# Didache 1.6

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Didache](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/) (*Doctrina duodecim apostolorum*)
- Date: ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:310; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 308–333 (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/didache/1/6/

Summary: Give with care, knowing to whom you give.

## Greek text

ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τούτου δὲ εἴρηται· Ἱδρωσάτω ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη σου εἰς τὰς χεῖράς σου, μέχρις ἂν γνῷς, τίνι δῷς.

## English translation (Claude)

But concerning this it has also been said: “Let your alms sweat in your hands until you know to whom to give.”

## Extrabiblical texts

- Sir 12:1 (Sirach): allusion, low confidence

## Translation notes

- The source of this saying is unknown; it may be a free form of Sir 12:1.

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 1.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/1/6/).