# Didache 4.7

- 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/4/7/

Summary: Give without hesitation or grumbling; God will repay.

## Greek text

οὐ διστάσεις δοῦναι οὐδὲ διδοὺς γογγύσεις· γνώσῃ γάρ, τίς ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ μισθοῦ καλὸς ἀνταποδότης.

## English translation (Claude)

You shall not hesitate to give, nor grumble when you give; for you will know who is the good paymaster of the reward.

## Scripture references

- 2 Cor 9:7: echo, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 4.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/4/7/).