Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 10.1.6 (40.6)

Summary: Those who fear God understand quickly.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:112–114

οἱ δὲ φόβον ἔχοντες θεοῦ καὶ ἐρευνῶντες περὶ θεότητος καὶ ἀληθείας καὶ τὴν καρδίαν ἔχοντες πρὸς τὸν κύριον, πάντα τὰ λεγόμενα αὐτοῖς τάχιον νοοῦσι καὶ συνίουσιν, ὅτι ἔχουσι τὸν φόβον τοῦ κυρίου ἐν ἑαυτοῖς· ὅπου γὰρ ὁ κύριος κατοικεῖ, ἐκεῖ καὶ σύνεσις πολλή. κολλήθητι οὖν τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ πάντα συνήσεις καὶ νοήσεις.

English · Claude translation

But those who have the fear of God and search about the divine nature and truth, and have their heart toward the Lord, understand and grasp quickly everything that is said to them, because they have the fear of the Lord in themselves; for where the Lord dwells, there also is much understanding. Cling, then, to the Lord, and you will understand and grasp everything.

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 25:112–114 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 70–137 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.

Cite this passage

Herm. Mand. 10.1.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/10/1/6/).

Plain text

Herm. Mand. 10.1.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/10/1/6/).