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1 Clement 30.1

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

Summary: As God's holy portion, flee slander, impurity, drunkenness, rebellion, adultery, and pride.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:58

Ἁγίου οὖν μερὶς ὑπάρχοντες ποιήσωμεν τὰ τοῦ ἁγιασμοῦ πάντα, φεύγοντες καταλαλιάς, μιαράς τε καὶ ἀνάγνους συμπλοκάς, μέθας τε καὶ νεωτερισμοὺς καὶ βδελυκτὰς ἐπιθυμίας, μυσερὰν μοιχείαν, βδελυκτὴν ὑπερηφανίαν.

English · Claude translation

Since, then, we are the portion of the Holy One, let us do all the things of holiness, fleeing slander, foul and impure embraces, drunkenness and rebellion and detestable desires, abominable adultery, detestable pride.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:58 · 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.
Topics
Ethics

Notes

Translation notes

  • “Adultery” (μοιχείαν) and “impure embraces”: see the glossary.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing breathing)): Αγίου → Ἁγίου.

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1 Clem. 30.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/1/).

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1 Clem. 30.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/30/1/).

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