Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 9.26.8 (103.8)

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

Summary: Slanderers can still be saved by repentance.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:282

οὗτοι οὖν κολοβοί εἰσιν ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως αὐτῶν διὰ τὴν πρᾶξιν, ἣν ἔχουσιν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς· τινὲς δὲ μετενόησαν καὶ ἐσώθησαν. καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄντες δύνανται σωθῆναι, ἐὰν μετανοήσωσιν· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ μετανοήσωσιν, ἀπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν ἐκείνων, ὧν τὴν δύναμιν ἔχουσιν, ἀποθανοῦνται.

English · Claude translation

These, then, are cut short from their faith because of the conduct they have in them; but some repented and were saved. And the rest who are such can be saved if they repent; but if they do not repent, they will die at the hands of those women whose power they have.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:282 · 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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Herm. Sim. 9.26.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/9/26/8/).

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Herm. Sim. 9.26.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/9/26/8/).

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