# 2 Clement 17.5

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [2 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/) (*Clementis ad Corinthios epistula secunda*)
- Date: ca. 100–150 (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:156–158; 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/17/5/

Summary: Unbelievers will see Christ's glory and lament; their punishment has no end.

## Greek text

καὶ ὄψονται τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ κράτος οἱ ἄπιστοι, καὶ ξενισθήσονται ἰδόντες τὸ βασίλειον τοῦ κόσμου ἐν τῷ Ἰησοῦ, λέγοντες· Οὐαὶ ἡμῖν, ὅτι σὺ ἦς, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδειμεν καὶ οὐκ ἐπιστεύομεν καὶ οὐκ ἐπειθόμεθα τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις τοῖς ἀναγγέλλουσιν ἡμῖν περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν. καὶ ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτήσει καὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτῶν οὐ σβεσθήσεται, καὶ ἔσονται εἰς ὅρασιν πάσῃ σαρκί,

## English translation (Claude)

And the unbelievers “will see his glory” and power, and they will be astonished when they see the kingdom of the world in the hands of Jesus, saying, “Woe to us, because it was you, and we did not know, and did not believe, and did not obey the presbyters who told us about our salvation.” And “their worm will not die, and their fire will not be quenched, and they will be a spectacle to all flesh.”

## Scripture references

- Isa 66:18: allusion, high confidence
- Isa 66:24: quotation, high confidence
- Rev 11:15: echo, low confidence

## Translation notes

- “In the hands of Jesus” (ἐν τῷ Ἰησοῦ): literally “in Jesus”, that is, belonging to him.

## Citation (SBL)

2 Clem. 17.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/17/5/).