Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 1.3.2 (3.2)

Summary: Keep admonishing your children; if they repent they will be written in the book of life.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:12–14

ἀλλʼ ἡ πολυσπλαγχνία τοῦ κυρίου ἠλέησέν σε καὶ τὸν οἶκόν σου καὶ ἰσχυροποιήσει σε καὶ θεμελιώσει σε ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ. σὺ μόνον μὴ ῥᾳθυμήσῃς, ἀλλὰ εὐψύχει καὶ ἰσχυροποίει σου τὸν οἶκον. ὡς γὰρ ὁ χαλκεὺς σφυροκοπῶν τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ περιγίνεται τοῦ πράγματος οὗ θέλει, οὕτω καὶ ὁ λόγος ὁ καθημερινὸς ὁ δίκαιος περιγίνεται πάσης πονηρίας. μὴ διαλίπῃς οὖν νουθετῶν σου τὰ τέκνα. οἶδα γάρ, ὅτι, ἐὰν μετανοήσουσιν ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας αὐτῶν, ἐνγραφήσονται εἰς τὰς βίβλους τῆς ζωῆς μετὰ τῶν ἁγίων.

English · Claude translation

But the great mercy of the Lord has had pity on you and your household, and will strengthen you and establish you in his glory. Only do not be careless, but take courage and strengthen your household. For as the smith hammering his work masters the thing he wants, so also the daily righteous word masters all wickedness. Do not stop admonishing your children. For I know that if they repent with all their heart, they will be enrolled in the books of life with the saints.”

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 25:12–14 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 6–71 · 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.

Scripture

Phil 4:3 · echo, low confidence
Rev 3:5 · echo, low confidence

Cite this passage

Herm. Vis. 1.3.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/1/3/2/).

Plain text

Herm. Vis. 1.3.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/1/3/2/).