Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 6.2.9 (36.9)

Summary: Follow the good angel; renounce the evil one.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:98

βλέπεις οὖν, φησίν, ὅτι καλόν ἐστι τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἀκολουθεῖν, τῷ δὲ ἀγγέλῳ τῆς πονηρίας ἀποτάξασθαι.

You see, then,” he said, “that it is good to follow the angel of righteousness and to renounce the angel of wickedness.

Source: Lake, LCL 25:98 · 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.

Herm. Mand. 6.2.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/6/2/9/).

Plain text

Herm. Mand. 6.2.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/6/2/9/).