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Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 12.2.4 (45.4)

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

Summary: Armed with the fear of God, resist, and evil desire will flee.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:126–128

σὺ δὲ ἔνδυσαι τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τῆς δικαιοσύνης, καὶ καθοπλισάμενος τὸν φόβον τοῦ κυρίου ἀντίστηθι αὐταῖς· ὁ γὰρ φόβος τοῦ θεοῦ κατοικεῖ ἐν τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ τῇ ἀγαθῇ. ἡ ἐπιθυμία ἡ πονηρὰ ἐὰν ἴδῃ σε καθωπλισμένον τῷ φόβῳ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθεστηκότα αὐτῇ, φεύξεται ἀπὸ σοῦ μακρὰν καὶ οὐκέτι σοι ὀφθήσεται φοβουμένη τὰ ὅπλα σου.

English · Claude translation

But you, put on the desire of righteousness, and armed with the fear of the Lord resist them; for the fear of God dwells in good desire. If evil desire sees you armed with the fear of God and resisting it, it will flee far from you and will no longer be seen by you, fearing your weapons.

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Lake, LCL 25:126–128 · 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. 12.2.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/12/2/4/).

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Herm. Mand. 12.2.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/12/2/4/).

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