Sophia Scriptura

2 Clement 2.7

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

Summary: Christ came to save the perishing, and called us.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:130–132

οὕτως καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠθέλησεν σῶσαι τὰ ἀπολλύμενα, καὶ ἔσωσεν πολλούς, ἐλθὼν καὶ καλέσας ἡμᾶς ἤδη ἀπολλυμένους.

English · Claude translation

So also Christ willed to save what was perishing, and he saved many, coming and calling us who were already perishing.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:130–132 · 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.
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2 Clem. 2.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/2/7/).

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2 Clem. 2.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/2/7/).

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