1 Clement 11.1

Summary: Lot was saved from Sodom because of his hospitality.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:26

Διὰ φιλοξενίαν καὶ εὐσέβειαν Λὼτ ἐσώθη ἐκ Σοδόμων, τῆς περιχώρου πάσης κριθείσης διὰ πυρὸς καὶ θείου, πρόδηλον ποιήσας ὁ δεσπότης, ὅτι τοὺς ἐλπίζοντας ἐπʼ αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐγκαταλείπει, τοὺς δὲ ἑτεροκλινεῖς ὑπάρχοντας εἰς κόλασιν καὶ αἰκισμὸν τίθησιν.

English · Claude translation

Because of his hospitality and godliness Lot was saved from Sodom, when the whole surrounding region was judged by fire and brimstone. The Master made it plain that he does not forsake those who hope in him, but hands over to punishment and torment those who turn aside.

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Lake, LCL 24:26 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in Lake, LCL 24. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
Compare
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made) · That translation lacks 57.7–63.4 (a missing leaf in its manuscript); vol. 9 (1896) translates the complete text.
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1 Clem. 11.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/11/1/).

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1 Clem. 11.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/11/1/).

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