Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 3.9.2 (17.2)

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

Summary: Share food with the needy; do not consume in excess alone.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:50

νῦν οὖν ἀκούσατέ μου καὶ εἰρηνεύετε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ ἐπισκέπτεσθε ἀλλήλους καὶ ἀντιλαμβάνεσθε ἀλλήλων, καὶ μὴ μόνοι τὰ κτίσματα τοῦ θεοῦ μεταλαμβάνετε ἐκ καταχύματος, ἀλλὰ μεταδίδοτε καὶ τοῖς ὑστερουμένοις·

English · Claude translation

Now, then, listen to me, and be at peace among yourselves, and look after one another and help one another; and do not partake of God's creatures in excess by yourselves alone, but share them also with those in need.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:50 · 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.
Topics: Ethics

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Herm. Vis. 3.9.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/3/9/2/).

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Herm. Vis. 3.9.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/3/9/2/).

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