2 Clement 18.2

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

Summary: The preacher confesses he is a sinner still striving for righteousness.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:158

καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς πανθαμαρτωλὸς ὢν καὶ μήπω φυγὼν τὸν πειρασμόν, ἀλλʼ ἔτι ὢν ἐν μέσοις τοῖς ὀργάνοις τοῦ διαβόλου σπουδάζω τὴν δικαιοσύνην διώκειν, ὅπως ἰσχύσω κἂν ἐγγὺς αὐτῆς γενέσθαι, φοβούμενος τὴν κρίσιν τὴν μέλλουσαν.

English · Claude translation

For I myself, being an utter sinner and not yet having escaped temptation, but still being in the midst of the devil's instruments, am eager to pursue righteousness, so that I may be able at least to come near it, fearing the judgment to come.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:158 · 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 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: Ethics

Notes

Translation notes

The preacher speaks of himself; a rare personal glimpse in the sermon.

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2 Clem. 18.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/18/2/).

Plain text

2 Clem. 18.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/18/2/).

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