# Didache 12.1

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Didache](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/) (*Doctrina duodecim apostolorum*)
- Date: ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:328; 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/12/1/

Summary: Welcome travelers in the Lord's name, but test them.

## Greek text

Πᾶς δὲ ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου δεχθήτω· ἔπειτα δὲ δοκιμάσαντες αὐτὸν γνώσεσθε, σύνεσιν γὰρ ἕξετε δεξιὰν καὶ ἀριστεράν.

## English translation (Claude)

Let everyone who comes in the name of the Lord be received; and then, when you have tested him, you will know him, for you will have understanding of right and left.

## Scripture references

- Ps 118:26 (117:26 LXX): echo, low confidence

## Translation notes

- “Right and left”: true and false.

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 12.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/12/1/).