# 2 Clement 8.5

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [2 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/) (*Clementis ad Corinthios epistula secunda*)
- Date: ca. 100–150 (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:140; 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/8/5/

Summary: The gospel: faithful in little, faithful in much.

## Greek text

λέγει γὰρ ὁ κύριος ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ· Εἰ τὸ μικρὸν οὐκ ἐτηρήσατε, τὸ μέγα τίς ὑμῖν δώσει; λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὁ πιστὸς ἐν ἐλαχίστῳ καὶ ἐν πολλῷ πιστός ἐστιν.

## English translation (Claude)

For the Lord says in the gospel, “If you did not keep what is small, who will give you what is great? For I tell you that whoever is faithful in very little is faithful also in much.”

## Scripture references

- Luke 16:10: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 16:11: allusion, medium confidence
- Luke 16:12: allusion, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- “In the gospel”: one of the earliest uses of the word for a written Gospel. The first sentence is not found in the canonical Gospels; the second is close to Luke 16:10.

## Citation (SBL)

2 Clem. 8.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/8/5/).