Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 8.5 (38.5)

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

Summary: More vices: theft, lying, greed, deceit, vanity.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:104

Ἔτι γάρ, φημί, κύριε, πονηρὰ ἔργα ἐστί; Καί γε πολλά, φησίν, ἔστιν, ἀφʼ ὧν δεῖ τὸν δοῦλον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγκρατεύεσθαι· κλέμμα, ψεῦδος, ἀποστέρησις, ψευδομαρτυρία, πλεονεξία, ἐπιθυμία πονηρά, ἀπάτη, κενοδοξία, ἀλαζονεία καὶ ὅσα τούτοις ὅμοιά εἰσιν.

English · Claude translation

“Are there still other evil works, sir?” I said. “Yes, many,” he said, “from which the servant of God must refrain: theft, falsehood, robbery, false witness, greed, evil desire, deceit, vainglory, boasting, and whatever is like these.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:104 · 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.
Topics: Ethics

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Herm. Mand. 8.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/8/5/).

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Herm. Mand. 8.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/8/5/).

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