# 2 Clement 5.1

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [2 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/) (*Clementis ad Corinthios epistula secunda*)
- Date: ca. 100–150 (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:134; 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/5/1/

Summary: We are only sojourners; do God's will and do not fear leaving this world.

## Greek text

Ὅθεν, ἀδελφοί, καταλείψαντες τὴν παροικίαν τοῦ κόσμου τούτου ποιήσωμεν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ καλέσαντος ἡμᾶς, καὶ μὴ φοβηθῶμεν ἐξελθεῖν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου.

## English translation (Claude)

Therefore, brothers, let us leave our sojourn in this world and do the will of him who called us, and let us not be afraid to depart from this world.

## Scripture references

- 1 Pet 1:17: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- “Sojourn” (παροικία): living as a resident foreigner; compare the greeting of 1 Clement and 1 Pet 1:17.

## Citation (SBL)

2 Clem. 5.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/5/1/).