# 2 Clement 16.3

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [2 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/) (*Clementis ad Corinthios epistula secunda*)
- Date: ca. 100–150 (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:154; 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/16/3/

Summary: The day of judgment is coming like a furnace; every deed will be revealed.

## Greek text

γινώσκετε δέ, ὅτι ἔρχεται ἤδη ἡ ἡμέρα τῆς κρίσεως ὡς κλίβανος καιόμενος, καὶ τακήσονταί τινες τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ ὡς μόλιβος ἐπὶ πυρὶ τηκόμενος· καὶ τότε φανήσεται τὰ κρύφια καὶ φανερὰ ἔργα τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

## English translation (Claude)

But you know that the day of judgment is already coming like a burning oven, and some of the heavens will melt, and the whole earth like lead melting in fire; and then the secret and the open works of men will be made manifest.

## Scripture references

- Mal 4:1 (3:19 LXX): allusion, high confidence
- Isa 34:4: allusion, medium confidence
- 2 Pet 3:10: echo, medium confidence
- 2 Pet 3:12: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- “Some of the heavens will melt”: so the text; some editors emend to “the powers of the heavens.”

## Citation (SBL)

2 Clem. 16.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/16/3/).