Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 9.23.5 (100.5)

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

Summary: Put away grudges, and the Lord will heal your sins.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:276–278

λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς μετανοίας· ὅσοι ταύτην ἔχετε τὴν αἵρεσιν ἀπόθεσθε αὐτὴν καὶ μετανοήσατε, καὶ ὁ κύριος ἰάσεται ὑμῶν τὰ πρότερα ἁμαρτήματα, ἐὰν καθαρίσητε ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ τούτου τοῦ δαιμονίου· εἰ δὲ μή, παραδοθήσεσθε αὐτῷ εἰς θάνατον.

English · Claude translation

I, the angel of repentance, say to you: all of you who have this attitude, put it away and repent, and the Lord will heal your former sins, if you cleanse yourselves from this demon; but if not, you will be handed over to it for death.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 25:276–278 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 138–305 · 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), and from the ancient Latin version where Lake prints it because the Greek is lost (from Sim. 9.30.3); made independently of existing English translations.

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Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (dropped letter)): μετανήσατε → μετανοήσατε.

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Herm. Sim. 9.23.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/9/23/5/).

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Herm. Sim. 9.23.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/9/23/5/).

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