2 Clement 15.4

Anonymous · 2 Clement · ca. 100–150 · place unknown · Read in context

Summary: God is readier to give than we are to ask.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:152

τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ ῥῆμα μεγάλης ἐστιν ἐπαγγελίας σημεῖον· ἑτοιμότερον γὰρ ἑαυτὸν λέγει ὁ κύριος εἰς τὸ διδόναι τοῦ αἰτοῦντος.

For this word is the sign of a great promise; for the Lord says that he is more ready to give than the one who asks.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:152 · 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 translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
Topics: Prayer

2 Clem. 15.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/15/4/).

Plain text

2 Clem. 15.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/15/4/).