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Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 3.4 (28.4)

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

Summary: A servant of God must walk in truth and not grieve the spirit.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:74–76

Σὺ μέν, φησί, καλῶς καὶ ἀληθῶς φρονεῖς· ἔδει γάρ σε ὡς θεοῦ δοῦλον ἐν ἀληθείᾳ πορεύεσθαι, καὶ πονηρὰν συνείδησιν μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος τῆς ἀληθείας μὴ κατοικεῖν μηδὲ λύπην ἐπάγειν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ σεμνῷ καὶ ἀληθεῖ. Οὐδέποτε, φημί, κύριε, τοιαῦτα ῥήματα ἀκριβῶς ἤκουσα.

English · Claude translation

“You think well and truly,” he said; “for you ought, as God's servant, to walk in truth, and an evil conscience ought not to dwell with the spirit of truth, nor bring grief to the reverent and true spirit.” “Never, sir,” I said, “have I heard such words so clearly.”

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Lake, LCL 25:74–76 · 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
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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. 3.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/3/4/).

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