμά σου. ### English translation (Claude) For the writing says somewhere: “Where shall I go, and where shall I hide from your presence? If I go up into heaven, you are there; if I go away to the ends of the earth, there is your right hand; if I make my bed in the abysses, there is your Spirit.” ### Scripture references - Ps 139:7–10 (138:7-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - “The writing” (τὸ γραφεῖον): an unusual word for Scripture; here the Psalms. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 28.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/28/3/). ## 1 Clement 28.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/28/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:56 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God embraces all things. ### Greek text ποῖ οὖν τις ἀπέλθῃ ἢ ποῦ ἀποδράσῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ τὰ πάντα ἐμπεριέχοντος; ### English translation (Claude) Where then can anyone go, or where can he run away from him who embraces all things? ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 28.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/28/4/). ## 1 Clement 29.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/29/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:56 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Approach God in holiness; he has chosen us. ### Greek text Προσέλθωμεν οὖν αὐτῷ ἐν ὁσιότητι ψυχῆς, ἁγνὰς καὶ ἀμιάντους χεῖρας αἴροντες πρὸς αὐτόν, ἀγαπῶντες τὸν ἐπιεικῆ καὶ εὔσπλαγχνον πατέρα ἡμῶν, ὃς ἐκλογῆς μέρος ἡμᾶς ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ. ### English translation (Claude) Let us therefore approach him in holiness of soul, lifting pure and undefiled hands to him, loving our gentle and compassionate Father, who has made us his chosen portion. ### Scripture references - 1 Tim 2:8: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 29.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/29/1/). ## 1 Clement 29.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/29/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:56–58 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God chose his people as his portion. ### Greek text οὕτω γὰρ γέγραπται· Ὅτε διεμέριζεν ὁ ὕψιστος ἔθνη, ὡς διέσπειρεν υἱοὺς Ἀδάμ, ἔστησεν ὅρια ἐθνῶν κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ἀγγέλων θεοῦ. ἐγενήθη μερὶς κυρίου λαὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰακώβ, σχοίνισμα κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ Ἰσραήλ. ### English translation (Claude) For so it is written: “When the Most High divided the nations, when he scattered the sons of Adam, he fixed the boundaries of the nations according to the number of the angels of God. His people Jacob became the portion of the Lord; Israel the lot of his inheritance.” ### Scripture references - Deut 32:8: quotation, high confidence - Deut 32:9: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - “According to the number of the angels of God”: the Septuagint reading of Deut 32:8. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 29.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/29/2/). ## 1 Clement 29.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/29/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:58 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God takes a people for himself like firstfruits. ### Greek text καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ τόπῳ λέγει· Ἰδού, κύριος λαμβάνει ἑαυτῷ ἔθνος ἐκ μέσου ἐθνῶν, ὥσπερ λαμβάνει ἄνθρωπος τὴν ἀπαρχὴν αὐτοῦ τῆς ἅλω· καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνους ἐκείνου ἅγια ἁγίων. ### English translation (Claude) And in another place he says: “Behold, the Lord takes for himself a nation out of the midst of nations, as a man takes the firstfruit of his threshing floor; and out of that nation shall come the Holy of Holies.” ### Scripture references - Deut 4:34: allusion, medium confidence - Deut 14:2: allusion, medium confidence - Num 18:27: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - This quotation is not found as such in Scripture; it combines phrases from Deut 4:34; 14:2; Num 18:27; 2 Chr 31:14; Ezek 48:12. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 29.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/29/3/). ## 1 Clement 30.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:58 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: As God's holy portion, flee slander, impurity, drunkenness, rebellion, adultery, and pride. ### Greek text Ἁγίου οὖν μερὶς ὑπάρχοντες ποιήσωμεν τὰ τοῦ ἁγιασμοῦ πάντα, φεύγοντες καταλαλιάς, μιαράς τε καὶ ἀνάγνους συμπλοκάς, μέθας τε καὶ νεωτερισμοὺς καὶ βδελυκτὰς ἐπιθυμίας, μυσερὰν μοιχείαν, βδελυκτὴν ὑπερηφανίαν. ### English translation (Claude) Since, then, we are the portion of the Holy One, let us do all the things of holiness, fleeing slander, foul and impure embraces, drunkenness and rebellion and detestable desires, abominable adultery, detestable pride. ### Translation notes - “Adultery” (μοιχείαν) and “impure embraces”: see the glossary. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 30.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/1/). ## 1 Clement 30.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:58 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble. ### Greek text Θεὸς γάρ, φησίν, ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται, ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν. ### English translation (Claude) “For God,” it says, “opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” ### Scripture references - Prov 3:34: quotation, high confidence - Jas 4:6: quotation, medium confidence - 1 Pet 5:5: quotation, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 30.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/2/). ## 1 Clement 30.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:58 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Be humble and self-controlled, justified by deeds, not words. ### Greek text κολληθῶμεν οὖν ἐκείνοις, οἷς ἡ χάρις ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ δέδοται· ἐνδυσώμεθα τὴν ὁμόνοιαν ταπεινοφρονοῦντες, ἐγκρατευόμενοι, ἀπὸ παντὸς ψιθυρισμοῦ καὶ καταλαλιᾶς πόρρω ἑαυτοὺς ποιοῦντες, ἔργοις δικαιούμενοι, μὴ λόγοις. ### English translation (Claude) Let us therefore join ourselves to those to whom grace has been given by God. Let us clothe ourselves with concord, being humble-minded and self-controlled, keeping ourselves far from all whispering and slander, being justified by works and not by words. ### Scripture references - Jas 2:24: echo, medium confidence - Col 3:12: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - “Justified by works and not by words”: the contrast is between deeds and empty talk; compare 32.4 on justification through faith, and Jas 2:24. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 30.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/3/). ## 1 Clement 30.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:58 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Much talk does not make one righteous. ### Greek text λέγει γάρ· Ὁ τὰ πολλὰ λέγων καὶ ἀντακούσεται· ἢ ὁ εὔλαλος οἴεται εἶναι δίκαιος; ### English translation (Claude) For it says: “He who speaks much will also hear much in reply. Or does the fluent talker think himself righteous? ### Scripture references - Job 11:2: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 30.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/4/). ## 1 Clement 30.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:58 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Do not use many words. ### Greek text εὐλογημένος γεννητὸς γυναικὸς ὀλιγόβιος. μὴ πολὺς ἐν ῥήμασιν γίνου. ### English translation (Claude) Blessed is the one born of woman who has a short life.” Do not be abundant in words. ### Scripture references - Job 11:3: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The Septuagint of Job 11:2–3 differs considerably from the Hebrew. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 30.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/5/). ## 1 Clement 30.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:58–60 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Seek praise from God, not self. ### Greek text ὁ ἔπαινος ἡμῶν ἔστω ἐν θεῷ καὶ μὴ ἐξ αὐτῶν· αὐτεπαινέτους γὰρ μισεῖ ὁ θεός. ### English translation (Claude) Let our praise be in God and not from ourselves; for God hates those who praise themselves. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 30.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/6/). ## 1 Clement 30.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:60 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Let others testify to our good deeds. ### Greek text ἡ μαρτυρία τῆς ἀγαθῆς πράξεως ἡμῶν διδόσθω ὑπʼ ἄλλων, καθὼς ἐδόθη τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν τοῖς δικαίοις. ### English translation (Claude) Let the testimony to our good conduct be given by others, as it was given to our fathers who were righteous. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 30.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/7/). ## 1 Clement 30.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:60 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Arrogance marks the cursed; humility, the blessed. ### Greek text θράσος καὶ αὐθάδεια καὶ τόλμα τοῖς κατηραμένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ· ἐπιείκεια καὶ ταπεινοφροσύνη καὶ πραΰτης παρὰ τοῖς ηὐλογημένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Boldness and arrogance and audacity belong to those who are cursed by God; gentleness and humility and meekness are with those who are blessed by God. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 30.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/8/). ## 1 Clement 31.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/31/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:60 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Look at the ways of God's blessing from the beginning. ### Greek text Κολληθῶμεν οὖν τῇ εὐλογίᾳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἴδωμεν, τίνες αἱ ὁδοὶ τῆς εὐλογίας. ἀνατυλίξωμεν τὰ ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς γενόμενα. ### English translation (Claude) Let us therefore cling to his blessing and see what the ways of blessing are. Let us unroll the record of what has happened from the beginning. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 31.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/31/1/). ## 1 Clement 31.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/31/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:60 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Abraham was blessed for righteousness through faith. ### Greek text τίνος χάριν ηὐλογήθη ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ, οὐχὶ δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἀλήθειαν διὰ πίστεως ποιήσας; ### English translation (Claude) Why was our father Abraham blessed? Was it not because he did righteousness and truth through faith? ### Scripture references - Gen 15:6: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 31.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/31/2/). ## 1 Clement 31.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/31/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:60 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Isaac willingly went to be sacrificed. ### Greek text Ἰσαὰκ μετὰ πεποιθήσεως γινώσκων τὸ μέλλον ἡδέως προσήγετο θυσία. ### English translation (Claude) Isaac, knowing with confidence what was to come, was gladly led forward as a sacrifice. ### Scripture references - Gen 22:7: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 31.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/31/3/). ## 1 Clement 31.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/31/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:60 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Jacob's humility; the twelve tribes came from him. ### Greek text Ἰακὼβ μετὰ ταπεινοφροσύνης ἐξεχώρησεν τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ διʼ ἀδελφὸν καὶ ἐπορεύθη πρὸς Λαβὰν καὶ ἐδούλευσεν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ τὸ δωδεκάσκηπτρον τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. ### English translation (Claude) Jacob in humility left his land because of his brother and went to Laban and served him; and the twelve tribes of Israel were given to him. ### Scripture references - Gen 28:5: allusion, medium confidence - Gen 29:18: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - “The twelve tribes” (τὸ δωδεκάσκηπτρον): literally “the twelve scepters.” ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 31.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/31/4/). ## 1 Clement 32.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/32/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:60 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Consider the greatness of God's gifts. ### Greek text Ὃ ἐάν τις καθʼ ἓν ἕκαστον εἰλικρινῶς κατανοήσῃ, ἐπιγνώσεται μεγαλεῖα τῶν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ δεδομένων δωρεῶν. ### English translation (Claude) If anyone considers these things one by one with sincerity, he will recognize the greatness of the gifts given by him. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 32.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/32/1/). ## 1 Clement 32.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/32/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:60–62 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: From Jacob came priests, Christ in the flesh, and kings. ### Greek text ἐξ αὐτοῦ γὰρ ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευῖται πάντες οἱ λειτουργοῦντες τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ τοῦ θεοῦ· ἐξ αὐτοῦ ὁ κύριος Ἰησοῦς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα· ἐξ αὐτοῦ βασιλεῖς καὶ ἄρχοντες καὶ ἡγούμενοι κατὰ τὸν Ἰούδαν· τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ σκῆπτρα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐν μικρᾷ δόξῃ ὑπάρχουσιν, ὡς ἐπαγγειλαμένου τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅτι ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡς οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) For from him came all the priests and Levites who serve at the altar of God; from him came the Lord Jesus according to the flesh; from him came kings and rulers and leaders in the line of Judah. And his other scepters are in no small glory, since God promised, “Your seed shall be as the stars of heaven.” ### Scripture references - Rom 9:5: allusion, medium confidence - Gen 15:5: quotation, medium confidence - Gen 22:17: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 32.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/32/2/). ## 1 Clement 32.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/32/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:62 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: They were glorified by God's will, not their own works. ### Greek text πάντες οὖν ἐδοξάσθησαν καὶ ἐμεγαλύνθησαν οὐ διʼ αὐτῶν ἢ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῶν ἢ τῆς δικαιοπραγίας ἧς κατειργάσαντο, ἀλλὰ διὰ τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) All of them, then, were glorified and made great, not through themselves or their works or the righteous deeds they did, but through his will. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 32.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/32/3/). ## 1 Clement 32.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/32/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:62 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: We are justified not by our own wisdom, piety, or works, but through faith. ### Greek text καὶ ἡμεῖς οὖν, διὰ θελήματος αὐτοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ κληθέντες, οὐ διʼ ἑαυτῶν δικαιούμεθα, οὐδὲ διὰ τῆς ἡμετέρας σοφίας ἢ συνέσεως ἢ εὐσεβείας ἢ ἔργων ὧν κατειργασάμεθα ἐν ὁσιότητι καρδίας, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς πίστεως, διʼ ἧς πάντας τοὺς ἀπʼ αἰῶνος ὁ παντοκράτωρ θεὸς ἐδικαίωσεν· ᾧ ἔστω ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν. ### English translation (Claude) And we, therefore, who have been called through his will in Christ Jesus, are not justified through ourselves, nor through our own wisdom or understanding or piety or the works we have done in holiness of heart, but through faith, through which the almighty God has justified all people from the beginning; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. ### Scripture references - Rom 3:28: echo, medium confidence - Eph 2:8: echo, medium confidence - Titus 3:5: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Clement here says believers are justified “through faith” and not “through the works we have done” (compare Rom 3:28; Gal 2:16). Chapter 33 immediately adds that this is no reason to stop doing good. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 32.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/32/4/). ## 1 Clement 33.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:62 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Faith is no excuse for idleness; hurry to do good. ### Greek text Τί οὖν ποιήσωμεν, ἀδελφοί; ἀργήσωμεν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγαθοποιΐας καὶ ἐγκαταλίπωμεν τὴν ἀγάπην; μηθαμῶς τοῦτο ἐάσαι ὁ δεσπότης ἐφʼ ἡμῖν γε γενηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ σπεύσωμεν μετὰ ἐκτενείας καὶ προθυμίας πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἐπιτελεῖν. ### English translation (Claude) What then shall we do, brothers? Shall we be idle in doing good and abandon love? May the Master never let this happen to us; but let us hurry with earnestness and eagerness to accomplish every good work. ### Scripture references - Rom 6:1: echo, medium confidence - Titus 3:1: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 33.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/1/). ## 1 Clement 33.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:62 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God rejoices in his works. ### Greek text αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ δημιουργὸς καὶ δεσπότης τῶν ἁπάντων ἐπὶ τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ ἀγαλλιᾶται. ### English translation (Claude) For the Creator and Master of all things himself rejoices in his works. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 33.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/2/). ## 1 Clement 33.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:62–64 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God made and ordered heaven, earth, and sea. ### Greek text τῷ γὰρ παμμεγεθεστάτῳ αὐτοῦ κράτει οὐρανοὺς ἐστήρισεν καὶ τῇ ἀκαταλήπτῳ αὐτοῦ συνέσει διεκόσμησεν αὐτούς· γῆν τε διεχώρισεν ἀπὸ τοῦ περιέχοντος αὐτὴν ὕδατος καὶ ἥδρασεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἀσφαλῆ τοῦ ἰδίου βουλήματος θεμέλιον· τά τε ἐν αὐτῇ ζῶα φοιτῶντα τῇ ἑαυτοῦ διατάξει ἐκέλευσεν εἶναι· θάλασσαν καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ζῶα προετοιμάσας ἐνέκλεισεν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ δυνάμει. ### English translation (Claude) For by his supreme power he established the heavens, and by his incomprehensible understanding he set them in order. He separated the earth from the water surrounding it and set it firm on the secure foundation of his own will. The living creatures that roam on it he commanded to exist by his own decree. Having prepared the sea and the creatures in it, he enclosed them by his own power. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 33.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/3/). ## 1 Clement 33.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:64 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God formed humanity in his image. ### Greek text ἐπὶ πᾶσι τὸ ἐξοχώτατον καὶ παμμέγεθες κατὰ διάνοιαν, ἄνθρωπον, ταῖς ἱεραῖς καὶ ἀμώμοις χερσὶν ἔπλασεν τῆς ἑαυτοῦ εἰκόνος χαρακτῆρα. ### English translation (Claude) Above all, as the most excellent and greatest work of his mind, he formed man with his holy and blameless hands, the imprint of his own image. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 33.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/4/). ## 1 Clement 33.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:64 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God made man male and female in his image. ### Greek text οὕτως γάρ φησιν ὁ θεός· Ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον κατʼ εἰκόνα καὶ καθʼ ὁμοίωσιν ἡμετέραν· καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς. ### English translation (Claude) For God speaks thus: “Let us make man according to our image and likeness. And God made man; male and female he made them.” ### Scripture references - Gen 1:26: quotation, high confidence - Gen 1:27: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 33.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/5/). ## 1 Clement 33.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:64 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God blessed his creation. ### Greek text ταῦτα οὖν πάντα τελειώσας ἐπῄνεσεν αὐτὰ καὶ ηὐλόγησεν καὶ εἶπεν· Αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε. ### English translation (Claude) So, having finished all these things, he praised them and blessed them and said, “Increase and multiply.” ### Scripture references - Gen 1:28: quotation, high confidence - Gen 1:31: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 33.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/6/). ## 1 Clement 33.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:64 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The righteous and God himself are adorned with good works. ### Greek text ἴδωμεν, ὅτι ἐν ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς πάντες ἐκοσμήθησαν οἱ δίκαιοι, καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ κύριος ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς ἑαυτὸν κοσμήσας ἐχάρη. ### English translation (Claude) Let us see that all the righteous have been adorned with good works, and the Lord himself, having adorned himself with good works, rejoiced. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 33.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/7/). ## 1 Clement 33.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:64 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Do the work of righteousness with all your strength. ### Greek text ἔχοντες οὖν τοῦτον τὸν ὑπογραμμὸν ἀόκνως προσέλθωμεν τῷ θελήματι αὐτοῦ· ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ἰσχύος ἡμῶν ἐργασώμεθα ἔργον δικαιοσύνης. ### English translation (Claude) Having therefore this example, let us come without hesitation to his will; let us do the work of righteousness with all our strength. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 33.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/8/). ## 1 Clement 34.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:64 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The good worker has confidence before his employer. ### Greek text Ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἐργάτης μετὰ παρρησίας λαμβάνει τὸν ἄρτον τοῦ ἔργου αὐτοῦ, ὁ νωθρὸς καὶ παρειμένος οὐκ ἀντοφθαλμεῖ τῷ ἐργοπαρέκτῃ αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) The good worker receives the bread of his work with confidence; the lazy and careless worker does not look his employer in the face. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 34.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/1/). ## 1 Clement 34.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:64 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Be eager to do good. ### Greek text δέον οὖν ἐστὶν προθύμους ἡμᾶς εἶναι εἰς ἀγαθοποιΐαν· ἐξ αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐστιν τὰ πάντα. ### English translation (Claude) We must therefore be eager to do good; for all things are from him. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 34.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/2/). ## 1 Clement 34.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:64 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The Lord comes with his reward. ### Greek text προλέγει γὰρ ἡμῖν· Ἰδοὺ ὁ κύριος, καὶ ὁ μισθὸς αὐτοῦ πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, ἀποδοῦναι ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) For he tells us in advance: “Behold, the Lord, and his reward is before his face, to pay each according to his work.” ### Scripture references - Isa 40:10: quotation, high confidence - Isa 62:11: allusion, medium confidence - Prov 24:12: allusion, medium confidence - Rev 22:12: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 34.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/3/). ## 1 Clement 34.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:64 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Do not be idle in good works. ### Greek text προτρέπεται οὖν ἡμᾶς πιστεύοντας ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, μὴ ἀργοὺς μηδὲ παρειμένους εἶναι ἐπὶ πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθόν. ### English translation (Claude) So he urges us, who believe in him with all our heart, not to be idle or careless in any good work. ### Scripture references - Titus 3:1: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 34.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/4/). ## 1 Clement 34.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:64–66 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Serve God's will as the angels do. ### Greek text τὸ καύχημα ἡμῶν καὶ ἡ παρρησία ἔστω ἐν αὐτῷ· ὑποτασσώμεθα τῷ θελήματι αὐτοῦ· κατανοήσωμεν τὸ πᾶν πλῆθος τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ, πῶς τῷ θελήματι αὐτοῦ λειτουργοῦσιν παρεστῶτες. ### English translation (Claude) Let our boast and our confidence be in him; let us submit to his will; let us consider the whole multitude of his angels, how they stand by and serve his will. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 34.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/5/). ## 1 Clement 34.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:66 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The angels cry “Holy, holy, holy.” ### Greek text λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· Μύριαι μυριάδες παρειστήκεισαν αὐτῷ, καὶ χίλιαι χιλιάδες ἐλειτούργουν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐκέκραγον, Ἅγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος κύριος σαβαώθ, πλήρης πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) For the scripture says: “Ten thousand times ten thousand stood by him, and a thousand thousands served him, and they cried, ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole creation is full of his glory.’” ### Scripture references - Dan 7:10: quotation, high confidence - Isa 6:3: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - “The whole creation”: Isa 6:3 has “the whole earth.” ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 34.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/6/). ## 1 Clement 34.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:66 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Pray together with one voice. ### Greek text καὶ ἡμεῖς οὖν ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ συναχθέντες τῇ συνειδήσει, ὡς ἐξ ἑνὸς στόματος βοήσωμεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐκτενῶς εἰς τὸ μετόχους ἡμᾶς γενέσθαι τῶν μεγάλων καὶ ἐνδόξων ἐπαγγελιῶν αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) And we too, then, gathered together in concord with one conscience, let us cry out to him earnestly as from one mouth, that we may share in his great and glorious promises. ### Translation notes - Some see here a reference to the Sanctus in the church's worship; the text does not say so directly. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 34.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/7/). ## 1 Clement 34.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:66 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God has prepared unimaginable things for those who wait for him. ### Greek text λέγει γάρ· Ὀφθαλμὸς οὐκ εἶδεν, καὶ οὖς οὐκ ἤκουσεν, καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἀνέβη, ὅσα ἡτοίμασεν κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτόν. ### English translation (Claude) For he says: “Eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and it has not entered into the human heart, what the Lord has prepared for those who wait for him.” ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 2:9: quotation, high confidence - Isa 64:4: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 34.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/34/8/). ## 1 Clement 35.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:66 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God's gifts are marvelous. ### Greek text Ὡς μακάρια καὶ θαυμαστὰ τὰ δῶρα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀγαπητοί. ### English translation (Claude) How blessed and marvelous are the gifts of God, beloved! ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 35.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/1/). ## 1 Clement 35.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:66 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God's present gifts: life, righteousness, truth, faith, self-control. ### Greek text ζωὴ ἐν ἀθανασίᾳ, λαμπρότης ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ἀλήθεια ἐν παρρησίᾳ, πίστις ἐν πεποιθήσει, ἐγκράτεια ἐν ἁγιασμῷ· καὶ ταῦτα ὑπέπιπτεν πάντα ὑπὸ τὴν διάνοιαν ἡμῶν. ### English translation (Claude) Life in immortality, splendor in righteousness, truth in boldness, faith in confidence, self-control in holiness: and all these fall within our understanding. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 35.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/2/). ## 1 Clement 35.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:66 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Only God knows what he has prepared. ### Greek text τίνα οὖν ἄρα ἐστὶν τὰ ἑτοιμαζόμενα τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν; ὁ δημιουργὸς καὶ πατὴρ τῶν αἰώνων ὁ πανάγιος αὐτὸς γινώσκει τὴν ποσότητα καὶ τὴν καλλονὴν αὐτῶν. ### English translation (Claude) What, then, are the things being prepared for those who wait? The Creator and Father of the ages, the all-holy, himself knows their number and their beauty. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 35.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/3/). ## 1 Clement 35.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:66 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Strive to be among those who wait for God. ### Greek text ἡμεῖς οὖν ἀγωνισώμεθα εὑρεθῆναι ἐν τῷ ἀριθμῷ τῶν ὑπομενόντων, ὅπως μεταλάβωμεν τῶν ἐπηγγελμένων δωρεῶν. ### English translation (Claude) Let us therefore strive to be found among the number of those who wait, so that we may share in the promised gifts. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 35.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/4/). ## 1 Clement 35.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:66–68 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Keep your mind on God and cast away all sin. ### Greek text πῶς δὲ ἔσται τοῦτο, ἀγαπητοί; ἐὰν ἐστηριγμένη ᾖ ἡ διάνοια ἡμῶν πιστῶς πρὸς τὸν θεόν, ἐὰν ἐκζητῶμεν τὰ εὐάρεστα καὶ εὐπρόσδεκτα αὐτῷ, ἐὰν ἐπιτελέσωμεν τὰ ἀνήκοντα τῇ ἀμώμῳ βουλήσει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθήσωμεν τῇ ὁδῷ τῆς ἀληθείας, ἀπορρίψαντες ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν πᾶσαν ἀδικίαν καὶ πονηρίαν, πλεονεξίαν, ἔρεις, κακοηθείας τε καὶ δόλους, ψιθυρισμούς τε καὶ καταλαλιάς, θεοστυγίαν, ὑπερηφανίαν τε καὶ ἀλαζονείαν, κενοδοξίαν τε καὶ ἀφιλοξενίαν. ### English translation (Claude) But how shall this be, beloved? If our mind is fixed faithfully on God; if we seek what is pleasing and acceptable to him; if we accomplish what befits his blameless will and follow the way of truth, casting away from ourselves all unrighteousness and wickedness, greed, strife, malice and deceit, whispering and slander, hatred of God, pride and arrogance, vainglory and inhospitality. ### Scripture references - Rom 1:29–32: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 35.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/5/). ## 1 Clement 35.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:68 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Those who do or approve of these sins are hateful to God. ### Greek text ταῦτα γὰρ οἱ πράσσοντες στυγητοὶ τῷ θεῷ ὑπάρχουσιν· οὐ μόνον δὲ οἱ πράσσοντες αὐτά, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ συνευδοκοῦντες αὐτοῖς. ### English translation (Claude) For those who do these things are hateful to God; and not only those who do them, but also those who approve of them. ### Scripture references - Rom 1:32: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 35.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/6/). ## 1 Clement 35.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:68 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God rebukes the hypocrite (Psalm 50). ### Greek text λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· Τῷ δὲ ἁμαρτωλῷ εἶπεν ὁ θεός· Ἱνατί σὺ διηγῇ τὰ δικαιώματά μου, καὶ ἀναλαμβάνεις τὴν διαθήκην μου ἐπὶ στόματός σου; ### English translation (Claude) For the scripture says: “But to the sinner God said, ‘Why do you recite my ordinances and take my covenant on your lips? ### Scripture references - Ps 50:16 (49:16 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - 35.7–12 quote Ps 50:16–23 (49:16–23 LXX). ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 35.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/7/). ## 1 Clement 35.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:68 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The hypocrite's sins. ### Greek text σὺ δὲ ἐμίσησας παιδείαν καὶ ἐξέβαλες τοὺς λόγους μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω. εἰ ἐθεώρεις κλέπτην, συνέτρεχες αὐτῷ, καὶ μετὰ μοιχῶν τὴν μερίδα σου ἐτίθεις. τὸ στόμα σου ἐπλεόνασεν κακίαν, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα σου περιέπλεκεν δολιότητα. καθήμενος κατὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου κατελάλεις, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς μητρός σου ἐτίθεις σκάνδαλον. ### English translation (Claude) You hated discipline and threw my words behind you. If you saw a thief, you ran with him, and you threw in your lot with adulterers. Your mouth multiplied wickedness, and your tongue wove deceit. You sat and spoke against your brother, and put a stumbling block before your mother's son. ### Scripture references - Ps 50:17–20 (49:17-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 35.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/8/). ## 1 Clement 35.9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/9/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:68 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God's silence is not approval. ### Greek text ταῦτα ἐποίησας, καὶ ἐσίγησα· ὑπέλαβες, ἄνομε, ὅτι ἔσομαί σοι ὅμοιος. ### English translation (Claude) These things you did, and I kept silent; you supposed, lawless one, that I would be like you. ### Scripture references - Ps 50:21 (49:21 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 35.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/9/). ## 1 Clement 35.10 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/10/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:68 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God will expose sin. ### Greek text ἐλέγξω σε καὶ παραστήσω σε κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου. ### English translation (Claude) I will rebuke you and set your sins before your face. ### Scripture references - Ps 50:21 (49:21 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 35.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/10/). ## 1 Clement 35.11 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/11/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:68 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Warning to those who forget God. ### Greek text σύνετε δὴ ταῦτα, οἱ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι τοῦ θεοῦ, μήποτε ἁρπάσῃ ὡς λέων, καὶ μὴ ᾖ ὁ ῥυόμενος. ### English translation (Claude) Understand these things, you who forget God, lest he seize you like a lion and there be no one to deliver. ### Scripture references - Ps 50:22 (49:22 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 35.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/11/). ## 1 Clement 35.12 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/12/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:68–70 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: A sacrifice of praise leads to salvation. ### Greek text θυσία αἰνέσεως δοξάσει με, καὶ ἐκεῖ ὁδός, ᾗ δείξω αὐτῷ τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) A sacrifice of praise will glorify me, and there is the way by which I will show him the salvation of God.’” ### Scripture references - Ps 50:23 (49:23 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 35.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/35/12/). ## 1 Clement 36.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:70 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Jesus Christ is our salvation and high priest. ### Greek text Αὕτη ἡ ὁδός, ἀγαπητοί, ἐν ᾗ εὕρομεν τὸ σωτήριον ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν ἀρχιερέα τῶν προσφορῶν ἡμῶν, τὸν προστάτην καὶ βοηθὸν τῆς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν. ### English translation (Claude) This is the way, beloved, in which we found our salvation, Jesus Christ, the high priest of our offerings, the protector and helper of our weakness. ### Scripture references - Heb 2:17: allusion, medium confidence - Heb 3:1: allusion, medium confidence - Heb 4:15: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 36.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/1/). ## 1 Clement 36.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:70 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Through Christ we see God and taste immortal knowledge. ### Greek text διὰ τούτου ἀτενίζομεν εἰς τὰ ὕψη τῶν οὐρανῶν, διὰ τούτου ἐνοπτριζόμεθα τὴν ἄμωμον καὶ ὑπερτάτην ὄψιν αὐτοῦ, διὰ τούτου ἠνεῴχθησαν ἡμῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῆς καρδίας, διὰ τούτου ἡ ἀσύνετος καὶ ἐσκοτωμένη διάνοια ἡμῶν ἀναθάλλει εἰς τὸ φῶς, διὰ τούτου ἠθέλησεν ὁ δεσπότης τῆς ἀθανάτου γνώσεως ἡμᾶς γεύσασθαι, ὃς ὢν ἀπαύγασμα τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ, τοσούτῳ μείζων ἐστὶν ἀγγέλων, ὅσῳ διαφορώτερον ὄνομα κεκληρονόμηκεν. ### English translation (Claude) Through him we fix our gaze on the heights of heaven; through him we see as in a mirror his blameless and supreme face; through him the eyes of our heart were opened; through him our foolish and darkened mind springs up into the light; through him the Master willed that we should taste immortal knowledge. He, being the radiance of his majesty, is as much greater than the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent. ### Scripture references - Heb 1:3: allusion, high confidence - Heb 1:4: allusion, high confidence - 2 Cor 3:18: echo, medium confidence - Eph 1:18: echo, medium confidence - Rom 1:21: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - 36.2–5 closely follow Heb 1:3–13. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 36.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/2/). ## 1 Clement 36.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:70 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The angels are God's servants. ### Greek text γέγραπται γὰρ οὕτως· Ὁ ποιῶν τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ πνεύματα καὶ τοὺς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ πυρὸς φλόγα. ### English translation (Claude) For it is written thus: “He makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.” ### Scripture references - Ps 104:4 (103:4 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Heb 1:7: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 36.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/3/). ## 1 Clement 36.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:70 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God calls Christ his Son. ### Greek text ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ οὕτως εἶπεν ὁ δεσπότης· Υἱός μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε· αἴτησαι παρʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ δώσω σοι ἔθνη τὴν κληρονομίαν σου καὶ τὴν κατάσχεσίν σου τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς. ### English translation (Claude) But of his Son the Master said thus: “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, and the ends of the earth as your possession.” ### Scripture references - Ps 2:7: quotation, high confidence - Ps 2:8: quotation, high confidence - Heb 1:5: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 36.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/4/). ## 1 Clement 36.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:70 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Christ sits at God's right hand. ### Greek text καὶ πάλιν λέγει πρὸς αὐτόν· Κάθον ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου. ### English translation (Claude) And again he says to him: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” ### Scripture references - Ps 110:1 (109:1 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Heb 1:13: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 36.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/5/). ## 1 Clement 36.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:70 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: His enemies are those who oppose God's will. ### Greek text τίνες οὖν οἱ ἐχθροί; οἱ φαῦλοι καὶ ἀντιτασσομενοι τῷ θελήματι αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Who, then, are the enemies? Those who are wicked and oppose his will. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 36.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/36/6/). ## 1 Clement 37.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:70 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Serve God like soldiers. ### Greek text Στρατευσώμεθα οὖν, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, μετὰ πάσης ἐκτενείας ἐν τοῖς ἀμώμοις προστάγμασιν αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Let us therefore serve as soldiers, men and brothers, with all earnestness under his blameless commands. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 37.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/1/). ## 1 Clement 37.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:70–72 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Soldiers obey their commanders in good order. ### Greek text κατανοήσωμεν τοὺς στρατευομένους τοῖς ἡγουμένοις ἡμῶν, πῶς εὐτάκτως, πῶς ἑκτικῶς, πῶς ὑποτεταγμένως ἐπιτελοῦσιν τὰ διατασσόμενα. ### English translation (Claude) Let us consider those who serve as soldiers under our commanders: how orderly, how readily, how submissively they carry out what is commanded. ### Translation notes - “Our commanders” (τοῖς ἡγουμένοις ἡμῶν): the Roman army; or possibly “our rulers,” the emperor's officers. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 37.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/2/). ## 1 Clement 37.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:72 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Each soldier serves in his own rank. ### Greek text οὐ πάντες εἰσὶν ἔπαρχοι οὐδὲ χιλίαρχοι οὐδὲ ἑκατόνταρχοι οὐδὲ πεντηκόνταρχοι οὐδὲ τὸ καθεξῆς, ἀλλʼ ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν ἡγουμένων ἐπιτελεῖ. ### English translation (Claude) Not all are prefects or tribunes or centurions or captains of fifty and so on; but each in his own rank carries out what is commanded by the emperor and the commanders. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 15:23: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 37.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/3/). ## 1 Clement 37.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:72 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Great and small need each other. ### Greek text οἱ μεγάλοι δίχα τῶν μικρῶν οὐ δύνανται εἶναι, οὔτε οἱ μικροὶ δίχα τῶν μεγάλων· σύγκρασίς τίς ἐστιν ἐν πᾶσιν, καὶ ἐν τούτοις χρῆσις. ### English translation (Claude) The great cannot exist without the small, nor the small without the great; there is a certain mixture in all things, and in this there is usefulness. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 37.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/4/). ## 1 Clement 37.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:72 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Like the body's members, all serve the whole. ### Greek text λάβωμεν τὸ σῶμα ἡμῶν· ἡ κεφαλὴ δίχα τῶν ποδῶν οὐδέν ἐστιν, οὕτως οὐδὲ οἱ πόδες δίχα τῆς κεφαλῆς· τὰ δὲ ἐλάχιστα μέλη τοῦ σώματος ἡμῶν ἀναγκαῖα καὶ εὔχρηστά εἰσιν ὅλῳ τῷ σώματι· ἀλλὰ πάντα συνπνεῖ καὶ ὑποταγῇ μιᾷ χρῆται εἰς τὸ σώζεσθαι ὅλον τὸ σῶμα. ### English translation (Claude) Let us take our body: the head without the feet is nothing, and so are the feet without the head; the smallest members of our body are necessary and useful to the whole body; indeed, all breathe together and are united in one subjection, so that the whole body may be saved. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 12:21: allusion, high confidence - 1 Cor 12:22: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 37.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/5/). ## 1 Clement 38.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/38/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:72 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Let each serve the others with his own gift. ### Greek text Σωζέσθω οὖν ἡμῶν ὅλον τὸ σῶμα ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ ὑποτασσέσθω ἕκαστος τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καθὼς ἐτέθη ἐν τῷ χαρίσματι αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) So let our whole body be saved in Christ Jesus, and let each be subject to his neighbor, according to the spiritual gift given to him. ### Scripture references - 1 Pet 4:10: echo, medium confidence - Eph 5:21: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 38.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/38/1/). ## 1 Clement 38.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/38/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:72–74 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Strong and weak, rich and poor, wise and humble should serve one another without boasting. ### Greek text ὁ ἰσχυρὸς τημελείτω τὸν ἀσθενῆ, ὁ δὲ ἀσθενὴς ἐντρεπέσθω τὸν ἰσχυρόν· ὁ πλούσιος ἐπιχορηγείτω τῷ πτωχῷ, ὁ δὲ πτωχὸς εὐχαριστείτω τῷ θεῷ, ὅτι ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ, διʼ οὗ ἀναπληρωθῇ αὐτοῦ τὸ ὑστέρημα· ὁ σοφὸς ἐνδεικνύσθω τὴν σοφίαν αὐτοῦ μὴ ἐν λόγοις, ἀλλʼ ἐν ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς· ὁ ταπεινοφρονῶν μὴ ἑαυτῷ μαρτυρείτω, ἀλλʼ ἐάτω ὑφʼ ἑτέρου ἑαυτὸν μαρτυρεῖσθαι· ὁ ἁγνὸς ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ μὴ ἀλαζονευέσθω, γινώσκων ὅτι ἕτερός ἐστιν ὁ ἐπιχορηγῶν αὐτῷ τὴν ἐγκράτειαν. ### English translation (Claude) Let the strong care for the weak, and let the weak respect the strong. Let the rich man supply the poor, and let the poor man thank God that he gave him someone through whom his need may be met. Let the wise show his wisdom not in words but in good works. Let the humble not testify to himself but let another testify to him. Let the one who is pure in the flesh not boast, knowing that it is another who grants him his self-control. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 7:7: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - “Pure in the flesh” (ὁ ἁγνὸς ἐν τῇ σαρκί): probably celibate (see the glossary on ἁγνεία). ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 38.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/38/2/). ## 1 Clement 38.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/38/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:74 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Remember that we came from nothing and owe all to God. ### Greek text ἀναλογισώμεθα οὖν, ἀδελφοί, ἐκ ποίας ὕλης ἐγενήθημεν, ποῖοι καὶ τίνες εἰσήλθαμεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον, ἐκ ποίου τάφου καὶ σκότους ὁ πλάσας ἡμᾶς καὶ δημιουργήσας εἰσήγαγεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον αὐτοῦ, προετοιμάσας τὰς εὐεργεσίας αὐτοῦ, πρὶν ἡμᾶς γεννηθῆναι. ### English translation (Claude) Let us consider, then, brothers, from what matter we were made, what and who we were when we came into the world, from what grave and darkness he who formed and created us brought us into his world, having prepared his benefits before we were born. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 38.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/38/3/). ## 1 Clement 38.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/38/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:74 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Give thanks to God for everything. ### Greek text ταῦτα οὖν πάντα ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔχοντες ὀφείλομεν κατὰ πάντα εὐχαριστεῖν αὐτῷ· ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν. ### English translation (Claude) Since, then, we have all these things from him, we ought to give him thanks for everything; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 38.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/38/4/). ## 1 Clement 39.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:74 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Fools mock us to exalt themselves. ### Greek text Ἅφρονες καὶ ἀσύνετοι καὶ μωροὶ καὶ ἀπαίδευτοι χλευάζουσιν ἡμᾶς καὶ μυκτηρίζουσιν, ἑαυτοὺς βουλόμενοι ἐπαίρεσθαι ταῖς διανοίαις αὐτῶν. ### English translation (Claude) Senseless, foolish, stupid, and ignorant people mock and deride us, wanting to exalt themselves in their own imaginations. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 39.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/1/). ## 1 Clement 39.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:74 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Mortals have no strength of their own. ### Greek text τί γὰρ δύναται θνητός; ἢ τίς ἰσχὺς γηγενοῦς; ### English translation (Claude) For what can a mortal do? Or what strength has one born of earth? ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 39.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/2/). ## 1 Clement 39.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:74 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: A vision in Job. ### Greek text γέγραπται γάρ· Οὐκ ἦν μορφὴ πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου, ἀλλʼ ἢ αὔραν καὶ φωνὴν ἤκουον· ### English translation (Claude) For it is written: “There was no form before my eyes, but I heard a breath and a voice: ### Scripture references - Job 4:16: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - 39.3–9 quote Job 4:16–18; 15:15; 4:19–5:5 in the Septuagint form. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 39.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/3/). ## 1 Clement 39.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:74 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: No mortal is pure before God. ### Greek text Τί γάρ; μὴ καθαρὸς ἔσται βροτὸς ἔναντι κυρίου; ἢ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ ἄμεμπτος ἀνήρ, εἰ κατὰ παίδων αὐτοῦ οὐ πιστεύει, κατὰ δὲ ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ σκολιόν τι ἐπενόησεν; ### English translation (Claude) What then? Shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? Or a man blameless in his works, when he does not trust his servants and has found something crooked in his angels? ### Scripture references - Job 4:17: quotation, high confidence - Job 4:18: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 39.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/4/). ## 1 Clement 39.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:74–76 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Mortals are frail and perish. ### Greek text οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ· ἔα δέ, οἱ κατοικοῦντες οἰκίας πηλίνας, ἐξ ὧν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ πηλοῦ ἐσμεν· ἔπαισεν αὐτοὺς σητὸς τρόπον, καὶ ἀπὸ πρωΐθεν ἕως ἑσπέρας οὐκ ἔτι εἰσίν· παρὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτοὺς ἑαυτοῖς βοηθῆσαι ἀπώλοντο. ### English translation (Claude) Heaven is not pure in his sight; how much less those who dwell in houses of clay, of which we ourselves are made, of the same clay. He struck them like a moth, and from morning to evening they are no more; because they could not help themselves, they perished. ### Scripture references - Job 15:15: quotation, high confidence - Job 4:19: quotation, high confidence - Job 4:20: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 39.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/5/). ## 1 Clement 39.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:76 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: They died for lack of wisdom. ### Greek text ἐνεφύσησεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐτελεύτησαν παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν αὐτοὺς σοφίαν. ### English translation (Claude) He breathed on them and they died, because they had no wisdom. ### Scripture references - Job 4:21: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 39.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/6/). ## 1 Clement 39.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:76 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Anger and envy destroy the foolish. ### Greek text ἐπικάλεσαι δέ, εἴ τίς σοι ὑπακούσεται, ἢ εἴ τινα ἁγίων ἀγγέλων ὄψῃ· καὶ γὰρ ἄφρονα ἀναιρεῖ ὀργή, πεπλανημένον δὲ θανατοῖ ζῆλος. ### English translation (Claude) But call, if anyone will answer you, or if you will see any of the holy angels; for anger destroys the fool, and envy kills the one who has gone astray. ### Scripture references - Job 5:1: quotation, high confidence - Job 5:2: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 39.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/7/). ## 1 Clement 39.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:76 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The fool's prosperity is short-lived. ### Greek text ἐγὼ δὲ ἑώρακα ἄφρονας ῥίζας βάλλοντας, ἀλλʼ εὐθέως ἐβρώθη αὐτῶν ἡ δίαιτα. ### English translation (Claude) I have seen fools putting down roots, but at once their dwelling was devoured. ### Scripture references - Job 5:3: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 39.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/8/). ## 1 Clement 39.9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/9/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:76 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The fool's children will find no help. ### Greek text πόρρω γένοιντο οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ σωτηρίας· κολαβρισθείησαν ἐπὶ θύραις ἡσσόνων, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐξαιρούμενος· ἃ γὰρ ἐκείνοις ἡτοίμασται, δίκαιοι ἔδονται, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐκ κακῶν οὐκ ἐξαίρετοι ἔσονται. ### English translation (Claude) May their sons be far from safety; may they be mocked at the doors of their inferiors, and there shall be no one to deliver them. For what has been prepared for them the righteous will eat, and they themselves shall not be delivered from evils.” ### Scripture references - Job 5:4: quotation, high confidence - Job 5:5: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 39.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/9/). ## 1 Clement 40.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/40/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:76 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Do everything in the order God has appointed. ### Greek text Προδήλων οὖν ἡμῖν ὄντων τούτων, καὶ ἐγκεκυφότες εἰς τὰ βάθη τῆς θείας γνώσεως, πάντα τάξει ποιεῖν ὀφείλομεν, ὅσα ὁ δεσπότης ἐπιτελεῖν ἐκέλευσεν κατὰ καιροὺς τεταγμένους. ### English translation (Claude) Since these things are plain to us, and since we have looked into the depths of divine knowledge, we ought to do in order all the things that the Master has commanded us to perform at the appointed times. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 40.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/40/1/). ## 1 Clement 40.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/40/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:76 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God set times for worship. ### Greek text τάς τε προσφορὰς καὶ λειτουργίας ἐπιτελεῖσθαι, καὶ οὐκ εἰκῆ ἢ ἀτάκτως ἐκέλευσεν γίνεσθαι, ἀλλʼ ὡρισμένοις καιροῖς καὶ ὥραις. ### English translation (Claude) He commanded the offerings and services to be performed, and not carelessly or in disorder, but at fixed times and hours. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 40.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/40/2/). ## 1 Clement 40.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/40/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:76 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God determined where and by whom worship is offered. ### Greek text ποῦ τε καὶ διὰ τίνων ἐπιτελεῖσθαι θέλει, αὐτὸς ὥρισεν τῇ ὑπερτάτῳ αὐτοῦ βουλήσει, ἵνʼ ὁσίως πάντα γινόμενα ἐν εὐδοκήσει εὐπρόσδεκτα εἴη τῷ θελήματι αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Where and by whom he wishes them to be performed, he himself has determined by his supreme will, so that all things done in holiness according to his good pleasure might be acceptable to his will. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 40.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/40/3/). ## 1 Clement 40.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/40/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:76–78 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Offerings made in order are acceptable. ### Greek text οἱ οὖν τοῖς προστεταγμένοις καιροῖς ποιοῦντες τὰς προσφορὰς αὐτῶν εὐπρόσδεκτοί τε καὶ μακάριοι· τοῖς γὰρ νομίμοις τοῦ δεσπότου ἀκολουθοῦντες οὐ διαμαρτάνουσιν. ### English translation (Claude) So those who make their offerings at the appointed times are acceptable and blessed; for since they follow the ordinances of the Master, they do not go wrong. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 40.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/40/4/). ## 1 Clement 40.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/40/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:78 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: In Israel's worship each order had its own role. ### Greek text τῷ γὰρ ἀρχιερεῖ ἴδιαι λειτουργίαι δεδομέναι εἰσίν, καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἴδιος ὁ τόπος προστέτακται, καὶ Λευΐταις ἴδιαι διακονίαι ἐπίκεινται· ὁ λαϊκὸς ἄνθρωπος τοῖς λαϊκοῖς προστάγμασιν δέδεται. ### English translation (Claude) For to the high priest his own services have been given, and to the priests their own place has been assigned, and on the Levites their own ministries are laid; the layman is bound by the ordinances for laymen. ### Translation notes - “Layman” (λαϊκός): the earliest Christian use of the word. Clement argues from the order of Israel's worship to order in the church; he does not say that Christian ministers are priests. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 40.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/40/5/). ## 1 Clement 41.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/41/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:78 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Each should serve God in his own rank. ### Greek text Ἕκαστος ἡμῶν, ἀδελφοί, ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι εὐαριστείτω τῷ θεῷ ἐν ἀγαθῇ συνειδήσει ὑπάρχων, μὴ παρεκβαίνων τὸν ὡρισμένον τῆς λειτουργίας αὐτοῦ κανόνα, ἐν σεμνότητι. ### English translation (Claude) Let each of us, brothers, in his own rank, be pleasing to God with a good conscience, not transgressing the appointed rule of his ministry, with reverence. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 41.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/41/1/). ## 1 Clement 41.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/41/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:78 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Sacrifices were offered only in the appointed place and manner. ### Greek text οὐ πανταχοῦ, ἀδελφοί, προσφέρονται θυσίαι ἐνδελεχισμοῦ ἢ εὐχῶν ἢ περὶ ἁμαρτίας καὶ πλημμελείας, ἀλλʼ ἢ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ μόνῃ· κἀκεῖ δὲ οὐκ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ προσφέρεται, ἀλλʼ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ναοῦ πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον, μωμοσκοπηθὲν τὸ προσφερόμενον διὰ τοῦ ἀρχιερέως καὶ τῶν προειρημένων λειτουργῶν. ### English translation (Claude) Not everywhere, brothers, are the daily sacrifices offered, or the vow offerings, or the sin and trespass offerings, but only in Jerusalem; and even there they are not offered in every place, but before the sanctuary at the altar, after what is offered has been inspected for blemishes by the high priest and the ministers already mentioned. ### Scripture references - Deut 12:13: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The present tense speaks as if the temple still stood. Whether this means the letter was written before AD 70 is debated; most date it ca. 96, and Josephus also describes the temple in the present tense after its fall. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 41.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/41/2/). ## 1 Clement 41.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/41/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:78 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Disobeying God's order brought death. ### Greek text οἱ οὖν παρὰ τὸ καθῆκον τῆς βουλήσεως αὐτοῦ ποιοῦντές τι θάνατον τὸ πρόστιμον ἔχουσιν. ### English translation (Claude) So those who do anything contrary to what befits his will have death as their penalty. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 41.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/41/3/). ## 1 Clement 41.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/41/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:78 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Greater knowledge means greater responsibility. ### Greek text ὁρᾶτε, ἀδελφοί· ὅσῳ πλείονος κατηξιώθημεν γνώσεως, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ὑποκείμεθα κινδύνῳ. ### English translation (Claude) You see, brothers: the greater the knowledge we have been counted worthy of, the greater the danger to which we are exposed. ### Scripture references - Luke 12:48: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 41.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/41/4/). ## 1 Clement 42.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/42/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:78–80 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The gospel came from God through Christ to the apostles. ### Greek text Οἱ ἀπόστολοι ἡμῖν εὐηγγελίσθησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐξεπέμφθη. ### English translation (Claude) The apostles received the gospel for us from the Lord Jesus Christ; Jesus the Christ was sent from God. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 42.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/42/1/). ## 1 Clement 42.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/42/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:80 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Christ from God, the apostles from Christ: all in good order. ### Greek text ὁ Χριστὸς οὖν ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι ἀπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ· ἐγένοντο οὖν ἀμφότερα εὐτάκτως ἐκ θελήματος θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) So Christ is from God, and the apostles from Christ; both, then, came about in good order by the will of God. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 42.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/42/2/). ## 1 Clement 42.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/42/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:80 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The apostles went out preaching the coming kingdom. ### Greek text παραγγελίας οὖν λαβόντες καὶ πληροφορηθέντες διὰ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ πιστωθέντες ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τοῦ θεοῦ, μετὰ πληροφορίας πνεύματος ἁγίου ἐξῆλθον εὐαγγελιζόμενοι, τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ μέλλειν ἔρχεσθαι, ### English translation (Claude) So having received their commands, and being fully assured through the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and confirmed in the word of God, with the full assurance of the Holy Spirit they went out proclaiming the good news that the kingdom of God was about to come. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 42.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/42/3/). ## 1 Clement 42.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/42/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:80 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The apostles appointed bishops and deacons from their first converts. ### Greek text κατὰ χώρας οὖν καὶ πόλεις κηρύσσοντες καθίστανον τὰς ἀπαρχὰς αὐτῶν, δοκιμάσαντες τῷ πνεύματι, εἰς ἐπισκόπους καὶ διακόνους τῶν μελλόντων πιστεύειν. ### English translation (Claude) So, preaching in country and city, they appointed their firstfruits, after testing them by the Spirit, to be bishops and deacons of those who would believe. ### Scripture references - Acts 14:23: echo, medium confidence - Phil 1:1: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - In 1 Clement the “bishops” (overseers) appear to be the same people as the presbyters (compare 44.4–5; 57.1); see the glossary. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 42.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/42/4/). ## 1 Clement 42.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/42/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:80 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 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/). ## 1 Clement 43.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:80 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Moses too recorded God's commands, and the prophets confirmed them. ### Greek text Καὶ τί θαυμαστόν, εἰ οἱ ἐν Χριστῷ πιστευθέντες παρὰ θεοῦ ἔργον τοιοῦτο κατέστησαν τοὺς προειρημένους; ὅπου καὶ ὁ μακάριος πιστὸς θεράπων ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ Μωϋσῆς τὰ διατεταγμένα αὐτῷ πάντα ἐσημειώσατο ἐν ταῖς ἱεραῖς βίβλοις, ᾧ καὶ ἐπηκολούθησαν οἱ λοιποὶ προφῆται, συνεπιμαρτυροῦντες τοῖς ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ νενομοθετημένοις. ### English translation (Claude) And what wonder is it if those who had been entrusted in Christ by God with such a work appointed the persons mentioned? For the blessed Moses also, “a faithful servant in all his house,” recorded in the sacred books all the things commanded him, and the rest of the prophets followed him, bearing witness together to the laws he had given. ### Scripture references - Num 12:7: quotation, medium confidence - Heb 3:5: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 43.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/1/). ## 1 Clement 43.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:80–82 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Moses settled the priesthood dispute with the twelve rods. ### Greek text ἐκεῖνος γάρ, ζήλου ἐμπεσόντος περὶ τῆς ἱερωσύνης καὶ στασιαζουσῶν τῶν φυλῶν, ὁποία αὐτῶν εἴη τῷ ἐνδόξῳ ὀνόματι κεκοσμημένη, ἐκέλευσεν τοὺς δώδεκα φυλάρχους προσενεγκεῖν αὐτῷ ῥάβδους ἐπιγεγραμμένας ἑκάστης φυλῆς κατʼ ὄνομα· καὶ λαβὼν αὐτὰς ἔδησεν καὶ ἐσφράγισεν τοῖς δακτυλίοις τῶν φυλάρχων, καὶ ἀπέθετο αὐτὰς εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν τοῦ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) For when jealousy arose concerning the priesthood and the tribes were quarreling over which of them should be adorned with that glorious name, he commanded the twelve tribal chiefs to bring him rods inscribed with the name of each tribe. And taking them he bound them and sealed them with the rings of the tribal chiefs, and laid them up in the tent of witness on the table of God. ### Scripture references - Num 17:2: allusion, high confidence - Num 17:4: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 43.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/2/). ## 1 Clement 43.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:82 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Moses sealed the tent. ### Greek text καὶ κλείσας τὴν σκηνὴν ἐσφράγισεν τὰς κλεῖδας ὡσαύτως καὶ τὰς ῥάβδους, ### English translation (Claude) And having closed the tent he sealed the keys, as he had the rods, ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 43.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/3/). ## 1 Clement 43.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:82 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The blossoming rod would show God's choice. ### Greek text καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ἧς ἂν φυλῆς ἡ ῥάβδος βλαστήσῃ, ταύτην ἐκλέλεκται ὁ θεὸς εἰς τὸ ἱερατεύειν καὶ λειτουργεῖν αὐτῷ. ### English translation (Claude) and said to them, “Men and brothers, the tribe whose rod blossoms, this God has chosen to serve as priests and to minister to him.” ### Scripture references - Num 17:5: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 43.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/4/). ## 1 Clement 43.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:82 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Aaron's rod blossomed and bore fruit. ### Greek text πρωΐας δὲ γενομένης συνεκάλεσεν πάντα τὸν Ἰσραήλ, τὰς ἑξακοσίας χιλιάδας τῶν ἀνδρῶν, καὶ ἐπεδείξατο τοῖς φυλάρχοις τὰς σφραγῖδας, καὶ ἤνοιξεν τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου καὶ προεῖλεν τὰς ῥάβδους· καὶ εὑρέθη ἡ ῥάβδος Ἀαρὼν οὐ μόνον βεβλαστηκυῖα, ἀλλὰ καὶ καρπὸν ἔχουσα. ### English translation (Claude) When morning came he called together all Israel, the six hundred thousand men, and showed the tribal chiefs the seals, and opened the tent of witness and brought out the rods; and the rod of Aaron was found not only to have blossomed but also to be bearing fruit. ### Scripture references - Num 17:8: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 43.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/5/). ## 1 Clement 43.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:82 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Moses acted to prevent disorder. ### Greek text τί δοκεῖτε, ἀγαπητοί; οὐ προῄδει Μωϋσῆς τοῦτο μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι; μάλιστα ᾔδει· ἀλλʼ ἵνα μὴ ἀκαταστασία γένηται ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ, οὕτως ἐποίησεν, εἰς τὸ δοξασθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ καὶ μόνου θεοῦ· ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν. ### English translation (Claude) What do you think, beloved? Did not Moses know beforehand that this would happen? Certainly he knew. But so that there might be no disorder in Israel, he did this, so that the name of the true and only God might be glorified; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. ### Scripture references - John 17:3: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 43.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/6/). ## 1 Clement 44.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:82 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The apostles foresaw strife over the office of bishop. ### Greek text Καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι ἡμῶν ἔγνωσαν διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὅτι ἔρις ἔσται ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς. ### English translation (Claude) Our apostles also knew through our Lord Jesus Christ that there would be strife over the office of bishop. ### Translation notes - “The office of bishop” (τοῦ ὀνόματος τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς): literally “the name of the oversight.” ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 44.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/1/). ## 1 Clement 44.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:82–84 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The apostles provided for others to succeed the leaders they appointed. ### Greek text διὰ ταύτην οὖν τὴν αἰτίαν πρόγνωσιν εἰληφότες τελείαν κατέστησαν τοὺς προειρημένους, καὶ μεταξὺ ἐπινομὴν δεδώκασιν, ὅπως, ἐὰν κοιμηθῶσιν, διαδέξωνται ἕτεροι δεδοκιμασμένοι ἄνδρες τὴν λειτουργίαν αὐτῶν. ### English translation (Claude) For this reason, therefore, having received perfect foreknowledge, they appointed those already mentioned, and afterward they gave a further instruction, that if these should fall asleep, other approved men should succeed to their ministry. ### Translation notes - “A further instruction” (ἐπινομήν): the word is rare and its meaning uncertain; some editors read ἐπιμονήν, “permanence.” This passage is central to later discussions of succession in church office. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 44.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/2/). ## 1 Clement 44.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:84 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Leaders rightly appointed and blameless should not be removed. ### Greek text τοὺς οὖν κατασταθέντας ὑπʼ ἐκείνων ἢ μεταξὺ ὑφʼ ἑτέρων ἐλλογίμων ἀνδρῶν συνενδοκησάσης τῆς ἐκκλησίας πάσης, καὶ λειτουργήσαντας ἀμέμπτως τῷ ποιμνίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ ταπεινοφροσύνης, ἡσύχως καὶ ἀβαναύσως, μεμαρτυρημένους τε πολλοῖς χρόνοις ὑπὸ πάντων, τούτους οὐ δικαίως νομίζομεν ἀποβάλλεσθαι τῆς λειτουργίας. ### English translation (Claude) Those, then, who were appointed by them, or afterward by other eminent men with the consent of the whole church, and who have ministered blamelessly to the flock of Christ with humility, quietly and unselfishly, and have for a long time been well spoken of by all: these, we consider, are unjustly removed from their ministry. ### Translation notes - “Unselfishly” (ἀβαναύσως): literally “without vulgarity,” not in a grasping or mercenary way. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 44.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/3/). ## 1 Clement 44.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:84 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Deposing blameless bishops is a serious sin. ### Greek text ἁμαρτία γὰρ οὐ μικρὰ ἡμῖν ἔσται, ἐὰν τοὺς ἀμέμπτως καὶ ὁσίως προσενεγκόντας τὰ δῶρα τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς ἀποβάλωμεν. ### English translation (Claude) For it will be no small sin for us if we depose from the office of bishop those who have offered the gifts blamelessly and in holiness. ### Translation notes - “Offered the gifts”: probably the church's offerings in worship, including the Eucharist. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 44.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/4/). ## 1 Clement 44.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:84 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Blessed are the presbyters who died in office. ### Greek text μακάριοι οἱ προοδοιπορήσαντες πρεσβύτεροι, οἵτινες ἔγκαρπον καὶ τελείαν ἔσχον τὴν ἀνάλυσιν· οὐ γὰρ εὐλαβοῦνται μή τις αὐτοὺς μεταστήσῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱδρυμένου αὐτοῖς τόπου. ### English translation (Claude) Blessed are the presbyters who have gone on ahead, whose departure was fruitful and complete; for they need not fear that anyone will remove them from the place established for them. ### Translation notes - Here “presbyters” are evidently the same people called “bishops” in 44.4. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 44.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/5/). ## 1 Clement 44.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:84 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The Corinthians removed blameless leaders. ### Greek text ὁρῶμεν γάρ, ὅτι ἐνίους ὑμεῖς μετηγάγετε καλῶς πολιτευομένους ἐκ τῆς ἀμέμπτως αὐτοῖς τετιμημένης λειτουργίας. ### English translation (Claude) For we see that you have removed some who were living well from the ministry that they had carried out blamelessly and with honor. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 44.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/6/). ## 1 Clement 45.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:84 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Be zealous only for what leads to salvation. ### Greek text Φιλόνεικοι ἔστε, ἀδελφοί, καὶ ζηλωταὶ περὶ τῶν ἀνηκόντων εἰς σωτηρίαν. ### English translation (Claude) Be contentious, brothers, and zealous, about the things that pertain to salvation. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 45.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/1/). ## 1 Clement 45.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:84–86 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The scriptures are true and given by the Spirit. ### Greek text ἐγκεκύφατε εἰς τὰς ἱερὰς γραφάς, τὰς ἀληθεῖς, τὰς διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου. ### English translation (Claude) You have looked into the sacred scriptures, which are true, which were given through the Holy Spirit. ### Scripture references - 2 Tim 3:16: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 45.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/2/). ## 1 Clement 45.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:86 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Scripture never shows the righteous rejected by the holy. ### Greek text ἐπίστασθε, ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄδικον οὐδὲ παραπεποιημένον γέγραπται ἐν αὐταῖς. οὐχ εὑρήσετε δικαίους ἀποβεβλημένους ἀπὸ ὁσίων ἀνδρῶν. ### English translation (Claude) You know that nothing unjust or falsified has been written in them. You will not find righteous people cast out by holy men. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 45.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/3/). ## 1 Clement 45.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:86 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The righteous were persecuted only by the wicked. ### Greek text ἐδιώχθησαν δίκαιοι, ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ ἀνόμων· ἐφυλακίσθησαν, ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ ἀνοσίων· ἐλιθάσθησαν ὑπὸ παρανόμων· ἀπεκτάνθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν μιαρὸν καὶ ἄδικον ζῆλον ἀνειληφότων. ### English translation (Claude) The righteous were persecuted, but by the lawless; they were imprisoned, but by the unholy; they were stoned by transgressors; they were killed by those who had taken up foul and unrighteous jealousy. ### Scripture references - Heb 11:36: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 45.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/4/). ## 1 Clement 45.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:86 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: They endured with glory. ### Greek text ταῦτα πάσχοντες εὐκλεῶς ἤνεγκαν. ### English translation (Claude) Suffering these things, they endured them gloriously. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 45.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/5/). ## 1 Clement 45.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:86 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Daniel was persecuted by the ungodly. ### Greek text τί γὰρ εἴπωμεν, ἀδελφοί; Δανιὴλ ὑπὸ τῶν φοβουμένων τὸν θεὸν ἐβλήθη εἰς λάκκον λεόντων; ### English translation (Claude) For what shall we say, brothers? Was Daniel cast into the lions' den by those who fear God? ### Scripture references - Dan 6:16: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 45.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/6/). ## 1 Clement 45.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:86 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The three young men were persecuted by the wicked, but God protects his worshipers. ### Greek text ἢ Ἀνανίας καὶ Ἀζαρίας καὶ Μισαὴλ ὑπὸ τῶν θρησκευόντων τὴν μεγαλοπρεπῆ καὶ ἔνδοξον θρησκείαν τοῦ ὑψίστου κατείρχθησαν εἰς κάμινον πυρός; μηθαμῶς τοῦτο γένοιτο. τίνες οὖν οἱ ταῦτα δράσαντες; οἱ στυγητοὶ καὶ πάσης κακίας πλήρεις εἰς τοσοῦτο ἐξήρισαν θυμοῦ, ὥστε τοὺς ἐν ὁσίᾳ καὶ ἀμώμῳ προθέσει δουλεύοντας τῷ θεῷ εἰς αἰκίαν περιβαλεῖν, μὴ εἰδότες ὅτι ὁ ὕψιστος ὑπέρμαχος καὶ ὑπερασπιστής ἐστιν τῶν ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει λατρευόντων τῷ παναρέτῳ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ· ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν. ### English translation (Claude) Or were Ananias and Azarias and Misael shut up in the furnace of fire by those who practiced the magnificent and glorious worship of the Most High? Far be it! Who, then, were those who did these things? Hateful men, full of all wickedness, were stirred to such anger that they subjected to torture those who served God with a holy and blameless purpose, not knowing that the Most High is the champion and protector of those who worship his all-virtuous name with a pure conscience; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. ### Scripture references - Dan 3:20: allusion, high confidence ### Translation notes - Ananias, Azarias, and Misael: the Hebrew names of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Dan 1:7). ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 45.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/7/). ## 1 Clement 45.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:86 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Those who endured were honored by God. ### Greek text οἱ δὲ ὑπομένοντες ἐν πεποιθήσει δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν ἐκληρονόμησαν, ἐπήρθησάν τε καὶ ἔγγραφοι ἐγένοντο ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ μνημοσύνῳ αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν. ### English translation (Claude) But those who endured with confidence inherited glory and honor; they were exalted and were inscribed by God in his memorial forever and ever. Amen. ### Scripture references - Mal 3:16: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 45.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/45/8/). ## 1 Clement 46.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:86 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Follow these examples. ### Greek text Τοιούτοις οὖν ὑποδείγμασιν κολληθῆναι καὶ ἡμᾶς δεῖ, ἀδελφοί. ### English translation (Claude) To such examples, then, we too must hold fast, brothers. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 46.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/1/). ## 1 Clement 46.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:86–88 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Cling to the holy. ### Greek text γέγραπται γάρ· Κολλᾶσθε τοῖς ἁγίοις, ὅτι οἱ κολλώμενοι αὐτοῖς ἁγιασθήσονται. ### English translation (Claude) For it is written: “Hold fast to the saints, for those who hold fast to them will be made holy.” ### Translation notes - The source of this quotation is unknown. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 46.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/2/). ## 1 Clement 46.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:88 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: We become like our companions. ### Greek text καὶ πάλιν ἐν ἑτέρῳ τόπῳ λέγει· Μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἀθῷον ἀθῷος ἔσῃ καὶ μετὰ ἐκλεκτοῦ ἐκλεκτὸς ἔσῃ, καὶ μετὰ στρεβλοῦ διαστρέψεις. ### English translation (Claude) And again in another place he says: “With an innocent man you will be innocent, and with a chosen man you will be chosen, and with a perverse man you will deal perversely.” ### Scripture references - Ps 18:25 (17:26 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 18:26 (17:27 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 46.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/3/). ## 1 Clement 46.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:88 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Hold fast to the righteous. ### Greek text κολληθῶμεν οὖν τοῖς ἀθῴοις καὶ δικαίοις· εἰσὶν δὲ οὗτοι ἐκλεκτοὶ τοῦ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Let us therefore hold fast to the innocent and righteous; these are God's elect. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 46.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/4/). ## 1 Clement 46.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:88 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Why is there strife among you? ### Greek text ἱνατί ἔρεις καὶ θυμοὶ καὶ διχοστασίαι καὶ σχίσματα πόλεμός τε ἐν ὑμῖν; ### English translation (Claude) Why are there strifes and angers and dissensions and schisms and war among you? ### Scripture references - Jas 4:1: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 46.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/5/). ## 1 Clement 46.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:88 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: One God, one Christ, one Spirit, one calling. ### Greek text ἢ οὐχὶ ἕνα θεὸν ἔχομεν καὶ ἕνα Χριστὸν καὶ ἓν πνεῦμα τῆς χάριτος τὸ ἐκχυθὲν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς; καὶ μία κλῆσις ἐν Χριστῷ; ### English translation (Claude) Do we not have one God and one Christ and one Spirit of grace poured out upon us? And is there not one calling in Christ? ### Scripture references - Eph 4:4–6: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 46.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/6/). ## 1 Clement 46.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:88 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Division tears apart Christ's body. ### Greek text ἱνατί διέλκομεν καὶ διασπῶμεν τὰ μέλη τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ στασιάζομεν πρὸς τὸ σῶμα τὸ ἴδιον, καὶ εἰς τοσαύτην ἀπόνοιαν ἐρχόμεθα, ὥστε ἐπιλαθέσθαι ἡμᾶς, ὅτι μέλη ἐσμὲν ἀλλήλων; μνήσθητε τῶν λόγων τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Why do we tear apart and rend the members of Christ, and rebel against our own body, and reach such a pitch of madness as to forget that we are members of one another? Remember the words of the Lord Jesus. ### Scripture references - Rom 12:5: allusion, medium confidence - 1 Cor 12:12: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 46.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/7/). ## 1 Clement 46.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:88 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Jesus's warning against causing his elect to stumble. ### Greek text εἶπεν γάρ· Οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκείνῳ· καλὸν ἦν αὐτῷ, εἰ οὐκ ἐγεννήθη, ἦ ἕνα τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν μου σκανδαλίσαι κρεῖττον ἢν αὐτῷ περιτεθῆναι μύλον καὶ καταπον τισθῆναι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, ἢ ἕνα τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν μου διαστρέψαι. ### English translation (Claude) For he said: “Woe to that man! It would have been better for him not to have been born than to cause one of my elect to stumble. It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around him and be drowned in the sea than to lead astray one of my elect.” ### Scripture references - Matt 26:24: allusion, high confidence - Matt 18:6: allusion, high confidence - Luke 17:2: allusion, high confidence - Mark 9:42: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - A combination of sayings found in Matt 26:24 and Matt 18:6 (Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2). ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 46.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/8/). ## 1 Clement 46.9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/9/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:88 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The schism has harmed many and still continues. ### Greek text τὸ σχίσμα ὑμῶν πολλοὺς διέστρεψεν, πολλοὺς εἰς ἀθυμίαν ἔβαλεν, πολλοὺς εἰς δισταγμόν, τοὺς πάντας ἡμᾶς εἰς λύπην· καὶ ἐπίμονος ὑμῶν ἐστιν ἡ στάσις. ### English translation (Claude) Your schism has led many astray, has cast many into discouragement, many into doubt, and all of us into grief; and your faction still continues. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 46.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/46/9/). ## 1 Clement 47.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:88 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Reread Paul's letter to you. ### Greek text Ἀναλάβετε τὴν ἐπιστολὴν τοῦ μακαρίου Παύλου τοῦ ἀποστόλου. ### English translation (Claude) Take up the letter of the blessed Paul the apostle. ### Translation notes - 1 Corinthians; the earliest explicit reference by name to a letter of Paul. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 47.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/1/). ## 1 Clement 47.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:88–90 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: What Paul wrote at the start. ### Greek text τί πρῶτον ὑμῖν ἐν ἀρχῇ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἔγραψεν; ### English translation (Claude) What did he first write to you in the beginning of the gospel? ### Translation notes - “In the beginning of the gospel”: early in his preaching among them (compare Phil 4:15). ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 47.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/2/). ## 1 Clement 47.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:90 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Paul rebuked their factions over Paul, Cephas, and Apollos. ### Greek text ἐπʼ ἀληθείας πνευματικῶς ἐπέστειλεν ὑμῖν περὶ ἑαυτοῦ τε καὶ Κηφᾶ τε καὶ Ἀπολλώ, διὰ τὸ καὶ τότε προσκλίσεις ὑμᾶς πεποιῆσθαι. ### English translation (Claude) Truly, he wrote to you by the Spirit about himself and Cephas and Apollos, because even then you had formed factions. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 1:12: allusion, high confidence - 1 Cor 3:4: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 47.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/3/). ## 1 Clement 47.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:90 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Their earlier partisanship was less serious. ### Greek text ἀλλʼ ἡ πρόσκλισις ἐκείνη ἥττονα ἁμαρτίαν ὑμῖν προσήνεγκεν· προσεκλίθητε γὰρ ἀποστόλοις μεμαρτυρημένοις καὶ ἀνδρὶ δεδοκιμασμένῳ παρʼ αὐτοῖς. ### English translation (Claude) But that partisanship brought less sin upon you; for you were partisans of apostles who were well attested and of a man approved by them. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 47.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/4/). ## 1 Clement 47.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:90 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Now worse people have led them astray. ### Greek text νυνὶ δὲ κατανοήσατε, τίνες ὑμᾶς διέστρεψαν καὶ τὸ σεμνὸν τῆς περιβοήτου φιλαδελφίας ὑμῶν ἐμείωσαν. ### English translation (Claude) But now consider who they are that have led you astray and diminished the dignity of your renowned love of the brethren. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 47.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/5/). ## 1 Clement 47.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:90 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The Corinthian church has rebelled against its presbyters because of one or two people. ### Greek text αἰσχρά, ἀγαπητοί, καὶ λίαν αἰσχρά, καὶ ἀνάξια τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ ἀγωγῆς ἀκούεσθαι, τὴν βεβαιοτάτην καὶ ἀρχαίαν Κορινθίων ἐκκλησίαν διʼ ἓν ἢ δύο πρόσωπα στασιάζειν πρὸς τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους· ### English translation (Claude) It is shameful, beloved, very shameful, and unworthy of your conduct in Christ, that it should be reported that the most steadfast and ancient church of the Corinthians, because of one or two persons, is in revolt against its presbyters. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 47.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/6/). ## 1 Clement 47.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:90 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The scandal brings blasphemy on the Lord's name. ### Greek text καὶ αὕτη ἡ ἀκοὴ οὐ μόνον εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐχώρησεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἑτεροκλινεῖς ὑπάρχοντας ἀφʼ ἡμῶν, ὥστε καὶ βλασφημίας ἐπιφέρεσθαι τῷ ὀνόματι κυρίου διὰ τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀφροσύνην, ἑαυτοῖς δὲ κίνδυνον ἐπεξεργάζεσθαι. ### English translation (Claude) And this report has reached not only us but also those who differ from us, so that blasphemies are being brought on the name of the Lord because of your folly, and you are creating danger for yourselves. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 47.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/47/7/). ## 1 Clement 48.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:90 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Repent quickly and seek God's mercy. ### Greek text Ἐξάρωμεν οὖν τοῦτο ἐν τάχει καὶ προσπέσωμεν τῷ δεσπότῃ καὶ κλαύσωμεν ἱκετεύοντες αὐτόν, ὅπως ἵλεως γενόμενος ἐπικαταλλαγῇ ἡμῖν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν σεμνὴν τῆς φιλαδελφίας ἡμῶν ἁγνὴν ἀγωγὴν ἀποκαταστήσῃ ἡμᾶς. ### English translation (Claude) Let us therefore remove this quickly, and let us fall down before the Master and weep, begging him to be merciful and be reconciled to us, and to restore us to the seemly and pure conduct of our love of the brethren. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 48.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/1/). ## 1 Clement 48.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:90 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Repentance is a gate to life. ### Greek text πύλη γὰρ δικαιοσύνης ἀνεῳγυῖα εἰς ζωὴν αὕτη, καθὼς γέγραπται· Ἀνοίξατέ μοι πύλας δικαιοσύνης, ἵνα εἰσελθὼν ἐν αὐταῖς ἐξομολογήσωμαι τῷ κυρίῳ. ### English translation (Claude) For this is a gate of righteousness opened to life, as it is written: “Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter by them and give thanks to the Lord. ### Scripture references - Ps 118:19 (117:19 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 48.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/2/). ## 1 Clement 48.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:90–92 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The gate of the Lord. ### Greek text αὕτη ἡ πύλη τοῦ κυρίου· δίκαιοι εἰσελεύσονται ἐν αὐτῇ. ### English translation (Claude) This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter by it.” ### Scripture references - Ps 118:20 (117:20 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 48.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/3/). ## 1 Clement 48.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:92 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The gate of righteousness is Christ. ### Greek text πολλῶν οὖν πυλῶν ἀνεῳγυιῶν ἡ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐν Χριστῷ, ἐν ᾗ μακάριοι πάντες οἱ εἰσελθόντες καὶ κατευθύνοντες τὴν πορείαν αὐτῶν ἐν ὁσιότητι καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ, ἀταράχως πάντα ἐπιτελοῦντες. ### English translation (Claude) Though many gates are open, the gate of righteousness is the one in Christ; blessed are all who have entered by it and direct their way in holiness and righteousness, doing all things without disorder. ### Scripture references - Luke 1:75: echo, medium confidence - John 10:9: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 48.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/4/). ## 1 Clement 48.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:92 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Whatever gifts one has— ### Greek text ἤτω τις πιστός, ἤτω δυνατὸς γνῶσιν ἐξειπεῖν, ἤτω σοφὸς ἐν διακρίσει λόγων, ἤτω ἁγνὸς ἐν ἔργοις. ### English translation (Claude) Let someone be faithful; let him be able to expound knowledge; let him be wise in discerning words; let him be pure in deeds. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 12:8: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 48.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/5/). ## 1 Clement 48.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:92 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: —the greater one is, the humbler one should be. ### Greek text τοσούτῳ γὰρ μᾶλλον ταπεινοφρονεῖν ὀφείλει, ὅσῳ δοκεῖ μᾶλλον μείζων εἶναι, καὶ ζητεῖν τὸ κοινωφελὲς πᾶσιν, καὶ μὴ τὸ ἑαυτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) for the greater he seems to be, the more humble-minded he ought to be, and he should seek the common good of all and not his own advantage. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 10:24: echo, medium confidence - 1 Cor 10:33: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 48.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/48/6/). ## 1 Clement 49.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/49/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:92 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Love keeps Christ's commandments. ### Greek text Ὁ ἔχων ἀγάπην ἐν Χριστῷ ποιησάτω τὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ παραγγέλματα. ### English translation (Claude) Let whoever has love in Christ keep the commandments of Christ. ### Scripture references - John 14:15: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 49.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/49/1/). ## 1 Clement 49.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/49/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:92 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God's love is indescribable. ### Greek text τὸν δεσμὸν τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ θεοῦ τίς δύναται ἐξηγήσασθαι; ### English translation (Claude) Who can describe the bond of the love of God? ### Scripture references - Col 3:14: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 49.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/49/2/). ## 1 Clement 49.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/49/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:92 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Love's beauty is beyond words. ### Greek text τὸ μεγαλεῖον τῆς καλλονῆς αὐτοῦ τίς ἀρκετὸς ἐξειπεῖν; ### English translation (Claude) Who is able to express the greatness of its beauty? ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 49.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/49/3/). ## 1 Clement 49.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/49/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:92 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Love lifts us beyond telling. ### Greek text τὸ ὕψος, εἰς ὃ ἀνάγει ἡ ἀγάπη, ἀνεκδιήγητόν ἐστιν. ### English translation (Claude) The height to which love leads is indescribable. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 49.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/49/4/). ## 1 Clement 49.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/49/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:92 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: A hymn to love, which unites, forgives, and makes perfect. ### Greek text ἀγάπη κολλᾷ ἡμᾶς τῷ θεῷ, ἀγάπη καλύπτει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν, ἀγάπη πάντα ἀνέχεται, πάντα μακροθυμεῖ· οὐδὲν βάναυσον ἐν ἀγάπῃ, οὐδὲν ὑπερήφανον· ἀγάπη σχίσμα οὐκ ἔχει, ἀγάπη οὐ στασιάζει, ἀγάπη πάντα ποιεῖ ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ· ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐτελειώθησαν πάντες οἱ ἐκλεκτοὶ τοῦ θεοῦ, δίχα ἀγάπης οὐδὲν εὐάρεστόν ἐστιν τῷ θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) Love unites us to God; “love covers a multitude of sins”; love bears all things, is patient in all things. There is nothing vulgar in love, nothing arrogant. Love does not cause schism, love does not rebel, love does all things in concord. In love all the elect of God were made perfect; without love nothing is pleasing to God. ### Scripture references - 1 Pet 4:8: quotation, high confidence - Prov 10:12: allusion, medium confidence - 1 Cor 13:4–7: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 49.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/49/5/). ## 1 Clement 49.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/49/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:92–94 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Out of love Christ gave his blood, flesh, and soul for us. ### Greek text ἐν ἀγάπῃ προσελάβετο ἡμᾶς ὁ δεσπότης· διὰ τὴν ἀγάπην, ἣν ἔσχεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν ἐν θελήματι θεοῦ, καὶ τὴν σάρκα ὑπὲρ τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν. ### English translation (Claude) In love the Master received us. Because of the love he had for us, Jesus Christ our Lord gave his blood for us by the will of God, and his flesh for our flesh and his soul for our souls. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 49.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/49/6/). ## 1 Clement 50.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:94 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Love's perfection cannot be described. ### Greek text Ὁρᾶτε, ἀγαπητοί, πῶς μέγα καὶ θαυμαστόν ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη, καὶ τῆς τελειότητος αὐτῆς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐξήγησις. ### English translation (Claude) You see, beloved, how great and wonderful love is, and there is no describing its perfection. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 50.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/1/). ## 1 Clement 50.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:94 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Pray to be found in love. ### Greek text τίς ἱκανὸς ἐν αὐτῇ εὑρεθῆναι, εἰ μὴ οὓς ἂν καταξιώσῃ ὁ θεός; δεώμεθα οὖν καὶ αἰτώμεθα ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλέους αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἐν ἀγάπῃ εὑρεθῶμεν δίχα προσκλίσεως ἀνθρωπίνης, ἄμωμοι. ### English translation (Claude) Who is worthy to be found in it, except those whom God counts worthy? Let us therefore beg and pray from his mercy that we may be found in love, without human partisanship, blameless. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 50.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/2/). ## 1 Clement 50.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:94 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Those perfected in love await Christ's kingdom. ### Greek text αἱ γενεαὶ πᾶσαι ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τῆσδε τῆς ἡμέρας παρῆλθον, ἀλλʼ οἱ ἐν ἀγάπῃ τελειωθέντες κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ χάριν ἔχουσιν χῶρον εὐσεβῶν, οἳ φανερωθήσονται ἐν τῇ ἐπισκοπῇ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Χριστοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) All the generations from Adam to this day have passed away; but those who were made perfect in love by the grace of God have a place among the godly, who will be made manifest at the visitation of the kingdom of Christ. ### Translation notes - “Visitation” (ἐπισκοπῇ): the coming of Christ's kingdom; the same root as “bishop.” ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 50.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/3/). ## 1 Clement 50.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:94 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God promises to raise his people from their tombs. ### Greek text γέγραπται γάρ· Εἰσέλθετε εἰς τὰ ταμεῖα μικρὸν ὅσον ὅσον, ἕως οὗ παρέλθῃ ἡ ὀργὴ καὶ ὁ θυμός μου, καὶ μνησθήσομαι ἡμέρας ἀγαθῆς, καὶ ἀναστήσω ὑμᾶς ἐκ τῶν θηκῶν ὑμῶν. ### English translation (Claude) For it is written: “Enter into your chambers for a very little while, until my anger and wrath pass by; and I will remember a good day, and I will raise you from your tombs.” ### Scripture references - Isa 26:20: quotation, high confidence - Ezek 37:12: quotation, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 50.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/4/). ## 1 Clement 50.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:94 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Keeping God's commands in love brings forgiveness. ### Greek text μακάριοί ἐσμεν, ἀγαπητοί, εἰ τὰ προστάγματα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐποιοῦμεν ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ ἀγάπης, εἰς τὸ ἀφεθῆναι ἡμῖν διʼ ἀγάπης τὰς ἁμαρτίας. ### English translation (Claude) Blessed are we, beloved, if we keep the commandments of God in the concord of love, so that our sins may be forgiven us through love. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 50.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/5/). ## 1 Clement 50.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:94 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Blessed are the forgiven. ### Greek text γέγραπται γάρ· Μακάριοι, ὧν ἀφέθησαν αἱ ἀνομίαι καὶ ὧν ἐπεκαλύφθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι· μακάριος ἀνήρ, οὗ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται κύριος ἁμαρτίαν, οὐδέ ἐστιν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ δόλος· ### English translation (Claude) For it is written: “Blessed are they whose lawless deeds are forgiven and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not reckon, and in whose mouth there is no deceit.” ### Scripture references - Ps 32:1 (31:1 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 32:2 (31:2 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Rom 4:7: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 50.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/6/). ## 1 Clement 50.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:94–96 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The blessing is for God's chosen. ### Greek text οὗτος ὁ μακαρισμὸς ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐκλελεγμένους ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν. ### English translation (Claude) This blessing came upon those who have been chosen by God through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 50.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/50/7/). ## 1 Clement 51.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/51/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:96 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Seek forgiveness; the ringleaders should consider the common hope. ### Greek text Ὅσα οὖν παρεπέσαμεν καὶ ἐποιήσαμεν διά τινας παρεμπτώσεις τοῦ ἀντικειμένου, ἀξιώσωμεν ἀφεθῆναι ἡμῖν. καὶ ἐκεῖνοι δέ, οἵτινες ἀρχηγοὶ στάσεως καὶ διχοστασίας ἐγενήθησαν, ὀφείλουσιν τὸ κοινὸν τῆς ἐλπίδος σκοπεῖν. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever sins, then, we have committed and whatever we have done through any of the assaults of the adversary, let us ask that they be forgiven us. And those who became leaders of the faction and dissension ought to look to the common ground of our hope. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 51.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/51/1/). ## 1 Clement 51.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/51/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:96 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The loving would rather suffer than harm others or the church's harmony. ### Greek text οἱ γὰρ μετὰ φόβου καὶ ἀγάπης πολιτευόμενοι ἑαυτοὺς θέλουσιν μᾶλλον αἰκίαις περιπίπτειν ἢ τοὺς πλησίον· μᾶλλον δὲ ἑαυτῶν κατάγνωσιν φέρουσιν ἢ τῆς παραδεδομένης ἡμῖν καλῶς καὶ δικαίως ὁμοφωνίας, ### English translation (Claude) For those who live in fear and love would rather fall into sufferings themselves than have their neighbors do so; and they would rather bear condemnation of themselves than of the harmony that has been handed down to us well and justly. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 51.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/51/2/). ## 1 Clement 51.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/51/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:96 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Better to confess than to harden one's heart like Korah's rebels. ### Greek text καλὸν γὰρ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι περὶ τῶν παραπτωμάτων ἢ σκληρῦναι τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, καθὼς ἐσκληρύνθη ἡ καρδία τῶν στασιαζόντων πρὸς τὸν θεράποντα τοῦ θεοῦ Μωϋσῆν, ὧν τὸ κρίμα πρόδηλον ἐγενήθη, ### English translation (Claude) For it is better for a person to confess his transgressions than to harden his heart, as the heart of those who revolted against Moses, the servant of God, was hardened; their condemnation was made plain, ### Scripture references - Num 16:1: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 51.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/51/3/). ## 1 Clement 51.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/51/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:96 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The rebels went down alive into Hades. ### Greek text κατέβησαν γὰρ εἰς ᾅδου ζῶντες, καὶ θάνατος ποιμανεῖ αὐτούς. ### English translation (Claude) for they went down alive into Hades, and death will be their shepherd. ### Scripture references - Num 16:33: allusion, high confidence - Ps 49:14 (48:15 LXX): quotation, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 51.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/51/4/). ## 1 Clement 51.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/51/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:96–98 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Pharaoh perished because he hardened his heart. ### Greek text Φαραὼ καὶ ἡ στρατιὰ αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡγούμενοι Αἰγύπτου, τά τε ἅρματα καὶ οἱ ἀνάβαται αὐτῶν οὐ διʼ ἄλλην τινὰ αἰτίαν ἐβυθίσθησαν εἰς θάλασσαν ἐρυθρὰν καὶ ἀπώλοντο, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ σκληρυνθῆναι αὐτῶν τὰς ἀσυνέτους καρδίας μετὰ τὸ γενέσθαι τὰ σημεῖα καὶ τὰ τέρατα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου διὰ τοῦ θεράποντος τοῦ θεοῦ Μωῦσέως. ### English translation (Claude) Pharaoh and his army and all the leaders of Egypt, their chariots and their riders, were sunk into the Red Sea and perished for no other reason than that their foolish hearts were hardened after the signs and wonders had been done in the land of Egypt through Moses, the servant of God. ### Scripture references - Exod 14:23: allusion, high confidence - Exod 14:28: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 51.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/51/5/). ## 1 Clement 52.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/52/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:98 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God needs nothing but our confession. ### Greek text Ἀπροσδεής, ἀδελφοί, ὁ δεσπότης ὑπάρχει τῶν ἁπάντων· οὐδὲν οὐδενὸς χρῄζει εἰ μὴ τὸ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι αὐτῷ. ### English translation (Claude) The Master of all things, brothers, needs nothing; he requires nothing of anyone except that confession be made to him. ### Translation notes - “Confession” (ἐξομολογεῖσθαι): both confession of sin and praise; the quotations that follow use the word in both senses. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 52.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/52/1/). ## 1 Clement 52.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/52/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:98 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Praise pleases God more than sacrifice. ### Greek text φησὶν γὰρ ὁ ἐκλεκτὸς Δαυείδ· Ἐξομολογήσομαι τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ ἀρέσει αὐτῷ ὑπὲρ μόσχον νέον κέρατα ἐκφέροντα καὶ ὁπλάς· ἰδέτωσαν πτωχοὶ καὶ εὐφρανθήτωσαν. ### English translation (Claude) For the chosen David says: “I will confess to the Lord, and it will please him more than a young calf growing horns and hoofs. Let the poor see and rejoice.” ### Scripture references - Ps 69:31 (68:32 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 69:32 (68:33 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 52.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/52/2/). ## 1 Clement 52.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/52/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:98 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Offer praise and call on God in trouble. ### Greek text καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Θῦσον τῷ θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως καὶ ἀπόδος τῷ ὑψίστῳ τὰς εὐχάς σου· καὶ ἐπικάλεσαί με ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεώς σου, καὶ ἐξελοῦμαί σε, καὶ δοξάσεις με. ### English translation (Claude) And again he says: “Offer to God a sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High; and call upon me in the day of your affliction, and I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.” ### Scripture references - Ps 50:14 (49:14 LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 50:15 (49:15 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 52.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/52/3/). ## 1 Clement 52.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/52/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:98 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: A broken spirit is God's sacrifice. ### Greek text θυσία γὰρ τῷ θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον. ### English translation (Claude) For “a sacrifice to God is a broken spirit.” ### Scripture references - Ps 51:17 (50:19 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 52.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/52/4/). ## 1 Clement 53.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/53/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:98 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: A reminder from the scriptures they know well. ### Greek text Ἐπίστασθε γὰρ καὶ καλῶς ἐπίστασθε τὰς ἱερὰς γραφάς, ἀγαπητοί, καὶ ἐγκεκύφατε εἰς τὰ λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ. πρὸς ἀνάμνησιν οὖν ταῦτα γράφομεν. ### English translation (Claude) For you know, and know well, the sacred scriptures, beloved, and you have looked into the oracles of God. So we write these things as a reminder. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 53.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/53/1/). ## 1 Clement 53.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/53/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:98 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God told Moses the people had made an idol. ### Greek text Μωῦσέως γὰρ ἀναβάντος εἰς τὸ ὄρος καὶ ποιήσαντος τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας καὶ τεσσαράκοντα νύκτας ἐν νηστείᾳ καὶ ταπεινώσει, εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ θεός· Κατάβηθι τὸ τάχος ἐντεῦθεν, ὅτι ἠνόμησεν ὁ λαός σου, οὓς ἐξήγαγες ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου· παρέβησαν ταχὺ ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ ἧς ἐνετείλω αὐτοῖς, ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖς χωνεύματα. ### English translation (Claude) For when Moses went up the mountain and spent forty days and forty nights in fasting and humiliation, God said to him: “Go down quickly from here, for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have acted lawlessly; they have quickly turned aside from the way you commanded them; they have made themselves cast images.” ### Scripture references - Deut 9:12: quotation, high confidence - Exod 32:7: allusion, medium confidence - Exod 32:8: allusion, medium confidence - Deut 9:9: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 53.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/53/2/). ## 1 Clement 53.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/53/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:98–100 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God threatened to destroy the people. ### Greek text καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς αὐτόν· Λελάληκα πρός σε ἅπαξ καὶ δὶς λέγων· Ἑώρακα τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον, καὶ ἰδού ἐστιν σκληροτράχηλος· ἔασόν με ἐξολεθρεῦσαι αὐτούς, καὶ ἐξαλείψω τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῶν ὑποκάτωθεν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ποιήσω σε εἰς ἔθνος μέγα καὶ θαυμαστὸν καὶ πολὺ μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦτο. ### English translation (Claude) And the Lord said to him: “I have spoken to you once and twice, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and behold, it is stiff-necked. Let me destroy them, and I will blot out their name from under heaven, and I will make you into a great and wonderful nation, much more than this one.’” ### Scripture references - Deut 9:13: quotation, high confidence - Deut 9:14: quotation, high confidence - Exod 32:10: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 53.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/53/3/). ## 1 Clement 53.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/53/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:100 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Moses offered himself for the people. ### Greek text καὶ εἶπεν Μωϋσῆς· Μηδαμῶς, κύριε· ἄφες τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ, ἢ κἀμὲ ἐξάλειψον ἐκ βίβλου ζώντων. ### English translation (Claude) And Moses said: “Not so, Lord. Forgive this people their sin, or blot me also out of the book of the living.” ### Scripture references - Exod 32:32: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 53.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/53/4/). ## 1 Clement 53.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/53/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:100 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Moses's great love for his people. ### Greek text ὢ μεγάλης ἀγάπης, ὢ τελειότητος ἀνυπερβλήτου. παρρησιάζεται θεράπων πρὸς κύριον, αἰτεῖται ἄφεσιν τῷ πλήθει, ἢ καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἐξαλειφθῆναι μετʼ αὐτῶν ἀξιοῖ. ### English translation (Claude) O great love! O unsurpassable perfection! The servant speaks boldly to the Lord; he asks forgiveness for the multitude, or else asks that he himself be blotted out with them. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 53.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/53/5/). ## 1 Clement 54.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/54/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:100 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Who among you is truly noble? ### Greek text Τίς οὖν ἐν ὑμῖν γενναῖος, τίς εὔσπλαγχνος, τίς πεπληροφορημένος ἀγάπης; ### English translation (Claude) Who, then, among you is noble, who is compassionate, who is filled with love? ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 54.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/54/1/). ## 1 Clement 54.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/54/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:100 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Let the ringleaders withdraw so the church can be at peace with its presbyters. ### Greek text εἰπάτω· Εἰ διʼ ἐμὲ στάσις καὶ ἔρις καὶ σχίσματα, ἐκχωρῶ, ἄπειμι, οὗ ἐὰν βούλησθε, καὶ ποιῶ τὰ προστασσόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ πλήθους· μόνον τὸ ποίμνιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰρηνευέτω μετὰ τῶν καθεσταμένων πρεσβυτέρων. ### English translation (Claude) Let him say: “If faction and strife and schisms have arisen because of me, I will withdraw; I will go away wherever you wish, and I will do what the congregation commands; only let the flock of Christ be at peace with its appointed presbyters.” ### Translation notes - “The congregation” (τοῦ πλήθους): literally “the multitude,” the whole assembly of the church. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 54.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/54/2/). ## 1 Clement 54.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/54/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:100 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Whoever steps aside will be honored everywhere. ### Greek text τοῦτο ὁ ποιήσας ἑαυτῷ μέγα κλέος ἐν Χριστῷ περιποιήσεται, καὶ πᾶς τόπος δέξεται αὐτόν, τοῦ γὰρ κυρίου ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς. ### English translation (Claude) Whoever does this will win for himself great glory in Christ, and every place will receive him; for “the earth is the Lord's, and its fullness.” ### Scripture references - Ps 24:1 (23:1 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 54.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/54/3/). ## 1 Clement 54.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/54/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:100 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: True citizens of God's kingdom act this way. ### Greek text ταῦτα οἱ πολιτευόμενοι τὴν ἀμεταμέλητον πολιτείαν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐποίησαν καὶ ποιήσουσιν. ### English translation (Claude) These things those who live as citizens of God's commonwealth, a citizenship never to be regretted, have done and will do. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 54.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/54/4/). ## 1 Clement 55.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:100–102 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Pagan rulers gave their lives or went into exile for their people. ### Greek text Ἵνα δὲ καὶ ὑποδείγματα ἐθνῶν ἐνέγκωμεν· πολλοὶ βασιλεῖς καὶ ἡγούμενοι, λοιμικοῦ τινος ἐνστάντος καιροῦ, χρησμοδοτηθέντες παρέδωκαν ἑαυτοὺς εἰς θάνατον, ἵνα ῥύσωνται διὰ τοῦ ἑαυτῶν αἵματος τοὺς πολίτας· πολλοὶ ἐξεχώρησαν ἰδίων πόλεων, ἵνα μὴ στασιάζωσιν ἐπὶ πλεῖον. ### English translation (Claude) But to bring forward examples from the Gentiles as well: many kings and rulers, when some time of plague came, instructed by oracles, have given themselves up to death, so that they might rescue their citizens through their own blood. Many have left their own cities, so that factions might not continue. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 55.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/1/). ## 1 Clement 55.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:102 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Christians have given themselves up to free or feed others. ### Greek text ἐπιστάμεθα πολλοὺς ἐν ἡμῖν παραδεδωκότας ἑαυτοὺς εἰς δεσμά, ὅπως ἑτέρους λυτρώσονται· πολλοὶ ἑαυτοὺς παρέδωκαν εἰς δουλείαν, καὶ λαβόντες τὰς τιμὰς αὐτῶν ἑτέρους ἐψώμισαν. ### English translation (Claude) We know that many among us have given themselves up to prison in order to ransom others; many have sold themselves into slavery, and with the price they received have fed others. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 55.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/2/). ## 1 Clement 55.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:102 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Many women have acted with courage. ### Greek text πολλαὶ γυναῖκες ἐνδυναμωθεῖσαι διὰ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπετελέσαντο πολλὰ ἀνδρεῖα. ### English translation (Claude) Many women, strengthened by the grace of God, have performed many courageous deeds. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 55.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/3/). ## 1 Clement 55.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:102 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Judith risked herself for her city. ### Greek text Ἰουδὶθ ἡ μακαρία, ἐν συγκλεισμῷ οὔσης τῆς πόλεως, ᾐτήσατο παρὰ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ἐαθῆναι αὐτὴν ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν ἀλλοφύλων. ### English translation (Claude) The blessed Judith, when her city was under siege, asked the elders to let her go out into the camp of the foreigners. ### Extrabiblical texts - Jdt 8:33 (Judith): allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 55.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/4/). ## 1 Clement 55.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:102 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God gave Holofernes into Judith's hand. ### Greek text παραδοῦσα οὖν ἑαυτὴν τῷ κινδύνῳ ἐξῆλθεν διʼ ἀγάπην τῆς πατρίδος καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ ὄντος ἐν συγκλεισμῷ, καὶ παρέδωκεν κύριος Ὀλοφέρνην ἐν χειρὶ θηλείας. ### English translation (Claude) So, exposing herself to danger, she went out for love of her country and of her people under siege, and the Lord delivered Holofernes into the hand of a woman. ### Extrabiblical texts - Jdt 13:15 (Judith): allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 55.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/5/). ## 1 Clement 55.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:102 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Esther risked her life and saved her people by fasting and prayer. ### Greek text οὐχ ἧττον καὶ ἡ τελεία κατὰ πίστιν Ἐσθὴρ κινδύνῳ ἑαυτὴν παρέβαλεν, ἵνα τὸ ἔθνος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ μέλλον ἀπολέσθαι ῥύσηται· διὰ γὰρ τῆς νηστείας καὶ τῆς ταπεινώσεως αὐτῆς ἠξίωσεν τὸν παντεπόπτην δεσπότην τῶν αἰώνων· ὃς ἰδὼν τὸ ταπεινὸν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτῆς ἐρύσατο τὸν λαόν, ὧν χάριν ἐκινδύνευσεν. ### English translation (Claude) No less did Esther, perfect in faith, expose herself to danger to rescue the nation of Israel when it was about to perish; for through her fasting and humiliation she entreated the all-seeing Master of the ages, who, seeing the humility of her soul, rescued the people for whose sake she had put herself at risk. ### Scripture references - Esth 4:16: allusion, high confidence - Esth 7:3: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Esther's fasting and prayer are told most fully in the Greek additions to Esther. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 55.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/6/). ## 1 Clement 56.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:102–104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Pray for the offenders to yield to God's will. ### Greek text Καὶ ἡμεῖς οὖν ἐντύχωμεν περὶ τῶν ἔν τινι παραπτώματι ὑπαρχόντων, ὅπως δοθῇ αὐτοῖς ἐπιείκεια καὶ ταπεινοφροσύνη εἰς τὸ εἶξαι αὐτοὺς μὴ ἡμῖν ἀλλὰ τῷ θελήματι τοῦ θεοῦ· οὕτως γὰρ ἔσται αὐτοῖς ἔγκαρπος καὶ τελεία ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ τοὺς ἁγίους μετʼ οἰκτιρμῶν μνεία. ### English translation (Claude) Let us also, then, intercede for those who are in any transgression, that gentleness and humility may be given them, so that they may yield, not to us, but to the will of God. For in this way the remembrance of them with compassion before God and the saints will be fruitful and perfect for them. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/1/). ## 1 Clement 56.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Accept correction; it unites us to God's will. ### Greek text ἀναλάβωμεν παιδείαν, ἐφʼ ᾗ οὐδεὶς ὀφείλει ἀγανακτεῖν, ἀγαπητοί. ἡ νουθέτησις, ἣν ποιούμεθα εἰς ἀλλήλους, καλή ἐστιν καὶ ὑπεράγαν ὠφέλιμος· κολλᾷ γὰρ ἡμᾶς τῷ θελήματι τοῦ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Let us accept correction, beloved, at which no one ought to be angry. The admonition that we give one another is good and exceedingly useful, for it unites us to the will of God. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/2/). ## 1 Clement 56.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God disciplines but does not destroy. ### Greek text οὕτως γάρ φησιν ὁ ἅγιος λόγος· Παιδεύων ἐπαίδευσέν με ὁ κύριος, καὶ τῷ θανάτῳ οὐ παρέδωκέν με· ### English translation (Claude) For so says the holy word: “The Lord has disciplined me severely, but he has not handed me over to death. ### Scripture references - Ps 118:18 (117:18 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/3/). ## 1 Clement 56.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God disciplines those he loves. ### Greek text ὃν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ κύριος παιδεύει, μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὃν παραδέχεται. ### English translation (Claude) For whom the Lord loves he disciplines, and he scourges every son whom he receives.” ### Scripture references - Prov 3:12: quotation, high confidence - Heb 12:6: quotation, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/4/). ## 1 Clement 56.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Correction from the righteous is a mercy. ### Greek text Παιδεύσει με γάρ, φησίν, δίκαιος ἐν ἐλέει καὶ ἐλέγξει με, ἔλαιον δὲ ἁμαρτωλῶν μὴ λιπανάτω τὴν κεφαλήν μου. ### English translation (Claude) “For the righteous,” it says, “will discipline me in mercy and reprove me, but let not the oil of sinners anoint my head.” ### Scripture references - Ps 141:5 (140:5 LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/5/). ## 1 Clement 56.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Blessed is the one God corrects. ### Greek text καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Μακάριος ἄνθρωπος, ὃν ἤλεγξεν ὁ κύριος· νουθέτημα δὲ παντοκράτορος μὴ ἀπαναίνου· αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀλγεῖν ποιεῖ, καὶ πάλιν ἀποκαθίστησιν· ### English translation (Claude) And again he says: “Blessed is the man whom the Lord has reproved; do not reject the admonition of the Almighty. For he causes pain, and he restores again; ### Scripture references - Job 5:17: quotation, high confidence - Job 5:18: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - 56.6–15 quote Job 5:17–26. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/6/). ## 1 Clement 56.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God wounds and heals. ### Greek text ἔπαισεν, καὶ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἰάσαντο. ### English translation (Claude) he struck, and his hands healed. ### Scripture references - Job 5:18: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/7/). ## 1 Clement 56.8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/8/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God delivers from every distress. ### Greek text ἑξάκις ἐξ ἀναγκῶν ἐξελεῖταί σε, ἐν δὲ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ οὐχ ἅψεταί σου κακόν. ### English translation (Claude) Six times he will deliver you from distress, and in the seventh evil will not touch you. ### Scripture references - Job 5:19: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/8/). ## 1 Clement 56.9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/9/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God rescues in famine and war. ### Greek text ἐν λιμῷ ῥύσεταί σε ἐκ θανάτου, ἐν πολέμῳ δὲ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου λύσει σε· ### English translation (Claude) In famine he will rescue you from death, and in war he will free you from the hand of the sword; ### Scripture references - Job 5:20: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/9/). ## 1 Clement 56.10 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/10/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God shelters from slander. ### Greek text καὶ ἀπὸ μάστιγος γλώσσης σε κρύψει, καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθήσῃ κακῶν ἐπερχομένων. ### English translation (Claude) and he will hide you from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear evils when they come. ### Scripture references - Job 5:21: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/10/). ## 1 Clement 56.11 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/11/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: No fear of enemies or beasts. ### Greek text ἀδίκων καὶ ἀνόμων καταγελάσῃ, ἀπὸ δὲ θηρίων ἀγρίων οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇς· ### English translation (Claude) You will laugh at the unjust and lawless, and you will not be afraid of wild beasts; ### Scripture references - Job 5:22: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/11/). ## 1 Clement 56.12 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/12/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Even beasts will be at peace. ### Greek text θῆρες γὰρ ἄγριοι εἰρηνεύσουσίν σοι. ### English translation (Claude) for wild beasts will be at peace with you. ### Scripture references - Job 5:23: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/12/). ## 1 Clement 56.13 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/13/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Your house will be at peace. ### Greek text εἶτα γνώσῃ, ὅτι εἰρηνεύσει σου ὁ οἶκος, ἡ δὲ δίαιτα τῆς σκηνῆς σου οὐ μὴ ἁμάρτῃ. ### English translation (Claude) Then you will know that your house will be at peace, and the dwelling of your tent will not fail. ### Scripture references - Job 5:24: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.13 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/13/). ## 1 Clement 56.14 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/14/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Your descendants will be many. ### Greek text γνώσῃ δέ, ὅτι πολὺ τὸ σπέρμα σου, τὰ δὲ τέκνα σου ὥσπερ τὸ παμβότανον τοῦ ἀγροῦ. ### English translation (Claude) And you will know that your seed will be many, and your children like the grass of the field. ### Scripture references - Job 5:25: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/14/). ## 1 Clement 56.15 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/15/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:104–106 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: You will die in ripe old age. ### Greek text ἐλεύσῃ δὲ ἐν τάφῳ ὥσπερ σῖτος ὥριμος κατὰ καιρὸν θεριζόμενος, ἢ ὥσπερ θημωνιὰ ἅλωνος καθʼ ὥραν συγκομισθεῖσα. ### English translation (Claude) And you will come to the grave like ripe grain harvested in its season, or like a heap on the threshing floor gathered at the proper time.” ### Scripture references - Job 5:26: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/15/). ## 1 Clement 56.16 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/16/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:106 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: God, a good Father, disciplines us for our good. ### Greek text 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 translation (Claude) 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. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 56.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/16/). ## 1 Clement 57.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:106 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The ringleaders must submit to the presbyters and repent. ### Greek text Ὑμεῖς οὖν οἱ τὴν καταβολὴν τῆς στάσεως ποιήσαντες ὑποτάγητε τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις καὶ παιδεύθητε εἰς μετάνοιαν, κάμψαντες τὰ γόνατα τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν. ### English translation (Claude) You, therefore, who laid the foundation of the faction, submit to the presbyters and accept discipline for repentance, bending the knees of your heart. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 57.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/1/). ## 1 Clement 57.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:106 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Better to be small in Christ's flock than to be cast out. ### Greek text μάθετε ὑποτάσσεσθαι, ἀποθέμενοι τὴν ἀλαζόνα καὶ ὑπερήφανον τῆς γλώσσης ὑμῶν αὐθάδειαν· ἄμεινον γάρ ἐστιν ὑμῖν, ἐν τῷ ποιμνίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ μικροὺς καὶ ἐλλογίμους εὑρεθῆναι, ἢ καθʼ ὑπεροχὴν δοκοῦντας ἐκριφῆναι ἐκ τῆς ἐλπίδος αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Learn to be subject, laying aside the boastful and proud self-will of your tongue; for it is better for you to be found small but esteemed in the flock of Christ than to seem preeminent and be cast out from his hope. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 57.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/2/). ## 1 Clement 57.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:106 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Wisdom calls out (Proverbs 1). ### Greek text οὕτως γὰρ λέγει ἡ πανάρετος σοφία· Ἰδού, προήσομαι ὑμῖν ἐμῆς πνοῆς ῥῆσιν, διδάξω δὲ ὑμᾶς τὸν ἐμὸν λόγον. ### English translation (Claude) For thus says the all-virtuous Wisdom: “Behold, I will pour out for you a saying of my breath, and I will teach you my word. ### Scripture references - Prov 1:23: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - 57.3–7 quote Prov 1:23–33. “The all-virtuous Wisdom” was an early name for the book of Proverbs. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 57.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/3/). ## 1 Clement 57.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:106 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Wisdom will laugh at the disaster of those who refused her. ### Greek text ἐπειδὴ ἐκάλουν καὶ οὐχ ὑπηκούσατε, καὶ ἐξέτεινον λόγους καὶ οὐ προσείχετε, ἀλλὰ ἀκύρους ἐποιεῖτε τὰς ἐμὰς βουλάς, τοῖς δὲ ἐμοῖς ἐλέγχοις ἠπειθήσατε· τοιγαροῦν κἀγὼ τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ ἀπωλείᾳ ἐπιγελάσομαι, καταχαροῦμαι δὲ ἡνίκα ἂν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος καὶ ὡς ἂν ἀφίκηται ὑμῖν ἄφνω θόρυβος, ἡ δὲ καταστροφὴ ὁμοία καταιγίδι παρῇ, ἢ ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν θλίψις καὶ πολιορκία. ### English translation (Claude) Since I called and you did not listen, and I held out words and you paid no attention, but made my counsels void and disobeyed my reproofs, therefore I too will laugh at your destruction and rejoice when ruin comes upon you, and when tumult comes upon you suddenly, and destruction arrives like a whirlwind, or when affliction and siege come upon you. ### Scripture references - Prov 1:24–27: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 57.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/4/). ## 1 Clement 57.5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/5/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:106–108 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Those who hated wisdom will not find her. ### Greek text 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 translation (Claude) 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. ### Scripture references - Prov 1:28–30: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 57.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/5/). ## 1 Clement 57.6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/6/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:108 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: They will reap what they sowed. ### Greek text τοιγαροῦν ἔδονται τῆς ἑαυτῶν ὁδοῦ τοὺς καρπούς, καὶ τῆς ἑαυτῶν ἀσεβείας πλησθήσονται· ### English translation (Claude) Therefore they will eat the fruits of their own way and be filled with their own ungodliness. ### Scripture references - Prov 1:31: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 57.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/6/). ## 1 Clement 57.7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/7/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:108 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Whoever listens to Wisdom will dwell securely. ### Greek text ἀνθʼ ὧν γὰρ ἠδίκουν νηπίους φονευθήσονται, καὶ ἐξετασμὸς ἀσεβεῖς ὀλεῖ· ὁ δὲ ἐμοῦ ἀκούων κατασκηνώσει ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι πεποιθὼς καὶ ἡσυχάσει ἀφόβως ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) For because they wronged the simple, they will be slain, and inquiry will destroy the ungodly; but the one who listens to me will dwell in hope with confidence and will be at rest without fear of any evil.” ### Scripture references - Prov 1:32: quotation, high confidence - Prov 1:33: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 57.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/57/7/). ## 1 Clement 58.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/58/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:108 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Obey God and dwell securely in his name. ### Greek text Ὑπακούσωμεν οὖν τῷ παναγίῳ καὶ ἐνδόξῳ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ φυγόντες τὰς προειρημένας διὰ τῆς σοφίας τοῖς ἀπειθοῦσιν ἀπειλάς, ἵνα κατασκηνώσωμεν πεποιθότες ἐπὶ τὸ ὁσιώτατον τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ ὄνομα. ### English translation (Claude) Let us therefore obey his all-holy and glorious name, escaping the threats spoken by Wisdom against the disobedient, so that we may dwell in confidence in the most holy name of his majesty. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 58.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/58/1/). ## 1 Clement 58.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/58/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:108–110 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: An oath by God, Christ, and the Spirit: the humble and obedient will be saved. ### Greek text δέξασθε τὴν συμβουλὴν ἡμῶν, καὶ ἔσται ἀμεταμέλητα ὑμῖν. ζῇ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς καὶ ζῇ ὁ κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, ἥ τε πίστις καὶ ἡ ἐλπὶς τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν, ὅτι ὁ ποιήσας ἐν ταπεινοφροσύνῃ μετʼ ἐκτενοῦς ἐπιεικείας ἀμεταμελήτως τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ δεδομένα δικαιώματα καὶ προστάγματα, οὗτος ἐντεταγμένος καὶ ἐλλόγιμος ἔσται εἰς τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν σωζομένων διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, διʼ οὗ ἐστὶν αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν. ### English translation (Claude) Accept our counsel, and you will have nothing to regret. For as God lives, and as the Lord Jesus Christ lives, and the Holy Spirit, the faith and hope of the elect, whoever with humility and eager gentleness keeps without regret the ordinances and commandments given by God will be enrolled and counted among the number of those who are saved through Jesus Christ, through whom be glory to him forever and ever. Amen. ### Translation notes - The oath names God, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit together, an early threefold formula. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 58.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/58/2/). ## 1 Clement 59.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:110 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Disobeying this letter, which speaks God's word, is dangerous. ### Greek text Ἐὰν δέ τινες ἀπειθήσωσιν τοῖς ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ διʼ ἡμῶν εἰρημένοις, γινωσκέτωσαν ὅτι παραπτώσει καὶ κινδύνῳ οὐ μικρῷ ἑαυτοὺς ἐνδήσουσιν. ### English translation (Claude) But if some disobey what has been said by him through us, let them know that they will entangle themselves in transgression and no small danger. ### Translation notes - “Said by him through us”: the Roman church claims to speak God's word in this letter. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 59.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/1/). ## 1 Clement 59.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:110 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Rome will pray that God keep all his elect safe through Christ. ### Greek text ἡμεῖς δὲ ἀθῷοι ἐσόμεθα ἀπὸ ταύτης τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ αἰτησόμεθα ἐκτενῆ τὴν δέησιν καὶ ἱκεσίαν ποιούμενοι, ὅπως τὸν ἀριθμὸν τὸν κατηριθμημένον τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ διαφυλάξῃ ἄθραυστον ὁ δημιουργὸς τῶν ἁπάντων διὰ τοῦ ἠγαπημένου παιδὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, διʼ οὗ ἐκάλεσεν ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς, ἀπὸ ἀγνωσίας εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν δόξης ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ, ### English translation (Claude) But we shall be innocent of this sin, and we shall ask, making earnest prayer and supplication, that the Creator of all things may keep unbroken the number of his elect that has been counted in the whole world, through his beloved Servant Jesus Christ, through whom he called us from darkness to light, from ignorance to the knowledge of the glory of his name, ### Scripture references - Acts 26:18: allusion, medium confidence - 1 Pet 2:9: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - From here to 61.3 the letter becomes a long prayer, probably reflecting the Roman church's prayers in worship. - “Servant” (παῖς): also “Child”; see Mart. Pol. 14.1. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 59.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/2/). ## 1 Clement 59.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:110–112 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The great prayer praises God, who humbles the proud and lifts the lowly. ### Greek text ... ἐλπίζειν ἐπὶ τὸ ἀρχεγόνον πάσης κτίσεως ὄνομά σου, ἀνοίξας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς καρδίας ἡμῶν εἰς τὸ γινώσκειν σε τὸν μόνον ὕψιστον ἐν ὑψίστοις, ἅγιον ἐν ἁγίοις ἀναπαυόμενον, τὸν ταπεινοῦντα ὕβριν ὑπερηφάνων, τὸν διαλύοντα λογισμοὺς ἐθνῶν, τὸν ποιοῦντα ταπεινοὺς εἰς ὕψος καὶ τοὺς ὑψηλοὺς ταπεινοῦντα, τὸν πλουτίζοντα καὶ πτωχίζοντα, τὸν ἀποκτείνοντα καὶ ζῆν ποιοῦντα, μόνον εὑρέτην πνευμάτων καὶ θεὸν πάσης σαρκός· τὸν ἐπιβλέποντα ἐν τοῖς ἀβύσσοις, τὸν ἐπόπτην ἀνθρωπίνων ἔργων, τὸν τῶν κινδυνευόντων βοηθόν, τὸν τῶν ἀπηλπισμένων σωτῆρα, τὸν παντὸς πνεύματος κτίστην καὶ ἐπίσκοπον· τὸν πληθύνοντα ἔθνη ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ ἐκ πάντων ἐκλεξάμενον τοὺς ἀγαπῶντάς σε διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ ἠγαπημένου παιδός σου, διʼ οὗ ἡμᾶς ἐπαίδευσας, ἡγίασας, ἐτίμησας· ### English translation (Claude) [grant us, Lord,] to hope on your name, the source of all creation; open the eyes of our heart to know you, who alone are Highest among the highest, Holy resting among the holy; who humble the insolence of the proud, who destroy the reasonings of the nations, who set the lowly on high and bring low the lofty, who make rich and make poor, who kill and make alive, the only finder of spirits and God of all flesh; who look into the abysses, the overseer of human works, the helper of those in danger, the Savior of those in despair, the Creator and Overseer of every spirit; who multiply the nations on the earth and have chosen from them all those who love you through Jesus Christ, your beloved Servant, through whom you have instructed us, sanctified us, and honored us. ### Scripture references - Eph 1:18: allusion, medium confidence - Isa 57:15: allusion, high confidence - Isa 13:11: allusion, medium confidence - Ps 33:10 (32:10 LXX): allusion, medium confidence - Job 5:11: allusion, medium confidence - 1 Sam 2:7: allusion, high confidence - Luke 1:52: echo, medium confidence - Deut 32:39: allusion, high confidence - 1 Sam 2:6: allusion, medium confidence - Num 16:22: allusion, high confidence - Num 27:16: allusion, medium confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Jdt 9:11 (Judith): allusion, medium confidence - Sir 16:18 (Sirach): echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - “[Grant us, Lord,]”: a few words seem to have dropped out at the start of this section; the text marks the gap, and editors supply words like these from the sense. - “The only finder of spirits” (μόνον εὑρέτην πνευμάτων): so Lake’s text; some editors read εὐεργέτην, “the only benefactor of spirits.” - “Overseer” (ἐπίσκοπον): the word also means “bishop.” ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 59.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/3/). ## 1 Clement 59.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:112 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Intercession for the afflicted, the sick, the hungry, and prisoners. ### Greek text ἀξιοῦμέν σε, δέσποτα, βοηθὸν γενέσθαι καὶ ἀντιλήπτορα ἡμῶν. τοὺς ἐν θλίψει ἡμῶν σῶσον, τοὺς ταπεινοὺς ἐλέησον, τοὺς πεπτωκότας ἔγειρον, τοῖς δεομένοις ἐπιφάνηθι, τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς ἴασαι, τοὺς πλανωμένους τοῦ λαοῦ σου ἐπίστρεψον· χόρτασον τοὺς πεινῶντας, λύτρωσαι τοὺς δεσμίους ἡμῶν, ἐξανάστησον τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας, παρακάλεσον τοὺς ὀλιγοψυχοῦντας· γνώτωσάν σε ἅπαντα τὰ ἔθνη, ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ θεὸς μόνος καὶ Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ὁ παῖς σου καὶ ἡμεῖς λαός σου καὶ πρόβατα τῆς νομῆς σου. ### English translation (Claude) We ask you, Master, to be our helper and protector. Save those of us who are in affliction; have mercy on the lowly; raise the fallen; show yourself to those in need; heal the sick; turn back those of your people who are going astray; feed the hungry; ransom our prisoners; raise up the weak; comfort the fainthearted. Let all the nations know that you are the only God, and Jesus Christ is your Servant, and we are your people and the sheep of your pasture. ### Scripture references - 1 Kgs 8:60: allusion, medium confidence - 2 Kgs 19:19: allusion, medium confidence - Ezek 36:23: allusion, medium confidence - Ps 79:13 (78:13 LXX): allusion, medium confidence - Ps 100:3 (99:3 LXX): allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 59.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/4/). ## 1 Clement 60.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/60/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:112 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Praise of God the faithful Creator, and a prayer for forgiveness. ### Greek text Σὺ γὰρ τὴν ἀέναον τοῦ κόσμου σύστασιν διὰ τῶν ἐνεργουμένων ἐφανεροποίησας· σύ, κύριε, τὴν οἰκουμένην ἔκτισας, ὁ πιστὸς ἐν πάσαις ταῖς γενεαῖς, δίκαιος ἐν τοῖς κρίμασιν, θαυμαστὸς ἐν ἰσχύϊ καὶ μεγαλοπρεπείᾳ, ὁ σοφὸς ἐν τῷ κτίζειν καὶ συνετὸς ἐν τῷ τὰ γενόμενα ἑδράσαι, ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἐν τοῖς ὁρωμένοις καὶ χρηστὸς ἐν τοῖς πεποιθόσιν ἐπὶ σέ, ἐλεῆμον καὶ οἰκτίρμον, ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν καὶ τὰς ἀδικίας καὶ τὰ παραπτώματα καὶ πλημμελείας. ### English translation (Claude) For you, through your works, have made manifest the everlasting structure of the world. You, Lord, created the earth, you who are faithful in all generations, righteous in your judgments, marvelous in strength and majesty, wise in creating and prudent in establishing what exists, good in what is seen and kind to those who trust in you; merciful and compassionate, forgive us our lawless deeds and our unrighteousness and our transgressions and our faults. ### Scripture references - Joel 2:13: allusion, medium confidence - Deut 7:9: echo, medium confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Sir 2:11 (Sirach): allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 60.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/60/1/). ## 1 Clement 60.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/60/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:112–114 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: A prayer for cleansing and right living. ### Greek text μὴ λογίσῃ πᾶσαν ἁμαρτίαν δούλων σου καὶ παιδισκῶν, ἀλλὰ καθάρισον ἡμᾶς τὸν καθαρισμὸν τῆς σῆς ἀληθείας, καὶ κατεύθυνον τὰ διαβήματα ἡμῶν ἐν ὁσιότητι καρδίας πορεύεσθαι καὶ ποιεῖν τὰ καλὰ καὶ εὐάρεστα ἐνώπιόν σου καὶ ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀρχόντων ἡμῶν. ### English translation (Claude) Do not reckon every sin of your servants and handmaids, but cleanse us with the cleansing of your truth, and direct our steps to walk in holiness of heart and to do what is good and pleasing before you and before our rulers. ### Scripture references - Ps 119:133 (118:133 LXX): allusion, medium confidence - 1 Kgs 9:4: echo, medium confidence - Deut 12:28: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 60.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/60/2/). ## 1 Clement 60.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/60/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:114 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: A prayer for God's favor and protection. ### Greek text ναί, δέσποτα, ἐπίφανον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς εἰς ἀγαθὰ ἐν εἰρήνῃ, εἰς τὸ σκεπασθῆναι ἡμᾶς τῇ χειρί σου τῇ κραταιᾷ καὶ ῥυσθῆναι ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας τῷ βραχίονί σου τῷ ὑψηλῷ, καὶ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν μισούντων ἡμᾶς ἀδίκως. ### English translation (Claude) Yes, Master, make your face shine upon us for good in peace, that we may be sheltered by your mighty hand and delivered from every sin by your uplifted arm; and deliver us from those who hate us unjustly. ### Scripture references - Num 6:25: allusion, high confidence - Ps 80:3 (79:4 LXX): allusion, medium confidence - Deut 4:34: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 60.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/60/3/). ## 1 Clement 60.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/60/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:114 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: A prayer for peace for all people. ### Greek text δὸς ὁμόνοιαν καὶ εἰρήνην ἡμῖν τε καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν τὴν γῆν, καθὼς ἔδωκας τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν, ἐπικαλουμένων σε αὐτῶν ὁσίως ἐν πίστει καὶ ἀληθείᾳ, ὑπηκόους γινομένους τῷ παντοκράτορι καὶ ἐνδόξῳ ὀνόματί σου, τοῖς τε ἄρχουσιν καὶ ἡγουμένοις ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. ### English translation (Claude) Give concord and peace to us and to all who dwell on the earth, as you gave to our fathers when they called on you in holiness, in faith and truth, that we may be obedient to your almighty and glorious name, and to our rulers and governors on earth. ### Translation notes - The construction of the last clause is uncertain in the Greek. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 60.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/60/4/). ## 1 Clement 61.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/61/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:114 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: A prayer for the rulers whose authority comes from God. ### Greek text Σύ, δέσποτα, ἔδωκας τὴν ἐξουσίαν τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῖς διὰ τοῦ μεγαλοπρεποῦς καὶ ἀνεκδιηγήτου κράτους σου, εἰς τὸ γινώσκοντας ἡμᾶς τὴν ὑπὸ σοῦ αὐτοῖς δεδομένην δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν ὑποτάσσεσθαι αὐτοῖς, μηδὲν ἐναντιουμένους τῷ θελήματί σου· οἷς δός, κύριε, ὑγίειαν, εἰρήνην, ὁμόνοιαν, εὐστάθειαν, εἰς τὸ διέπειν αὐτοὺς τὴν ὑπὸ σοῦ δεδομένην αὐτοῖς ἡγεμονίαν ἀπροσκόπως. ### English translation (Claude) You, Master, have given them the authority of kingship through your magnificent and indescribable power, so that we, knowing the glory and honor given them by you, may submit to them, in no way opposing your will. Grant them, Lord, health, peace, concord, and stability, so that they may administer without offense the government you have given them. ### Scripture references - Rom 13:1: allusion, medium confidence - 1 Tim 2:2: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - A prayer for the Roman emperor and magistrates, made even in a time of trouble (compare Rom 13:1–7; 1 Tim 2:1–2). ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 61.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/61/1/). ## 1 Clement 61.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/61/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:114–116 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: A prayer that God guide rulers to govern well. ### Greek text σὺ γάρ, δέσποτα ἐπουράνιε, βασιλεῦ τῶν αἰώνων, δίδως τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ ἐξουσίαν τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὑπαρχόντων· σύ, κύριε, διεύθυνον τὴν βουλὴν αὐτῶν κατὰ τὸ καλὸν καὶ εὐάρεστον ἐνώπιόν σου, ὅπως διέποντες ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ πραΰτητι εὐσεβῶς τὴν ὑπὸ σοῦ αὐτοῖς δεδομένην ἐξουσίαν ἵλεώ σου τυγχάνωσιν. ### English translation (Claude) For you, heavenly Master, King of the ages, give to the sons of men glory and honor and authority over the things on the earth. Direct, Lord, their counsel according to what is good and pleasing before you, so that, administering in peace and gentleness with godliness the authority given them by you, they may find you merciful. ### Scripture references - 1 Tim 1:17: echo, medium confidence - Dan 2:37: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 61.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/61/2/). ## 1 Clement 61.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/61/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:116 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The prayer closes with praise through Christ the high priest. ### Greek text ὁ μόνος δυνατὸς ποιῆσαι ταῦτα καὶ περισσότερα ἀγαθὰ μεθʼ ἡμῶν, σοὶ ἐξομολογούμεθα διὰ τοῦ ἀρχιερέως καὶ προστάτου τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, διʼ οὗ σοι ἡ δόξα καὶ ἡ μεγαλωσύνη καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς γενεὰν γενεῶν καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν. ### English translation (Claude) You who alone are able to do these things and far greater good things for us, we praise you through the high priest and guardian of our souls, Jesus Christ, through whom be the glory and majesty to you both now and to all generations and forever and ever. Amen. ### Scripture references - 1 Pet 2:25: echo, medium confidence - Heb 3:1: echo, medium confidence - Eph 3:20: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 61.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/61/3/). ## 1 Clement 62.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/62/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:116 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The letter has said enough about the Christian life. ### Greek text Περὶ μὲν τῶν ἀνηκόντων τῇ θρησκείᾳ ἡμῶν καὶ τῶν ὠφελιμωτάτων εἰς ἐνάρετον βίον τοῖς θέλουσιν εὐσεβῶς καὶ δικαίως διευθύνειν, ἱκανῶς ἐπεστείλαμεν ὑμῖν, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί. ### English translation (Claude) Concerning the things that befit our religion and are most helpful for a virtuous life, for those who wish to direct their lives in godliness and righteousness, we have written to you sufficiently, men and brothers. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 62.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/62/1/). ## 1 Clement 62.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/62/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:116 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Summary of the letter: faith, repentance, love, self-control, and concord. ### Greek text περὶ γὰρ πίστεως καὶ μετανοίας καὶ γνησίας ἀγάπης καὶ ἐγκρατείας καὶ σωφροσύνης καὶ ὑπομονῆς πάντα τόπον ἐψηλαφήσαμεν, ὑπομιμνήσκοντες δεῖν ὑμᾶς ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ καὶ μακροθυμίᾳ τῷ παντοκράτορι θεῷ ὁσίως εὐαρεστεῖν, ὁμονοοῦντας ἀμνησικάκως ἐν ἀγάπῃ καὶ εἰρήνῃ μετὰ ἐκτενοῦς ἐπιεικείας, καθὼς καὶ οἱ προδεδηλωμένοι πατέρες ἡμῶν εὐηρέστησαν ταπεινοφρονοῦντες τὰ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα καὶ κτίστην θεὸν καὶ πάντας ἀνθρώπους. ### English translation (Claude) For we have touched on every topic concerning faith and repentance and genuine love and self-control and sobriety and patience, reminding you that you must please almighty God in righteousness and truth and long-suffering, living in concord without malice, in love and peace with eager gentleness, just as our fathers, of whom we have spoken, pleased him, being humble-minded toward God the Father and Creator and toward all people. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 62.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/62/2/). ## 1 Clement 62.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/62/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:116–118 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: The Corinthians know the scriptures well. ### Greek text καὶ ταῦτα τοσούτῳ ἥδιον ὑπεμνήσαμεν, ἐπειδὴ σαφῶς ᾔδειμεν γράφειν ἡμᾶς ἀνδράσιν πιστοῖς καὶ ἐλλογιμωτάτοις καὶ ἐγκεκυφόσιν εἰς τὰ λόγια τῆς παιδείας τοῦ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) And we have reminded you of these things all the more gladly because we knew clearly that we were writing to men who are faithful and highly esteemed and have looked into the oracles of God's instruction. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 62.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/62/3/). ## 1 Clement 63.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/63/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:118 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Submit and end the faction. ### Greek text Θεμιτὸν οὖν ἐστὶν τοῖς τοιούτοις καὶ τοσούτοις ὑποδείγμασιν προσελθόντας ὑποθεῖναι τὸν τράχηλον καὶ τὸν τῆς ὑπακοῆς τόπον ἀναπληρῶσαι, ὅπως ἡσυχάσαντες τῆς ματαίας στάσεως ἐπὶ τὸν προκείμενον ἡμῖν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ σκοπὸν δίχα παντὸς μώμου καταντήσωμεν. ### English translation (Claude) It is right, therefore, that we who have come to such great and numerous examples should bow our necks and take the place of obedience, so that, ceasing from the vain faction, we may attain the goal set before us in truth, free from all blame. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 63.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/63/1/). ## 1 Clement 63.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/63/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:118 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Obey this letter, written through the Spirit, and end the quarrel. ### Greek text χαρὰν γὰρ καὶ ἀγαλλίασιν ἡμῖν παρέξετε, ἐὰν ὑπήκοοι γενόμενοι τοῖς ὑφʼ ἡμῶν γεγραμμένοις διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐκκόψητε τὴν ἀθέμιτον τοῦ ζήλους ὑμῶν ὀργὴν κατὰ τὴν ἔντευξιν, ἣν ἐποιησάμεθα περὶ εἰρήνης καὶ ὁμονοίας ἐν τῇδε τῇ ἐπιστολῇ. ### English translation (Claude) For you will give us joy and gladness if you obey what we have written through the Holy Spirit and root out the lawless anger of your jealousy, according to the appeal for peace and concord that we have made in this letter. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 63.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/63/2/). ## 1 Clement 63.3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/63/3/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:118 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Rome has sent trustworthy envoys. ### Greek text ἐπέμψαμεν δὲ ἄνδρας πιστοὺς καὶ σώφρονας ἀπὸ νεότητος ἀναστραφέντας ἕως γήρους ἀμέμπτως ἐν ἡμῖν, οἵτινες καὶ μάρτυρες ἔσονται μεταξὺ ὑμῶν καὶ ἡμῶν. ### English translation (Claude) We have sent faithful and prudent men who have lived among us blamelessly from youth to old age, who will also be witnesses between you and us. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 63.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/63/3/). ## 1 Clement 63.4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/63/4/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:118 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Rome's only concern is Corinth's peace. ### Greek text τοῦτο δὲ ἐποιήσαμεν, ἵνα εἰδῆτε, ὅτι πᾶσα ἡμῖν φροντὶς καὶ γέγονεν καὶ ἔστιν εἰς τὸ ἐν τάχει ὑμᾶς εἰρηνεῦσαι. ### English translation (Claude) We have done this so that you may know that our whole concern has been and is that you may quickly be at peace. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 63.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/63/4/). ## 1 Clement 64.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/64/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:118–120 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: A closing blessing through Christ the high priest. ### Greek text Λοιπὸν ὁ παντεπόπτης θεὸς καὶ δεσπότης τῶν πνευμάτων καὶ κύριος πάσης σαρκός, ὁ ἐκλεξάμενος τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν καὶ ἡμᾶς διʼ αὐτοῦ εἰς λαὸν περιούσιον, δῴη πάσῃ ψυχῇ ἐπικεκλημένῃ τὸ μεγαλοπρεπὲς καὶ ἅγιον ὄνομα αὐτοῦ πίστιν, φόβον, εἰρήνην, ὑπομονὴν καὶ μακροθυμίαν, ἐγκράτειαν, ἁγνείαν, σωφροσύνην, εἰς εὐαρέστησιν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦ ἀρχιερέως καὶ προστάτου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, διʼ οὗ αὐτῷ δόξα καὶ μεγαλωσύνη, κράτος καὶ τιμή, καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν. ### English translation (Claude) Finally, may the all-seeing God and Master of spirits and Lord of all flesh, who chose the Lord Jesus Christ and us through him to be his own special people, grant to every soul that has called upon his magnificent and holy name faith, fear, peace, patience and long-suffering, self-control, purity, and sobriety, so that they may be well pleasing to his name, through our high priest and guardian Jesus Christ, through whom be glory and majesty, might and honor to him, both now and forever and ever. Amen. ### Scripture references - Num 16:22: allusion, medium confidence - Num 27:16: allusion, medium confidence - Heb 12:9: echo, medium confidence - Deut 14:2: allusion, medium confidence - Titus 2:14: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 64.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/64/1/). ## 1 Clement 65.1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/65/1/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:120 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Send back the Roman envoys with news of peace. ### Greek text Τοὺς δὲ ἀπεσταλμένους ἀφʼ ἡμῶν Κλαύδιον Ἔφηβον καὶ Οὐαλέριον Βίτωνα σὺν καὶ Φορτουνάτῳ ἐν εἰρήνῃ μετὰ χαρᾶς ἐν τάχει ἀναπέμψατε πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ὅπως θᾶττον τὴν εὐκταίαν καὶ ἐπιποθήτην ἡμῖν εἰρήνην καὶ ὁμόνοιαν ἀπαγγέλλωσιν, εἰς τὸ τάχιον καὶ ἡμᾶς χαρῆναι περὶ τῆς εὐσταθείας ὑμῶν. ### English translation (Claude) Send back to us quickly, in peace and with joy, our envoys Claudius Ephebus and Valerius Bito, together with Fortunatus, so that they may report the sooner the peace and concord we pray and long for, so that we too may the more quickly rejoice over your good order. ### Translation notes - The names Claudius and Valerius suggest freedmen of the imperial household. Fortunatus may be the Corinthian named in 1 Cor 16:17. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 65.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/65/1/). ## 1 Clement 65.2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/65/2/ - Source: Lake, LCL 24:120 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 Summary: Final blessing and doxology. ### Greek text Ἡ χάρις τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μεθʼ ὑμῶν καὶ μετὰ πάντων πανταχῆ τῶν κεκλημένων ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ διʼ αὐτοῦ, διʼ οὗ αὐτῷ δόξα, τιμή, κράτος καὶ μεγαλωσύνη, θρόνος αἰώνιος, ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν. Ἐπιστολὴ τῶν Ῥωμαίων πρὸς τοὺς Κορινθίους. ### English translation (Claude) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you and with all everywhere who have been called by God through him, through whom be glory, honor, might and majesty, an eternal throne, to him, from the ages to the ages of ages. Amen. [The letter of the Romans to the Corinthians.] ### Scripture references - Rom 16:20: echo, medium confidence - 1 Cor 16:23: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The last line is the closing title in the manuscript. ### Citation (SBL) 1 Clem. 65.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/65/2/).