# Didache 4.1

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Didache](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/) (*Doctrina duodecim apostolorum*)
- Date: ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:314; 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/4/1/

Summary: Honor the one who teaches you God's word as you would the Lord.

## Greek text

Τέκνον μου, τοῦ λαλοῦντός σοι τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ μνησθήσῃ νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας, τιμήσεις δὲ αὐτὸν ὡς κύριον· ὅθεν γὰρ ἡ κυριότης λαλεῖται, ἐκεῖ κύριός ἐστιν.

## English translation (Claude)

My child, you shall remember night and day the one who speaks the word of God to you, and you shall honor him as the Lord; for where the Lord's lordship is spoken of, there the Lord is.

## Scripture references

- Heb 13:7: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- “Lordship” (κυριότης): what belongs to the Lord, his authority and teaching.

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 4.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/4/1/).