# Didache 4.14

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Didache](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/) (*Doctrina duodecim apostolorum*)
- Date: ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:316; 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/4/14/

Summary: Confess your sins in the assembly and pray with a clean conscience.

## Greek text

ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐξομολογήσῃ τὰ παραπτώματά σου, καὶ οὐ προσελεύσῃ ἐπὶ προσευχήν σου ἐν συνειδήσει πονηρᾷ· αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ὁδὸς τῆς ζωῆς.

## English translation (Claude)

In the assembly you shall confess your transgressions, and you shall not come to your prayer with an evil conscience. This is the way of life.

## Scripture references

- Jas 5:16: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- “In the assembly” (ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ): in the gathered church; compare Jas 5:16.

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 4.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/4/14/).