Sophia Scriptura

Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 11.17 (43.17)

Hermas · Shepherd of Hermas: Mandates · ca. 100–150 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Trust the Spirit from God, not the earthly spirit.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:122

σὺ δὲ πίστευε τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἐρχομένῳ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἔχοντι δύναμιν· τῷ δὲ πνεύματι τῷ ἐπιγείῳ καὶ κενῷ μηδὲν πίστευε, ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ δύναμις οὐκ ἔστιν· ἀπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου γὰρ ἔρχεται.

English · Claude translation

But you, trust the Spirit that comes from God and has power; but trust nothing to the earthly and empty spirit, because there is no power in it; for it comes from the devil.

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Source
Lake, LCL 25:122 · 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.

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Herm. Mand. 11.17 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/11/17/).

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Herm. Mand. 11.17 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/11/17/).

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