1 Clement 23.1

Clement of Rome · 1 Clement · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Rome · Read in context

Summary: The merciful Father gives graciously to the single-minded.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:48–50

Ὁ οἰκτίρμων κατὰ πάντα καὶ εὐεργετικὸς πατὴρ ἔχει σπλάγχνα ἐπὶ τοὺς φοβουμένους αὐτόν, ἠπίως τε καὶ προσηνῶς τὰς χάριτας αὐτοῦ ἀποδιδοῖ τοῖς προσερχομένοις αὐτῷ ἁπλῇ διανοίᾳ.

English · Claude translation

The Father, who is merciful in all things and kind, has compassion on those who fear him, and gently and graciously gives his favors to those who come to him with a single mind.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:48–50 · 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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Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): διανοιᾳ → διανοίᾳ.

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1 Clem. 23.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/23/1/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 23.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/23/1/).

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