# Didache 4.6

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Didache](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/) (*Doctrina duodecim apostolorum*)
- Date: ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:314–316; 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/4/6/

Summary: Give from your earnings as a ransom for your sins.

## Greek text

ἐὰν ἔχῃς διὰ τῶν χειρῶν σου, δώσεις λύτρωσιν ἁμαρτιῶν σου.

## English translation (Claude)

If you have anything through the work of your hands, you shall give a ransom for your sins.

## Scripture references

- Dan 4:27: echo, medium confidence

## Extrabiblical texts

- Tob 12:9 (Tobit): echo, low confidence

## Translation notes

- The idea that almsgiving atones for sin appears in Jewish and early Christian writings (compare Dan 4:27; Tob 12:9; 1 Pet 4:8).

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 4.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/4/6/).