# 2 Clement 11.2

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [2 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/) (*Clementis ad Corinthios epistula secunda*)
- Date: ca. 100–150 (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:144; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 128–161 (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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/11/2/

Summary: The prophetic word warns the doubters who say the promises never come.

## Greek text

λέγει γὰρ καὶ ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος· Ταλαίπωροί εἰσιν οἱ δίψυχοι, οἱ διστάζοντες τῇ καρδίᾳ, οἱ λέγοντες· Ταῦτα πάλαι ἠκούσαμεν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας προσδεχόμενοι οὐδὲν τούτων ἑωράκαμεν.

## English translation (Claude)

For the prophetic word also says, “Wretched are the double-minded, who doubt in their heart, who say, ‘We heard these things long ago, even in our fathers' time, but we, waiting day after day, have seen none of them.’

## Translation notes

- The same unidentified quotation appears in 1 Clem. 23.3–4, where it is called “scripture”; its source is unknown (perhaps a lost apocryphal book).

## Citation (SBL)

2 Clem. 11.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/11/2/).