1 Clement 59.1

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

Summary: Disobeying this letter, which speaks God's word, is dangerous.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:110

Ἐὰν δέ τινες ἀπειθήσωσιν τοῖς ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ διʼ ἡμῶν εἰρημένοις, γινωσκέτωσαν ὅτι παραπτώσει καὶ κινδύνῳ οὐ μικρῷ ἑαυτοὺς ἐνδήσουσιν.

But if some disobey what has been said by him through us, let them know that they will entangle themselves in transgression and no small danger.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:110 · 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: Church office

“Said by him through us”: the Roman church claims to speak God's word in this letter.

1 Clem. 59.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/1/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 59.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/1/).