Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 6.1.4 (35.4)

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

Summary: The straight way is smooth.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:94

οἱ δὲ τῇ ὀρθῇ ὁδῷ πορευόμενοι ὁμαλῶς περιπατοῦσι καὶ ἀπροσκόπως· οὔτε γὰρ τραχεῖά ἐστιν οὔτε ἀκανθώδης. βλέπεις οὖν, ὅτι συμφορώτερόν ἐστι ταύτῃ τῇ ὁδῷ πορεύεσθαι.

English · Claude translation

But those who walk in the straight way walk evenly and without stumbling; for it is neither rough nor thorny. You see, then, that it is better to walk in this way.”

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:94 · 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. 6.1.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/6/1/4/).

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Herm. Mand. 6.1.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/6/1/4/).

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