Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 12.6.5 (49.5)

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

Summary: A pure heart keeps the commandments.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:136

Φυλάξεις, φησίν, ἐὰν ἡ καρδία σου καθαρὰ γένηται πρὸς κύριον· καὶ πάντες δὲ φυλάξουσιν, ὅσοι ἂν καθαρίσωσιν ἑαυτῶν τὰς καρδίας ἀπὸ τῶν ματαίων ἐπιθυμιῶν τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου, καὶ ζήσονται τῷ θεῷ.

English · Claude translation

“You will keep them,” he said, “if your heart is pure toward the Lord; and all will keep them who cleanse their hearts from the vain desires of this world, and they will live to God.”

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:136 · 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. 12.6.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/12/6/5/).

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Herm. Mand. 12.6.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/12/6/5/).

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