Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate 9.10 (39.10)

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

Summary: Faith accomplishes all; doubt fails at everything.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:110

καταφρόνησον οὖν τῆς διψυχίας καὶ κατακυρίευσον αὐτῆς ἐν παντὶ πράγματι, ἐνδυσάμενος τὴν πίστιν τὴν ἰσχυρὰν καὶ δυνατήν· ἡ γὰρ πίστις πάντα ἐπαγγέλλεται, πάντα τελειοῖ, ἡ δὲ διψυχία μὴ καταπιστεύουσα ἑαυτῇ πάντων ἀποτυγχάνει τῶν ἔργων αὐτῆς ὧν πράσσει.

English · Claude translation

Despise, then, double-mindedness and master it in every matter, putting on faith that is strong and powerful; for faith promises everything and accomplishes everything, but double-mindedness, not trusting itself, fails in all the works it does.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:110 · 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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Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): ἔργων αὐτῇς → ἔργων αὐτῆς.

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Herm. Mand. 9.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/9/10/).

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Herm. Mand. 9.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-mand/9/10/).

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