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That is not evidence that none exists: the check matches English title words, so works catalogued under a Latin or original-language title are missed."},"publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-15T17:37:09Z","cost_usd":0.009561},"source":{"registry_id":null,"work_id":"khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","edition":"khazarzar","language":"","license":"Migne PG text (public domain); khazarzar host and the digitising project state no licence for this layer","url":null},"stats":{"passages":17,"english_words":3871,"coptic_letters":0,"source_letters":15225,"commentary_units":102,"commentary_kinds":8,"derived_notes":0,"ambiguities":31,"work_notes":4,"external_links":2,"timeline":4},"summary":{"work":"khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","abstract":"2 Clement is a mid-2nd-century Greek homily or letter falsely attributed to Clement of Rome. Surviving only as an appendix to 1 Clement in the 5th-century Codex Alexandrinus, it was never canonical but was cited by Eusebius as a disputed work. The text exhorts readers to reject idolatry and pursue moral recompense for Christ's gift, reflecting early Christian apologetic and liturgical language. Its theology and dependence on earlier Christian writings place it after the apostolic age, and its sole manuscript witness limits textual criticism.","historical_context":"2 Clement was likely composed in the mid-2nd century, probably in a Greek-speaking Christian community in or near Rome, though its exact provenance is unknown. It survives only in Codex Alexandrinus (5th century), where it follows 1 Clement as a homily, with no independent manuscript tradition. The work is pseudepigraphical, attributed to Clement of Rome (late 1st century) to gain authority. Its theology, including echoes of later creedal language and dependence on earlier Christian texts, suggests a date after the New Testament writings but before the Nicene era. Eusebius (Hist. eccl. 3.16) mentions it as a disputed work, indicating it was known but not universally accepted. The text was transmitted with 1 Clement in some early codices, but its circulation was limited.","significance":"2 Clement provides insight into second-century Christian moral exhortation and apologetic, showing how early communities adapted apostolic authority for later teachings. Its dependence on earlier texts and its eventual exclusion from the canon illustrate the fluid boundaries of early Christian literature. The work also preserves rare terms like ἀντιμισθίαν, highlighting theological developments in reciprocity and Christology.","timeline":[{"date":"mid-2nd c.","event":"Composition of 2 Clement, likely pseudepigraphical, in a Greek-speaking Christian community."},{"date":"early 4th c.","event":"Eusebius cites 2 Clement as a disputed work in his Ecclesiastical History."},{"date":"5th c.","event":"Codex Alexandrinus copied, containing the sole surviving Greek manuscript of 2 Clement appended to 1 Clement."},{"date":"17th–18th c.","event":"Modern scholars question the Clementine authorship, dating the work to the 2nd century."}],"relations":[{"work":"1 Clement","relation":"Transmitted together in Codex Alexandrinus; 2 Clement follows 1 Clement as a homily.","key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"},{"work":"New Testament","relation":"Never included in the canon; cited by Eusebius as a disputed work.","key":"wikipedia:Second Epistle of Clement","label":"Wikipedia: Second Epistle of Clement","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Epistle_of_Clement"},{"work":"Apostolic Fathers","relation":"Often grouped with the Apostolic Fathers despite its later date and pseudepigraphical nature.","key":"wikipedia:Apostolic Fathers","label":"Wikipedia: Apostolic Fathers","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_Fathers"}],"external_links":[{"key":"wikipedia:Second Epistle of Clement","label":"Wikipedia article on 2 Clement","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Epistle_of_Clement","reason":"Provides overview and scholarly consensus on dating and authorship."},{"key":"wikipedia:Codex Alexandrinus","label":"Codex Alexandrinus","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Alexandrinus","reason":"Describes the manuscript that preserves the sole Greek text of 2 Clement."}],"cautions":["The sole surviving Greek manuscript is Codex Alexandrinus (5th c.), with no independent early tradition; readers cannot assess variant readings.","Attribution to Clement of Rome is almost certainly pseudepigraphical; the work is dated to the mid-2nd century based on theology and dependence on earlier texts.","The chapter division is a later editorial addition, not original to the letter.","The phrase 'from not being' may imply creation ex nihilo, but the Greek is ambiguous and could refer to spiritual non-existence."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000411,"generated":"2026-11-15T17:21:33Z"},"links":[],"checks":{"work":"khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":17,"translated":17,"commentary_passages":17,"commentary_units":102,"english_words":3871,"source_letters":15225,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The sole surviving Greek manuscript of 2 Clement is Codex Alexandrinus (5th cent.), where it follows 1 Clement as a homily. 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The work is now dated to the mid-2nd century, based on its theology and dependence on earlier Christian texts.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"2 Clement was never included in the canonical New Testament, but was transmitted with 1 Clement in some early codices and cited by Eusebius as a disputed work.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This edition (khazarzar) provides the Greek text without critical apparatus. 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ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Β’.","english":"Of Saint Clement, Bishop of Rome, Second Epistle to the Corinthians.\n\nChapter 1.\n\nBrothers, we must think of Jesus Christ as we think of God, as of the judge of the living and the dead; and we must not think meanly of our salvation. For if we think meanly of him, we also hope to receive mean things; and those who hear of him as of mean things sin, and we sin unknowing from where we were called and by whom and to what place, and how much Jesus Christ endured to suffer for our sake. What recompense then shall we give him, or what fruit worthy of what he gave us? How much do we owe him in piety? For he bestowed light upon us, he addressed us as a father his sons, he saved us when we were perishing. What praise then shall we give him or reward of recompense for what we received? Being blind in mind, worshipping stones and wood and gold and silver and bronze, works of men; and our whole life was nothing but death. Therefore, being surrounded by darkness and filled with such mist in our sight, we recovered our sight, putting aside that cloud which we wore, by his will. For he pitied us and, being compassionate, saved us, seeing in us great error and destruction, and having no hope of salvation except from him. For he called us when we were not, and he willed that we should be from not being.\n\nChapter 2.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Α'","severity":"info","text":"The chapter division is a later editorial addition, not original to the letter. 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He who said, “Rejoice, barren one who does not give birth,” spoke of us; for our church was barren before children were given to her.\n\nAnd he who said, “Cry out, you who do not labor in childbirth,” means this: that we should simply offer up our prayers to God, and not grow weary as those who labor in childbirth do. And he who said, “Because the children of the desert are many, more than those of the woman who has a husband,” since our people seemed to be deserted by God, but now, having believed, we have become more numerous than those who seemed to have God. And another scripture says, “I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” This means that it is necessary to save those who are perishing. For that is great and marvelous, not to support what stands, but what falls. Thus also Christ wished to save what was perishing, and he saved many, coming and calling us when we were already perishing.\n\nChapter 3.\n\nSince he has shown such mercy to us, first of all, that we who are living do not sacrifice to dead gods and do not worship them, but we have come to know through","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ὐφράνθητι, στεῖρα ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα","severity":"info","text":"The opening exhortation echoes Isaiah 54:1 LXX: 'Rejoice, barren one who does not give birth.' Clement adapts the prophetic call to the church's pre-baptismal state.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐρήμου","severity":"info","text":"ἐρήμου ('desert') here denotes spiritual abandonment, not a geographical desert. 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This chapter break likely originates from the Coptic or Greek tradition, not the original author.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ἑτέρα δὲ γραφὴ λέγει","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'another scripture says' introduces a quotation not found in the canonical New Testament. The source is uncertain; it may be from a lost apocryphon or a variant reading. The identification remains speculative.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'another scripture' (ἑτέρα γραφή) is unclear; it may be a non-canonical saying or a misremembered canonical verse.","The phrase 'children of the desert' (τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου) could be read as a metaphor for the faithful or as a reference to a specific community, but the text does not clarify."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"αὐτοῦ τὸν πατέρα τῆς ἀληθείας· τίς ἡ γνῶσις ἡ πρὸς αὐτόν, ἢ τὸ μὴ ἀρνεῖσθαι δι' οὗ ἔγνωμεν αὐτόν;\n\nλέγει δὲ καὶ αὐτός· Τὸν ὁμολογήσαντά με ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὁμολογήσω αὐτὸν ἐνώπιον τοῦ πατρός μου. οὗτος οὖν ἐστὶν ὁ μισθὸς ἡμῶν, ἐὰν οὖν ὁμολογήσωμεν δι' οὗ ἐσώθημεν. ἐν τίνι δὲ αὐτὸν ὁμολογοῦμεν; ἐν τῷ ποιεῖν ἃ λέγει καὶ μὴ παρακούειν αὐτοῦ τῶν ἐντολῶν, καὶ μὴ μόνον χείλεσιν αὐτὸν τιμᾶν, ἀλλὰ ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς διανοίας. λέγει δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ Ἡσαΐᾳ· Ὁ λαὸς οὗτος τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἄπεστιν ἀπ' ἐμοῦ. ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Δ’.\n\nΜὴ μόνον οὖν αὐτὸν καλῶμεν κύριον· οὐ γὰρ τοῦτο σώσει ἡμᾶς. λέγει γάρ· ὐ πᾶς ὁ λέγων μοι· Κύριε κύριε, σωθήσεται, ἀλλ' ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην. ὥστε οὖν, ἀδελφοί, ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτὸν ὁμολογῶμεν, ἐν τῷ ἀγαπᾶν ἑαυτούς, ἐν τῷ μὴ μοιχᾶσθαι μηδὲ καταλαλεῖν ἀλλήλων μηδὲ ζηλοῦν, ἀλλ' ἐγκρατεῖς εἶναι, ἐλεήμονας, ἀγαθούς· καὶ συμπάσχειν ἀλλήλοις ὀφείλομεν, καὶ μὴ φιλαργυρεῖν. ἐν τούτοις τοῖς ἔργοις ὁμολογῶμεν αὐτὸν καὶ μὴ ἐν τοῖς ἐναντίοις· καὶ οὐ δεῖ ἡμᾶς φοβεῖσθαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μᾶλλον, ἀλλὰ τὸν θεόν. διὰ τοῦτο, ταῦτα ὑμῶν πρασσόντων, εἶπεν ὁ κύριος· Ἐὰν ἦτε μετ' ἐμοῦ συνηγμένοι ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου καὶ μὴ ποιῆτε τὰς ἐντολάς μου, ἀποβαλῶ ὑμᾶς καὶ ἐρῶ ὑμῖν· Ὑπάγετε ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, οὐκ οἶδα ὑμᾶς, πόθεν ἐστέ, ἐργάται ἀνομίας. ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Ε’.","english":"his father of truth. What is the knowledge that is toward him, except not to deny him through whom we have known him?\n\nAnd he himself says: \"The one who confesses me before men, I will confess him before my father.\" This, then, is our reward, if we confess him through whom we were saved. And in what do we confess him? In doing what he says and not disobeying his commandments, and not honoring him only with our lips, but from the whole heart and from the whole mind. And he says also in Isaiah: \"This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.\"\n\nCHAPTER 4.\n\nLet us not, therefore, call him only Lord; for this will not save us. For he says: \"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will be saved, but the one who does righteousness.\" So then, brothers, let us confess him in our works, in loving one another, in not committing adultery nor slandering each other nor being envious, but in being self-controlled, merciful, good; and we ought to sympathize with one another, and not to be lovers of money. In these works we confess him, and not in the opposite ones; and we ought not to fear men more, but God. For this reason, when you do these things, the Lord said: \"If you are gathered together with me in my bosom and do not keep my commandments, I will cast you out and say to you: 'Go away from me, I do not know you, nor where you are from, workers of lawlessness.'\"\n\nCHAPTER 5.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὁ λαὸς οὗτος τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἄπεστιν ἀπ' ἐμοῦ","severity":"info","text":"A loose citation of Isaiah 29:13 (LXX), where the prophet condemns superficial worship. Clement adapts it to contrast lip-service with heartfelt obedience.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ὐ πᾶς ὁ λέγων μοι· Κύριε κύριε, σωθήσεται, ἀλλ' ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην","severity":"info","text":"An agraphon or free adaptation of Matthew 7:21, emphasizing works over words. The negative form ('not everyone who says') is distinctive.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐὰν ἦτε μετ' ἐμοῦ συνηγμένοι ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου καὶ μὴ ποιῆτε τὰς ἐντολάς μου, ἀποβαλῶ ὑμᾶς","severity":"info","text":"An otherwise unattested saying of Jesus, possibly from an apocryphal source or oral tradition. It reinforces the theme of obedience over mere proximity.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Δ’ … ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Ε’","severity":"info","text":"Chapter divisions (Δ' and Ε') are later scribal insertions, not original to Clement. They segment the exhortation on confession through works.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ὁμολογῶμεν","severity":"info","text":"The verb 'confess' (ὁμολογέω) here carries the sense of 'acknowledge' or 'profess' through action, not merely verbal assent. Clement contrasts it with lip-service.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'in my bosom' evokes a protective, intimate gathering, possibly reflecting early Christian imagery of the church as a nurturing space, akin to the Johannine 'bosom of the Father'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the dominical sayings (Ἐὰν ἦτε …) is uncertain; it may be a lost apocryphon or a free composition by Clement.","The phrase 'father of truth' (τὸν πατέρα τῆς ἀληθείας) could refer to God or to a specific teacher; the context suggests God."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"Ὅθεν, ἀδελφοί, καταλείψαντες τὴν παροικίαν τοῦ κόσμου τούτου ποιήσωμεν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ καλέσαντος ἡμᾶς, καὶ μὴ φοβηθῶμεν ἐξελθεῖν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου. λέγει γὰρ ὁ κύριος· Ἔσεσθε ὡς ἀρνία ἐν μέσῳ λύκων. ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος αὐτῷ λέγει· Ἐὰν οὖν διασπαράξωσιν οἱ λύκοι τὰ ἀρνία; εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῷ Πέτρῳ· Μὴ φοβείσθωσαν τὰ ἀρνία τοὺς λύκους μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτά· καὶ ὑμεῖς μὴ φοβεῖσθε τοὺς ἀποκτέννοντας ὑμᾶς καὶ μηδὲν ὑμῖν δυναμένους ποιεῖν, ἀλλὰ φοβεῖσθε τὸν μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν ὑμᾶς ἔχοντα ἐξουσίαν ψυχῆς καὶ σώματος τοῦ βαλεῖν εἰς γέενναν πυρός. καὶ γινώσκετε, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι ἡ ἐπιδημία ἡ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ τῆς σαρκὸς ταύτης μικρά ἐστιν καὶ ὀλιγοχρόνιος, ἡ δὲ ἐπαγγελία τοῦ Χριστοῦ μεγάλη καὶ θαυμαστή ἐστιν, καὶ ἀνάπαυσις τῆς μελλούσης βασιλείας καὶ ζωῆς αἰωνίου. τί οὖν ἐστὶν ποιήσαντας ἐπιτυχεῖν αὐτῶν, εἰ μὴ τὸ ὁσίως καὶ δικαίως ἀναστρέφεσθαι καὶ τὰ κοσμικὰ ταῦτα ὡς ἀλλότρια ἡγεῖσθαι καὶ μὴ ἐπιθυμεῖν αὐτῶν; ἐν γὰρ τῷ ἐπιθυμεῖν ἡμᾶς κτήσασθαι ταῦτα ἀποπίπτομεν τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς δικαίας.","english":"Therefore, brothers, let us abandon the sojourn of this world and do the will of the one who has called us, and let us not fear to depart from this world. For the Lord says: \"You will be as lambs in the midst of wolves.\" And Peter answered him, saying: \"Then if the wolves tear the lambs apart?\" Jesus said to Peter: \"Let the lambs not fear the wolves after they have died; and you, do not fear those who kill you and can do nothing to you, but fear the one who, after you die, has power over soul and body to cast into the gehenna of fire.\" And know, brothers, that the sojourn in this world of this flesh is small and short-lived, but the promise of Christ is great and wonderful, and there is rest in the coming kingdom and eternal life. What then must one do to attain these things, except to live holily and justly, to regard these worldly things as alien, and not to desire them? For in desiring to acquire them, we fall away from the righteous path.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"παροικίαν","severity":"info","text":"The term παροικίαν (sojourn) emphasizes the temporary, alien nature of earthly life, a key theme in early Christian eschatology.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἔσεσθε ὡς ἀρνία ἐν μέσῳ λύκων","severity":"info","text":"This dialogue between Jesus and Peter is not found in canonical Gospels; it likely derives from an apocryphal tradition, possibly the Gospel of Peter or oral tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"γέενναν πυρός","severity":"info","text":"Gehenna of fire (γέενναν πυρός) reflects Jewish apocalyptic imagery of a valley near Jerusalem used for child sacrifice, later adopted in Christian texts as a symbol of hell.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage moves from exhortation to a scriptural dialogue, then to a doctrinal summary contrasting earthly transience with eternal reward, forming a coherent paraenetic unit.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος","severity":"info","text":"The question-and-answer format between Peter and Jesus parallels later apocryphal dialogues, such as those in the Apocalypse of Peter, emphasizing Peter's role as interlocutor.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ἡ δὲ ἐπαγγελία τοῦ Χριστοῦ","severity":"info","text":"The promise of Christ (ἐπαγγελία) and rest in the coming kingdom echoes themes in 2 Clement and early Christian eschatological literature, influencing later monastic spirituality.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the Jesus-Peter dialogue is uncertain; it may be a lost apocryphon or a Clementine composition.","The phrase 'μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτά' could be read as 'after they (the lambs) die' or 'after they (the wolves) die'; the context favors the former."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Ϛ’.\n\nΛέγει δὲ ὁ κύριος· ὐδεὶς οἰκέτης δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν. ἐὰν ἡμεῖς θέλωμεν καὶ θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ, ἀσύμφορον ἡμῖν ἐστίν. τί γὰρ τὸ ὄφελος, ἐάν τις τὸν κόσμον ὅλον κερδήσῃ, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν ζημιωθῇ; ἔστιν δὲ οὗτος ὁ αἰὼν καὶ ὁ μέλλων δύο ἐχθροί. οὗτος λέγει μοιχείαν καὶ φθορὰν καὶ φιλαργυρίαν καὶ ἀπάτην, ἐκεῖνος δὲ τούτοις ἀποτάσσεται. οὐ δυνάμεθα οὖν τῶν δύο φίλοι εἶναι· δεῖ δὲ ἡμᾶς\n\nτούτῳ ἀποταξαμένους ἐκείνῳ χρᾶσθαι. οἰόμεθα, ὅτι βέλτιόν ἐστιν τὰ ἐνθάδε μισῆσαι, ὅτι μικρὰ καὶ ὀλιγοχρόνια καὶ φθαρτά, ἐκεῖνα δὲ ἀγαπῆσαι, τὰ ἀγαθὰ τὰ ἄφθαρτα. ποιοῦντες γὰρ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Χριστοῦ εὑρήσομεν ἀνάπαυσιν· εἰ δὲ μήγε, οὐδὲν ἡμᾶς ῥύσεται ἐκ τῆς αἰωνίου κολάσεως, ἐὰν παρακούσωμεν τῶν ἐντολῶν αὐτοῦ. λέγει δὲ καὶ ἡ γραφὴ ἐν τῷ Ἰεζεκιήλ, ὅτι ἐὰν ἀναστῇ Νῶε καὶ Ἰὼβ καὶ Δανιήλ, οὐ ῥύσονται τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ αἰχμαλωσίᾳ. εἰ δὲ καὶ οἱ τοιοῦτοι δίκαιοι οὐ δύνανται ταῖς ἑαυτῶν δικαιοσύναις ῥύσασθαι τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν, ἡμεῖς, ἐὰν μὴ τηρήσωμεν τὸ βάπτισμα ἁγνὸν καὶ ἀμίαντον, ποίᾳ πεποιθήσει εἰσελευσόμεθα εἰς τὸ βασίλειον τοῦ θεοῦ; ἢ τίς ἡμῶν παράκλητος ἔσται, ἐὰν μὴ εὑρεθῶμεν ἔργα ἔχοντες ὅσια καὶ δίκαια; ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Ζ’.","english":"Chapter 6\n\nThe Lord says: \"No servant can serve two masters.\" If we wish to serve both God and mammon, it is unprofitable for us. For what benefit is it if someone gains the whole world but loses the soul? This present age and the age to come are two enemies. This one advocates adultery, corruption, love of money, and deceit; that one renounces these things. Therefore we cannot be friends of both; we must renounce this one and cleave to that one. We think it is better to hate the things here, because they are small, short-lived, and perishable, and to love those things, the good things that are imperishable. For if we do the will of Christ, we will find rest; but if not, nothing will save us from eternal punishment if we disobey his commandments. And Scripture also says in Ezekiel that if Noah, Job, and Daniel were to rise up, they would not save their children from captivity. If even such righteous men cannot save their own children by their righteousness, then if we do not keep our baptism pure and undefiled, with what confidence shall we enter the kingdom of God? Or who will be our advocate if we are not found to have holy and righteous works?\n\nChapter 7","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Λέγει δὲ ὁ κύριος· ὐδεὶς οἰκέτης δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν","severity":"info","text":"The saying 'No servant can serve two masters' echoes Matthew 6:24, though the wording differs slightly from the canonical text.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"μαμωνᾷ","severity":"info","text":"Mammon (μαμωνᾷ) is a transliteration of the Aramaic word for wealth or property, used here as a personified rival to God.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"λέγει δὲ καὶ ἡ γραφὴ ἐν τῷ Ἰεζεκιήλ, ὅτι ἐὰν ἀναστῇ Νῶε καὶ Ἰὼβ καὶ Δανιήλ, οὐ ῥύσονται τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ αἰχμαλωσίᾳ","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Ezekiel is not a direct quotation from the canonical book; it may allude to a lost apocryphon or a tradition about the intercessory power of patriarchs.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ βάπτισμα ἁγνὸν καὶ ἀμίαντον","severity":"info","text":"The emphasis on keeping baptism 'pure and undefiled' reflects early Christian concern with post-baptismal sin and the possibility of repentance, a theme in 2 Clement.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Ϛ’ … ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Ζ’","severity":"info","text":"The passage is divided into two chapters (Ϛ' and Ζ'), a later editorial division not original to the letter, likely added for liturgical reading.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"οὗτος λέγει μοιχείαν καὶ φθορὰν καὶ φιλαργυρίαν καὶ ἀπάτην","severity":"info","text":"The list of vices (adultery, corruption, love of money, deceit) parallels common early Christian vice catalogues, e.g., in the Didache and Hermas.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the Ezekiel reference is uncertain; it may be from a non-canonical tradition.","The phrase 'οἰόμεθα' (we think) could be read as a rhetorical assumption or a genuine belief."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"Ὥστε οὖν, ἀδελφοί μου, ἀγωνισώμεθα εἰδότες, ὅτι ἐν χερσὶν ὁ ἀγὼν καὶ ὅτι εἰς τοὺς φθαρτοὺς ἀγῶνας καταπλέουσιν πολλοί, ἀλλ' οὐ πάντες στεφανοῦνται, εἰ μὴ οἱ πολλὰ κοπιάσαντες καὶ καλῶς ἀγωνισάμενοι. ἡμεῖς οὖν ἀγωνισώμεθα, ἵνα πάντες στεφανωθῶμεν. ὥστε θέωμεν τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν εὐθεῖαν, ἀγῶνα τὸν ἄφθαρτον, καὶ πολλοὶ εἰς αὐτὸν καταπλεύσωμεν καὶ ἀγωνισώμεθα, ἵνα καὶ στεφανωθῶμεν· καὶ εἰ μὴ δυνάμεθα πάντες στεφανωθῆναι, κἂν ἐγγὺς τοῦ στεφάνου γενώμεθα. εἰδέναι ἡμᾶς δεῖ, ὅτι ὁ τὸν φθαρτὸν ἀγῶνα ἀγωνιζόμενος, ἐὰν εὑρεθῇ φθείρων, μαστιγωθεὶς αἴρεται καὶ ἔξω βάλλεται τοῦ σταδίου.\n\nτί δοκεῖτε; ὁ τὸν τῆς ἀφθαρσίας ἀγῶνα φθείρας τί παθεῖται; τῶν γὰρ μὴ τηρησάντων, φησίν, τὴν σφραγῖδα ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτήσει καὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτῶν οὐ σβεσθήσεται, καὶ ἔσονται εἰς ὅρασιν πάσῃ σαρκί. ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Η’.\n\nὩς οὖν ἐσμὲν ἐπὶ γῆς, μετανοήσωμεν. πηλὸς γάρ ἐσμεν εἰς τὴν χεῖρα τοῦ τεχνίτου· ὃν τρόπον γὰρ ὁ κεραμεύς, ἐὰν ποιῇ σκεῦος καὶ ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ διαστραφῇ ἢ συντριβῇ, πάλιν αὐτὸ ἀναπλάσσει, ἐὰν δὲ προφθάσῃ εἰς τὴν κάμινον τοῦ πυρὸς αὐτὸ βαλεῖν, οὐκέτι βοηθήσει αὐτῷ· οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ἕως ἐσμὲν ἐν τούτῳ τῷ κόσμῳ, ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ ἃ ἐπράξαμεν πονηρὰ μετανοήσωμεν ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας, ἵνα σωθῶμεν ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου, ἕως ἔχομεν καιρὸν μετανοίας. μετὰ γὰρ τὸ ἐξελθεῖν ἡμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκέτι δυνάμεθα ἐκεῖ ἐξομολογήσασθαι ἢ μετανοεῖν ἔτι.","english":"Therefore, my brothers, let us contend, knowing that the contest is at hand and that many sail into the perishable contests, but not all are crowned, except those who have labored much and contended well. Let us therefore contend, so that we may all be crowned. So let us run the straight path, the imperishable contest, and let many of us sail into it and contend, so that we may also be crowned; and if we cannot all be crowned, let us at least come near the crown. We must know that he who contends in the perishable contest, if he is found corrupting, is scourged, taken up, and cast out of the stadium.\n\nWhat do you think? He who corrupts the contest of imperishability, what will he suffer? For of those who have not kept the seal, it is said, their worm will not cease and their fire will not be extinguished, and they will be a spectacle for all flesh. Chapter 8.\n\nTherefore, while we are on earth, let us repent. For we are clay in the hand of the craftsman. For just as the potter, if he makes a vessel and it is twisted or broken in his hands, he molds it again; but if he has already cast it into the kiln of fire, he can no longer help it. So also we, while we are in this world, let us repent with our whole heart for the evil things we have done in the flesh, so that we may be saved by the Lord, while we still have time for repentance. For after we have departed from the world, we can no longer confess or repent there.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀγωνισώμεθα","severity":"info","text":"The repeated exhortation to 'contend' (ἀγωνισώμεθα) frames the athletic metaphor that dominates the passage, urging collective effort in the spiritual contest.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"στάδιον","severity":"info","text":"The imagery of the stadium, contests, and crowns draws on Greco-Roman athletic culture, where victors were crowned and cheaters were scourged and expelled.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"σφραγῖδα","severity":"info","text":"The 'seal' (σφραγῖδα) likely refers to baptism or a pledge of faith, echoing New Testament usage (e.g., 2 Cor 1:22) and early Christian initiation rites.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"πηλὸς ... κεραμεύς","severity":"info","text":"The potter and clay analogy parallels Jeremiah 18:1-6 and early Christian catechetical teaching on repentance before the final 'firing' of judgment.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Η’","severity":"info","text":"The chapter heading 'Chapter 8' marks a scribal division, indicating that the preceding athletic warning concludes a section and the potter analogy begins a new unit on repentance.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"σκώληξ ... πῦρ","severity":"info","text":"The image of undying worm and unquenchable fire for the unrepentant influenced later apocalyptic and penitential literature, such as the Apocalypse of Peter.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'εἰς ὅρασιν πάσῃ σαρκί' is ambiguous: it may mean 'a spectacle for all flesh' (i.e., all humanity) or 'for all flesh' in a more literal sense; the translation adopts the former.","The identity of 'the seal' (σφραγῖδα) is not specified; it could refer to baptism, a vow, or a mark of Christian commitment."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"ὥστε, ἀδελφοί, ποιήσαντες τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τὴν σάρκα ἁγνὴν τηρήσαντες καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ κυρίου φυλάξαντες ληψόμεθα ζωὴν αἰώνιον. λέγει γὰρ ὁ κύριος ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ· ἰ τὸ μικρὸν οὐκ ἐτηρήσατε, τὸ μέγα τίς ὑμῖν δώσει; λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὁ πιστὸς ἐν ἐλαχίστῳ καὶ ἐν πολλῷ πιστός ἐστιν. ἄρα οὖν τοῦτο λέγει· τηρήσατε τὴν σάρκα ἁγνὴν καὶ τὴν σφραγῖδα ἄσπιλον, ἵνα τὴν αἰώνιον ζωὴν ἀπολάβωμεν.\n\nΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Θ’.\n\nΚαὶ μὴ λεγέτω τις ὑμῶν, ὅτι αὕτη ἡ σὰρξ οὐ κρίνεται οὐδὲ ἀνίσταται. γνῶτε· ἐν τίνι ἐσώθητε, ἐν τίνι ἀνεβλέψατε, εἰ μὴ ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ ταύτῃ ὄντες; δεῖ οὖν ἡμᾶς ὡς\n\nναὸν θεοῦ φυλάσσειν τὴν σάρκα. ὃν τρόπον γὰρ ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ ἐκλήθητε, καὶ ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ ἐλεύσεσθε.\n\nεἰ Χριστὸς ὁ κύριος ὁ σώσας ἡμᾶς, ὢν μὲν τὸ πρῶτον πνεῦμα, ἐγένετο σὰρξ καὶ οὕτως ἡμᾶς ἐκάλεσεν· οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ σαρκὶ ἀποληψόμεθα τὸν μισθόν.\n\nἀγαπῶμεν οὖν ἀλλήλους, ὅπως ἔλθωμεν πάντες εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ. ὡς ἔχομεν καιρὸν τοῦ ἰαθῆναι, ἐπιδῶμεν ἑαυτοὺς τῷ θεραπεύοντι θεῷ, ἀντιμισθίαν αὐτῷ διδόντες.","english":"Therefore, brothers, having done the will of the Father and kept the flesh pure and guarded the commandments of the Lord, we shall receive eternal life. For the Lord says in the Gospel: If you did not keep the small, who will give you the great? For I tell you, that the one who is faithful in the least is also faithful in much. So then this is what he says: keep the flesh pure and the seal unstained, so that we may receive eternal life.\n\nCHAPTER 9.\n\nAnd let none of you say that this flesh is neither judged nor raised. Know: in what were you saved, in what did you recover your sight, if not while being in this flesh? Therefore we must guard the flesh as a temple of God. For just as you were called in the flesh, so also you will come in the flesh.\n\nIf Christ the Lord who saved us, being at first spirit, became flesh and thus called us, so also we in this flesh will receive the reward.\n\nLet us therefore love one another, so that we may all come into the kingdom of God. While we have time to be healed, let us give ourselves to the healing God, offering him recompense.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ μικρὸν οὐκ ἐτηρήσατε, τὸ μέγα τίς ὑμῖν δώσει","severity":"info","text":"This saying is not a direct Gospel quotation but a free adaptation of a dominical logion, possibly from an apocryphal source or oral tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"σφραγῖδα","severity":"info","text":"σφραγῖδα ('seal') likely refers to baptismal seal or the integrity of the flesh as a mark of fidelity, a key concept in early Christian moral teaching.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ναὸν θεοῦ φυλάσσειν τὴν σάρκα","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor of the body as a temple of God echoes Pauline language (1 Cor 3:16-17) and reflects early Christian ascetic concern for bodily purity.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Θ’","severity":"info","text":"The chapter division (Chapter 9) is a later editorial insertion, not original to Clement, and marks a thematic shift to soteriological argument.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"εἰ Χριστὸς ... πνεῦμα, ἐγένετο σὰρξ","severity":"info","text":"The description of Christ as first spirit then becoming flesh parallels Johannine incarnational theology (John 1:14) but is phrased in a distinctive way.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀντιμισθίαν","severity":"caution","text":"ἀντιμισθίαν ('recompense') is ambiguous: it may mean reciprocal gift or reward, but the context suggests a transactional view of salvation that some scholars find problematic.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the Gospel saying is uncertain; it may be a paraphrase or a lost tradition.","The term σφραγῖδα could refer to baptismal seal or a moral mark; the text does not specify.","ἀντιμισθίαν could be read as 'reward' or 'recompense', with different theological implications."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"ποίαν; τὸ μετανοῆσαι ἐξ εἰλικρινοῦς καρδίας. προγνώστης γάρ ἐστιν τῶν πάντων καὶ εἰδὼς ἡμῶν τὰ ἐν καρδίᾳ. δῶμεν οὖν αὐτῷ αἶνον, μὴ ἀπὸ στόματος μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπὸ καρδίας, ἵνα ἡμᾶς προσδέξηται ὡς υἱούς. καὶ γὰρ εἶπεν ὁ κύριος· Ἀδελφοί μου οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ποιοῦντες τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρός μου. ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Ι’.\n\nὭστε, ἀδελφοί μου, ποιήσωμεν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ καλέσαντος ἡμᾶς, ἵνα ζήσωμεν, καὶ διώξωμεν μᾶλλον τὴν ἀρετήν· τὴν δὲ κακίαν καταλείψωμεν ὡς προοδοιπόρον τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ φύγωμεν τὴν ἀσέβειαν, μὴ ἡμᾶς καταλάβῃ κακά. ἐὰν γὰρ σπουδάσωμεν ἀγαθοποιεῖν, διώξεται ἡμᾶς εἰρήνη. διὰ ταύτην γὰρ τὴν αἰτίαν οὐκ ἔστιν εὑρεῖν ἄνθρωπον, οἵτινες παράγουσι φόβους ἀνθρωπίνους, προῃρημένοι μᾶλλον τὴν ἐνθάδε ἀπόλαυσιν ἢ τὴν μέλλουσαν ἐπαγγελίαν.\n\nἀγνοοῦσιν γάρ, ἡλίκην ἔχει βάσανον ἡ ἐνθάδε ἀπόλαυσις, καὶ οἵαν τρυφὴν ἔχει ἡ μέλλουσα ἐπαγγελία.\n\nαὶ εἰ μὲν αὐτοὶ μόνοι ταῦτα ἔπρασσον, ἀνεκτὸν ἦν· νῦν δὲ ἐπιμένουσιν κακοδιδασκαλοῦντες τὰς ἀναιτίους ψυχάς, οὐκ εἰδότες, ὅτι δισσὴν ἕξουσιν τὴν κρίσιν, αὐτοί τε καὶ οἱ ἀκούοντες αὐτῶν.","english":"what? Repentance from a sincere heart. For he is the foreknower of all things and knows what is in our heart. Let us therefore give him praise, not only from the mouth but also from the heart, that he may receive us as sons. For the Lord said: These are my brothers who do the will of my father. Chapter 10.\n\nTherefore, my brothers, let us do the will of the father who called us, that we may live, and let us rather pursue virtue; and let us abandon wickedness as the forerunner of our sins, and let us flee impiety, lest evils overtake us. For if we are eager to do good, peace will pursue us. For this reason it is not possible to find a man who, preferring the enjoyment here rather than the future promise, introduces human fears.\n\nFor they do not know how great a torment the enjoyment here has, and what delight the future promise has.\n\nAnd if they alone did these things, it would be bearable; but now they persist in teaching evil to innocent souls, not knowing that they will have a double judgment, both they themselves and those who hear them.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"προγνώστης","severity":"info","text":"προγνώστης (foreknower) is a rare divine epithet in early Christian literature, emphasizing God's foreknowledge of human intentions. It appears here as part of Clement's exhortation to sincere repentance.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀδελφοί μου οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ποιοῦντες τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρός μου","severity":"info","text":"This saying of the Lord is not a direct quotation from the canonical Gospels but resembles logia about doing the Father's will (cf. Matt 12:50; John 15:14). It may derive from an apocryphal tradition or oral teaching.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Ι'","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Ι' (Chapter 10) marks a textual division, likely a later editorial insertion. It separates the preceding exhortation from the following section, indicating a chapter break in the manuscript tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"προοδοιπόρον","severity":"info","text":"προοδοιπόρον (forerunner) is a rare term, here used metaphorically: wickedness is the 'forerunner' of sins. This imagery of personified vices leading to further moral failings is characteristic of early Christian paraenesis.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"δισσὴν ἕξουσιν τὴν κρίσιν","severity":"info","text":"The concept of 'double judgment' (δισσὴν κρίσιν) for both teachers and hearers echoes themes in the Shepherd of Hermas (Mand. 4.3) and later patristic warnings against false teaching. It underscores communal responsibility.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"αὶ εἰ μὲν αὐτοὶ μόνοι","severity":"caution","text":"The Greek text begins with 'αὶ' (likely a scribal error for 'καὶ' or 'ἀλλὰ'). The English draft reads 'And if', but the sense requires a concessive clause. The reading adopted follows the standard emendation to 'καὶ'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'προοδοιπόρον τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν' could be interpreted as 'forerunner of our sins' (genitive of origin) or 'forerunner to our sins' (genitive of destination); the translation adopts the former.","The identity of the 'Lord' cited in the saying about brothers doing the Father's will is ambiguous; it may refer to Jesus or to a prophetic figure in an apocryphal source."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ ΙΑ’.\n\nἩμεῖς οὖν ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ δουλεύσωμεν τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἐσόμεθα δίκαιοι· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ δουλεύσωμεν διὰ τὸ μὴ πιστεύειν ἡμᾶς τῇ ἐπαγγελίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ, ταλαίπωροι ἐσόμεθα. λέγει γὰρ καὶ ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος· Ταλαίπωροί εἰσιν οἱ δίψυχοι, οἱ διστάζοντες τῇ καρδίᾳ, οἱ λέγοντες· Ταῦτα πάλαι ἠκούσαμεν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας προσδεχόμενοι οὐδὲν τούτων ἑωράκαμεν. ἀνόητοι, συμβάλετε ἑαυτοὺς ξύλῳ· λάβετε ἄμπελον· πρῶτον μὲν φυλλοροεῖ, εἶτα βλαστὸς γίνεται, μετὰ ταῦτα ὄμφαξ, εἶτα σταφυλὴ παρεστηκυῖα· οὕτως καὶ ὁ λαός μου ἀκαταστασίας καὶ θλίψεις ἔσχεν· ἔπειτα ἀπολήψεται τὰ ἀγαθά. ὥστε, ἀδελφοί μου, μὴ διψυχῶμεν, ἀλλὰ ἐλπίσαντες ὑπομείνωμεν, ἵνα καὶ τὸν μισθὸν κομισώμεθα. πιστὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐπαγγειλάμενος τὰς ἀντιμισθίας ἀποδιδόναι ἑκάστῳ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ. ἐὰν οὖν ποιήσωμεν τὴν δικαιοσύνην ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰσήξομεν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ληψόμεθα τὰς ἐπαγγελίας, ἃς οὖς οὐκ ἤκουσεν οὐδὲ ὀφθαλμὸς εἶδεν, οὐδὲ ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου ἀνέβη.","english":"Chapter 11\n\nLet us therefore serve God with a pure heart, and we shall be righteous; but if we do not serve him because we do not believe in the promise of God, we shall be wretched. For the prophetic word also says: Wretched are the double-minded, those who waver in heart, those who say: We heard these things long ago and in the time of our fathers, but we, waiting day after day, have seen none of them. Fools, compare yourselves to a tree: take a vine; first it sheds its leaves, then a shoot appears, after that an unripe grape, then a ripe cluster. So also my people have had disorders and afflictions; then they will receive the good things. Therefore, my brothers, let us not be double-minded, but let us hope and endure, so that we may also obtain the reward. For the one who promised to give the recompense to each according to his works is faithful. If then we do what is righteous before God, we shall enter into his kingdom and receive the promises, which no ear has heard nor eye seen, nor has entered into the heart of man.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ ΙΑ’","severity":"info","text":"The chapter heading marks a new structural unit, consistent with the letter's division into chapters by later editors.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"δίψυχοι","severity":"info","text":"The Greek term δίψυχοι (double-minded) denotes spiritual indecision or wavering, a key concept in early Christian paraenesis against doubt.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"λέγει γὰρ καὶ ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος","severity":"info","text":"The citation formula introduces a prophetic saying, likely from an apocryphal or lost source, as no exact parallel survives in the canonical prophets.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"λάβετε ἄμπελον","severity":"info","text":"The vine metaphor for gradual growth and reward echoes agricultural imagery common in Jewish and early Christian exhortation, e.g., Isaiah 5:1-7.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ἃς οὖς οὐκ ἤκουσεν οὐδὲ ὀφθαλμὸς εἶδεν","severity":"info","text":"This phrase recalls apocalyptic language (cf. 1 Clement 34.8) and was influential in later Christian descriptions of heavenly rewards.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"προφητικὸς λόγος","severity":"caution","text":"The source of the prophetic saying is uncertain; it may be a composite or non-canonical oracle, complicating identification.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the prophetic word (προφητικὸς λόγος) is unclear; it may be a lost apocryphon or a free composition by the author.","The phrase 'my people' (ὁ λαός μου) could refer to Israel or to the Christian community, depending on the source of the citation."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ ΙΒ’.\n\nἘκδεχώμεθα οὖν καθ' ὥραν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ἀγάπῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ, ἐπειδὴ οὐκ οἴδαμεν τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς ἐπιφανείας τοῦ θεοῦ. ἐπερωτηθεὶς γὰρ αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος ὑπό τινος, πότε ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ βασιλεία, εἶπεν· Ὅταν ἔσται τὰ δύο ἕν, καὶ τὸ ἔξω ὡς τὸ ἔσω, καὶ τὸ ἄρσεν μετὰ τῆς θηλείας, οὔτε ἄρσεν οὔτε θῆλυ. τὰ δύο δὲ ἕν ἐστιν, ὅταν λαλῶμεν ἑαυτοῖς ἀλήθειαν καὶ ἐν δυσὶ σώμασιν ἀνυποκρίτως εἴη μία ψυχή. καὶ τὸ ἔξω ὡς τὸ ἔσω, τοῦτο λέγει· τὴν ψυχὴν λέγει τὸ ἔσω, τὸ δὲ ἔξω τὸ σῶμα λέγει. ὃν τρόπον οὖν σου τὸ σῶμα φαίνεται, οὕτως καὶ ἡ ψυχή σου δῆλος ἔστω ἐν τοῖς καλοῖς ἔργοις. καὶ τὸ ἄρσεν μετὰ τῆς θηλείας, οὔτε ἄρσεν οὔτε θῆλυ, τοῦτο λέγει· ἵνα ἀδελφὸς ἰδὼν ἀδελφὴν οὐδὲν φρονῇ περὶ αὐτῆς θηλυκόν, μηδὲ φρονῇ τι περὶ αὐτοῦ ἀρσενικόν. ταῦτα ὑμῶν ποιούντων, φησίν, ἐλεύσεται ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ πατρός μου. Ἀδελφοὶ οὖν, ἤδη ποτὲ μετανοήσωμεν, νήψωμεν ἐπὶ τὸ ἀγαθόν· μεστοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν πολλῆς ἀνοίας καὶ πονηρίας. ἐξαλείψωμεν ἀφ' ἡμῶν τὰ πρότερα ἁμαρτήματα καὶ μετανοήσαντες ἐκ ψυχῆς σωθῶμεν, καὶ μὴ γινώμεθα ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι μηδὲ θέλωμεν μόνον ἑαυτοῖς ἀρέσκειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἔξω ἀνθρώποις ἐπὶ τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ, ἵνα τὸ ὄνομα δι' ἡμᾶς μὴ βλασφημῆται.","english":"Chapter 12\n\nLet us therefore await the kingdom of God hour by hour in love and righteousness, since we do not know the day of God’s manifestation. For when the Lord himself was asked by someone when his kingdom would come, he said: “When the two are one, and the outside as the inside, and the male with the female, neither male nor female.” Now the two are one when we speak truth to one another and in two bodies there is one soul without hypocrisy. And “the outside as the inside” means this: it calls the soul the inside, and the outside it calls the body. Therefore, just as your body appears, so let your soul be manifest in good works. And “the male with the female, neither male nor female” means this: that a brother, seeing a sister, should think nothing female about her, nor should he think anything male about him. When you do these things, he says, the kingdom of my father will come. Therefore, brothers, let us at last repent, let us be sober for the good; for we are full of much folly and wickedness. Let us wipe away from ourselves our former sins and, having repented from the soul, be saved, and let us not become people-pleasers nor wish to please only ourselves, but also those outside in righteousness, so that the name may not be blasphemed because of us.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὅταν ἔσται τὰ δύο ἕν, καὶ τὸ ἔξω ὡς τὸ ἔσω, καὶ τὸ ἄρσεν μετὰ τῆς θηλείας, οὔτε ἄρσεν οὔτε θῆλυ","severity":"info","text":"This logion of the Lord is not found in the canonical Gospels; it is an agraphon, possibly from an apocryphal tradition or oral saying known to Clement.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐπερωτηθεὶς γὰρ αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος","severity":"info","text":"The question-and-answer format echoes the genre of erotapokriseis, common in early Christian catechetical and ascetic literature, lending a didactic tone.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι","severity":"info","text":"The term 'people-pleasers' (ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι) is rare in early Christian literature; it appears in the New Testament only in Gal 1:10 (variant reading) and carries a negative connotation of seeking human approval over divine truth.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ ΙΒ'","severity":"info","text":"The chapter division (ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ ΙΒ') is a later editorial addition, not original to Clement; it structures the text for liturgical or catechetical use.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ ὄνομα μὴ βλασφημῆται","severity":"info","text":"The concern that the 'name' (of Christians or of God) not be blasphemed parallels 1 Tim 6:1 and reflects early Christian anxiety about public reputation and witness.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐκδεχώμεθα οὖν καθ' ὥραν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ","severity":"caution","text":"The verb ἐκδεχώμεθα ('let us await') may imply eschatological expectation, but the context suggests an allegorical interpretation of the kingdom as an inner spiritual state, not a future event.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the agraphon is uncertain; it may be from an apocryphal gospel or an oral tradition.","The phrase 'τὸ ὄνομα' could refer to the name of God, Christ, or the Christian community; the text does not specify."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"Λέγει γὰρ ὁ κύριος· Διὰ παντὸς τὸ ὄνομά μου βλασφημεῖται ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, καὶ πάλιν· ὐαὶ δι' ὃν βλασφημεῖται τὸ ὄνομά μου. ἐν τίνι βλασφημεῖται; ἐν τῷ μὴ ποιεῖν ὑμᾶς ἃ βούλομαι. τὰ ἔθνη γὰρ ἀκούοντα ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ἡμῶν τὰ λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ ὡς καλὰ καὶ μεγάλα θαυμάζει· ἔπειτα καταμαθόντα τὰ ἔργα ἡμῶν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἄξια τῶν ῥημάτων ὧν λέγομεν, ἔνθεν εἰς βλασφημίαν τρέπονται, λέγοντες εἶναι μῦθόν τινα καὶ πλάνην. ὅταν γὰρ ἀκούσωσιν παρ' ἡμῶν, ὅτι λέγει ὁ θεός· ὐ χάρις ὑμῖν, εἰ ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας ὑμᾶς, ἀλλὰ χάρις ὑμῖν, εἰ ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς καὶ τοὺς μισοῦντας ὑμᾶς· ταῦτα ὅταν ἀκούσωσιν, θαυμάζουσιν τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς ἀγαθότητος· ὅταν δὲ ἴδωσιν, ὅτι οὐ μόνον οὺς μισοῦντας οὐκ ἀγαπῶμεν, ἀλλ' ὅτι οὐδὲ τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας, καταγελῶσιν ἡμῶν, καὶ βλασφημεῖται τὸ ὄνομα.\n\nὭστε, ἀδελφοί, ποιοῦντες τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν θεοῦ ἐσόμεθα ἐκ τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς πρώτης, τῆς πνευματικῆς, τῆς πρὸ ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης ἐκτισμένης· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ποιήσωμεν τὸ θέλημα κυρίου, ἐσόμεθα ἐκ τῆς γραφῆς τῆς λεγούσης· Ἐγενήθη ὁ οἶκός μου σπήλαιον λῃστῶν. ὥστε οὖν αἱρετισώμεθα ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς ζωῆς εἶναι, ἵνα σωθῶμεν.","english":"For the Lord says: “My name is blasphemed continually among all the nations,” and again: “Woe because of whom my name is blasphemed.” In what is it blasphemed? In your not doing what I desire. For the nations, hearing from our mouth the oracles of God as good and great, marvel; then, observing our deeds, that they are not worthy of the words we speak, they turn from there to blasphemy, saying that it is some myth and error. For when they hear from us that God says: “It is not grace to you if you love those who love you, but grace to you if you love your enemies and those who hate you”—when they hear these things, they marvel at the excess of goodness; but when they see that not only do we not love those who hate us, but that we do not even love those who love us, they mock us, and the name is blasphemed.\n\nTherefore, brothers, by doing the will of our father God we shall be from the first church, the spiritual one, which was created before the sun and moon; but if we do not do the will of the Lord, we shall be from the scripture that says: “My house became a den of robbers.” So then let us choose to be from the church of life, that we may be saved.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Διὰ παντὸς τὸ ὄνομά μου βλασφημεῖται ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν","severity":"info","text":"The opening saying, 'My name is blasphemed among all the nations,' is not a direct biblical quotation but likely a free adaptation of themes from Isaiah 52:5 or Ezekiel 36:20-23, where God's name is profaned.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐγενήθη ὁ οἶκός μου σπήλαιον λῃστῶν","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'My house became a den of robbers' echoes a common prophetic trope (cf. Jeremiah 7:11 LXX: 'your house has become a den of thieves'), though not verbatim from any known canonical verse.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς πρώτης, τῆς πνευματικῆς, τῆς πρὸ ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης ἐκτισμένης","severity":"info","text":"The 'first, spiritual church created before the sun and moon' reflects a pre-existent, heavenly ecclesiology common in early Christian apocalyptic and gnostic thought, not a historical institution.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὥστε, ἀδελφοί","severity":"info","text":"The particle 'Ὥστε' marks a hortatory conclusion, shifting from the preceding prophetic warning to an ethical appeal, a typical structural move in paraenetic literature.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"βλασφημεῖται","severity":"info","text":"The repeated concern that Christian hypocrisy leads to blasphemy of God's name among pagans is a topos in early apologetic (cf. Justin, 1 Apol. 16; Tertullian, Apol. 40).","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ὑ χάρις ὑμῖν, εἰ ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας ὑμᾶς","severity":"caution","text":"The Greek text has 'ὑ χάρις' (likely a scribal error for 'οὐ χάρις'), and the English draft reads 'It is not grace to you'; the negative sense is required by context but the manuscript reading is ambiguous.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the opening saying about blasphemy is uncertain; it may be a lost apocryphon or a free composition.","The phrase 'ὑ χάρις' is textually corrupt; the intended reading is almost certainly 'οὐ χάρις'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"οὐκ οἴομαι δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ὅτι ἐκκλησία ζῶσα σῶμά ἐστιν Χριστοῦ· λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· Ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ· τὸ ἄρσεν ἐστὶν ὁ Χριστός, τὸ θῆλυ ἡ ἐκκλησία· καὶ ἔτι τὰ βιβλία καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι τὴν ἐκκλησίαν οὐ νῦν εἶναι, ἀλλὰ ἄνωθεν. ἦν γὰρ πνευματική, ὡς καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἡμῶν, ἐφανερώθη δὲ ἐπ' ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν, ἵνα ἡμᾶς σώσῃ.\n\nἡ ἐκκλησία δὲ πνευματικὴ οὖσα ἐφανερώθη ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ Χριστοῦ, δηλοῦσα ἡμῖν, ὅτι ἐάν τις ἡμῶν τηρήσῃ αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ καὶ μὴ φθείρῃ, ἀπολήψεται αὐτὴν ἐν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ· ἡ γὰρ σὰρξ αὕτη ἀντίτυπός ἐστιν τοῦ πνεύματος· οὐδεὶς οὖν τὸ ἀντίτυπον φθείρας τὸ αὐθεντικὸν μεταλήψεται. ἄρα οὖν τοῦτο λέγει, ἀδελφοί· τηρήσατε τὴν σάρκα, ἵνα τοῦ πνεύματος μεταλάβητε. εἰ δὲ λέγομεν εἶναι τὴν σάρκα τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα Χριστόν, ἄρα οὖν ὁ ὑβρίσας τὴν σάρκα ὕβρισεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. ὁ τοιοῦτος οὖν οὐ μεταλήψεται τοῦ πνεύματος, ὅ ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός.\n\nτοσαύτην δύναται ἡ σὰρξ αὕτη μεταλαβεῖν ζωὴν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν κολληθέντος αὐτῇ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου, οὔτε ἐξειπεῖν τις δύναται οὔτε λαλῆσαι, ἃ ἡτοίμασεν ὁ κύριος τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς αὐτοῦ.","english":"I do not think you are ignorant that the living church is the body of Christ; for the Scripture says: God made man male and female; the male is Christ, the female is the church; and further, the books and the apostles say that the church is not now, but from above. For it was spiritual, as also our Jesus was, but it was manifested in the last days, that it might save us.\n\nThe church, being spiritual, was manifested in the flesh of Christ, showing us that if any of us preserves it in the flesh and does not corrupt it, he will receive it in the Holy Spirit; for this flesh is the antitype of the spirit; therefore no one who corrupts the antitype will receive the authentic. So then this says, brothers: preserve the flesh, that you may receive the spirit. But if we say that the flesh is the church and the spirit is Christ, then he who has insulted the flesh has insulted the church. Such a one therefore will not receive the spirit, which is Christ.\n\nSo great a life and incorruptibility can this flesh receive when the Holy Spirit is joined to it, that no one can either express or speak of what the Lord has prepared for his elect.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ","severity":"info","text":"Clement adapts Genesis 1:27 (LXX) to allegorize male as Christ and female as church, a reading not found in the biblical text itself.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀντίτυπος","severity":"info","text":"ἀντίτυπος (antitype) denotes the flesh as a copy or image of the spirit, contrasting with αὐθεντικόν (authentic original). This Platonic terminology is common in early Christian typology.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐκκλησία ζῶσα σῶμά ἐστιν Χριστοῦ","severity":"info","text":"The identification of the church as the body of Christ echoes Pauline ecclesiology (cf. 1 Cor 12:27; Eph 1:23), but Clement extends it to a gendered allegory of creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ἄρα οὖν τοῦτο λέγει, ἀδελφοί","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks a hortatory conclusion, typical of Clement's rhetorical style, drawing a moral imperative from the preceding allegory.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ἡ ἐκκλησία δὲ πνευματικὴ οὖσα ἐφανερώθη ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ Χριστοῦ","severity":"info","text":"This passage influenced later Alexandrian exegesis, particularly Origen's allegorical method, and was cited in debates on the pre-existence of the church.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"τὰ βιβλία καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'the books and the apostles' is vague; it may refer to Old Testament writings and apostolic tradition, but the exact referent is uncertain.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the books and the apostles' is unclear; possibly a reference to lost apocryphal works or a general appeal to scripture and tradition.","The phrase 'the church is not now, but from above' could mean the church pre-existed in a spiritual form, but the temporal relation to Christ's incarnation is ambiguous."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":13,"ref":"p13","source":"ὐκ οἴομαι δέ, ὅτι μικρὰν συμβουλίαν ἐποιησάμην περὶ ἐγκρατείας, ἣν ποιήσας τις οὐ μετανοήσει, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑαυτὸν σώσει κἀμὲ τὸν συμβουλεύσαντα. μισθὸς γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν μικρὸς πλανωμένην ψυχὴν καὶ ἀπολλυμένην ἀποστρέψαι εἰς τὸ σωθῆναι. ταύτην γὰρ ἔχομεν τὴν ἀντιμισθίαν ἀποδοῦναι τῷ θεῷ τῷ κτίσαντι ἡμᾶς, ἐὰν ὁ λέγων καὶ ἀκούων μετὰ πίστεως καὶ ἀγάπης καὶ λέγῃ καὶ ἀκούῃ. ἐμμείνωμεν οὖν ἐφ' οἷς ἐπιστεύσαμεν δίκαιοι καὶ ὅσιοι, ἵνα μετὰ παρρησίας αἰτῶμεν τὸν θεὸν τὸν λέγοντα· Ἔτι λαλοῦντός σου ἐρῶ· ἰδοὺ πάρειμι. τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ ῥῆμα μεγάλης ἐστὶν ἐπαγγελίας σημεῖον· ἑτοιμότερον γὰρ ἑαυτὸν λέγει ὁ κύριος εἰς τὸ διδόναι τοῦ αἰτοῦντος.\n\nτοσαύτης οὖν χρηστότητος μεταλαμβάνοντες μὴ φθονήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς τυχεῖν τοσούτων ἀγαθῶν. ὅσην γὰρ ἡδονὴν ἔχει τὰ·ήματα ταῦτα τοῖς ποιήσασιν αὐτά, τοσαύτην κατάκρισιν ἔχει τοῖς παρακούσασιν. Ὥστε, ἀδελφοί, ἀφορμὴν λαβόντες οὐ μικρὰν εἰς τὸ μετανοῆσαι, καιρὸν ἔχοντες ἐπιστρέψωμεν ἐπὶ τὸν καλέσαντα ἡμᾶς θεόν, ἕως ἔτι ἔχομεν τὸν παραδεχόμενον ἡμᾶς.","english":"Nor do I think that I have given a small counsel concerning self-control, which, if one follows, he will not regret, but will both save himself and me who gave the counsel. For the reward is not small for turning back a wandering and perishing soul to be saved. For this is the recompense we have to pay back to God who created us, if the speaker and the hearer both speak and hear with faith and love. Let us therefore abide in what we have believed, righteous and holy, so that we may with confidence ask God, who says: \"While you are still speaking, I will say, 'Behold, I am here.'\" For this saying is a sign of a great promise; for the Lord declares himself more ready to give than the one who asks.\n\nPartaking, then, of such great kindness, let us not begrudge ourselves the attainment of such great goods. For as much pleasure as these words have for those who have done them, so much condemnation do they have for those who have disobeyed them. Therefore, brothers, having taken no small opportunity for repentance, and having time, let us turn back to God who has called us, while we still have him who receives us.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"μικρὰν συμβουλίαν","severity":"info","text":"The author downplays his counsel as 'small' (μικρὰν), a rhetorical modesty topos that underscores the gravity of the subject—self-control (ἐγκρατείας).","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀντιμισθίαν","severity":"info","text":"ἀντιμισθίαν ('recompense') is a rare term in early Christian literature, here denoting the reciprocal obligation of speaker and hearer to God for creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἔτι λαλοῦντός σου ἐρῶ· ἰδοὺ πάρειμι","severity":"info","text":"This saying is not a direct biblical quotation but echoes the divine readiness motif found in Isaiah 65:24 LXX and similar promises of God's immediate response.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"τοσαύτης οὖν χρηστότητος","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from exhortation to a conditional warning: the same words that bring pleasure to the obedient bring condemnation to the disobedient, reinforcing the binary choice.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐγκρατείας","severity":"info","text":"Self-control (ἐγκρατείας) was a central virtue in early Christian moral teaching, often linked to ascetic practice and the rejection of worldly desires.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸν παραδεχόμενον ἡμᾶς","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'him who receives us' likely refers to God as the one who accepts repentant sinners, a theme echoed in later patristic penitential literature.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the one who receives us' (τὸν παραδεχόμενον) is ambiguous: it could be God or Christ, but the context favors God as the caller."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":14,"ref":"p14","source":"ἐὰν γὰρ ταῖς ἡδυπαθείαις ταύταις ἀποταξώμεθα καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἡμῶν νικήσωμεν ἐν τῷ μὴ ποιεῖν τὰς ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῆς τὰς πονηράς, μεταληψόμεθα τοῦ ἐλέους Ἰησοῦ. γινώσκετε δέ, ὅτι ἔρχεται ἤδη ἡ ἡμέρα τῆς κρίσεως ὡς κλίβανος καιόμενος, καὶ τακήσονταί τινες τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ ὡς μόλιβος ἐπὶ πυρὶ τηκόμενος· καὶ τότε φανήσεται τὰ κρύφια καὶ φανερὰ ἔργα τῶν ἀνθρώπων. καλὸν οὖν ἐλεημοσύνη ὡς μετάνοια ἁμαρτίας· κρείσσων νηστεία προσευχῆς, ἐλεημοσύνη δὲ ἀμφοτέρων· ἀγάπη δὲ καλύπτει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν, προσευχὴ δὲ ἐκ καλῆς συνειδήσεως ἐκ θανάτου·ύεται. μακάριος πᾶς ὁ εὑρεθεὶς ἐν τούτοις πλήρης· ἐλεημοσύνη γὰρ κούφισμα ἁμαρτίας γίνεται. Μετανοήσωμεν οὖν ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας, ἵνα μή τις ἡμῶν παραπόληται. εἰ γὰρ ἐντολὰς ἔχομεν, ἵνα καὶ τοῦτο πράσσωμεν, ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων ἀποσπᾶν καὶ κατηχεῖν, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ψυχὴν ἤδη γινώσκουσαν τὸν θεὸν οὐ δεῖ ἀπόλλυσθαι; συλλάβωμεν οὖν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας ἀνάγειν περὶ τὸ ἀγαθόν, ὅπως σωθῶμεν ἅπαντες καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν ἀλλήλους καὶ νουθετήσωμεν. καὶ μὴ μόνον ἄρτι δοκῶμεν πιστεύειν καὶ προσέχειν ἐν τῷ νουθετεῖσθαι ἡμᾶς ὑπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅταν εἰς οἶκον ἀπαλλαγῶμεν, μνημονεύωμεν τῶν τοῦ κυρίου ἐνταλμάτων καὶ μὴ ἀντιπαρελκώμεθα ἀπὸ τῶν κοσμικῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, ἀλλὰ πυκνότερον προσερχόμενοι πειρώμεθα προκόπτειν ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς τοῦ κυρίου, ἵνα πάντες τὸ αὐτὸ φρονοῦντες συνηγμένοι ὦμεν ἐπὶ τὴν ζωήν.","english":"For if we renounce these pleasures and conquer our soul by not carrying out its evil desires, we will partake of the mercy of Jesus. Know that the day of judgment is already coming like a burning furnace, and some of the heavens and the whole earth will melt like lead melting on fire; and then the hidden and manifest works of men will be revealed. Good, then, is almsgiving as repentance for sin; better is fasting than prayer, but almsgiving is better than both; love covers a multitude of sins, and prayer from a good conscience delivers from death. Blessed is everyone found full in these things; for almsgiving becomes a lightening of sin. Let us therefore repent with our whole heart, so that none of us may perish. For if we have commandments to do even this—to draw away from idols and to instruct—how much more must a soul that already knows God not be allowed to perish? Let us therefore help one another and lead the weak toward the good, so that we may all be saved and turn one another back and admonish one another. And let us not only now seem to believe and pay attention when we are admonished by the presbyters, but also when we depart to our homes, let us remember the commandments of the Lord and not be drawn away by worldly desires, but by coming together more frequently let us try to advance in the commandments of the Lord, so that all, being of one mind, we may be gathered together for life.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ἡ ἡμέρα τῆς κρίσεως ὡς κλίβανος καιόμενος","severity":"info","text":"The image of judgment as a burning furnace is vivid but not a direct biblical citation; it echoes apocalyptic imagery (e.g., Rev 9:2).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀγάπη δὲ καλύπτει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν","severity":"info","text":"This phrase resembles 1 Pet 4:8, but the wording is not exact; it may be a loose adaptation or a common saying.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐλεημοσύνη","severity":"info","text":"Here ἐλεημοσύνη means 'almsgiving' (not just 'mercy'), a key virtue in early Christian paraenesis, often linked to repentance.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"καλὸν οὖν ... κρείσσων ... δὲ ἀμφοτέρων","severity":"info","text":"A graded comparison (good, better, best) structures the exhortation on almsgiving, fasting, and prayer, typical of moral instruction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"πρεσβυτέρων","severity":"info","text":"The mention of presbyters reflects early church hierarchy; Clement assumes a community with recognized leaders who admonish the faithful.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"προσευχὴ δὲ ἐκ καλῆς συνειδήσεως ἐκ θανάτου·ύεται","severity":"caution","text":"The text is corrupt: ἐκ θανάτου·ύεται likely should be ἐκ θανάτου ῥύεται ('delivers from death'), as in the English draft.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'some of the heavens' (τινες τῶν οὐρανῶν) is ambiguous: it may refer to celestial bodies or parts of the sky, not the entire heaven.","The corrupt reading ἐκ θανάτου·ύεται is resolved as ῥύεται, but the exact original is uncertain."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":15,"ref":"p15","source":"εἶπεν γὰρ ὁ κύριος· Ἔρχομαι συναγαγεῖν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, φυλὰς καὶ γλώσσας. τοῦτο δὲ λέγει τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς ἐπιφανείας αὐτοῦ, ὅτε ἐλθὼν λυτρώσεται ἡμᾶς, ἕκαστον κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. καὶ ὄψονται τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ κράτος οἱ ἄπιστοι, καὶ ξενισθήσονται ἰδόντες τὸ βασίλειον τοῦ κόσμου ἐν τῷ Ἰησοῦ, λέγοντες· ὐαὶ ἡμῖν, ὅτι σὺ ἦς, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδειμεν καὶ οὐκ ἐπιστεύομεν καὶ οὐκ ἐπειθόμεθα τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις τοῖς ἀναγγέλλουσιν ἡμῖν περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν· καὶ ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτήσει καὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτῶν οὐ σβεσθήσεται, καὶ ἔσονται εἰς ὅρασιν πάσῃ σαρκί. τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην λέγει τῆς κρίσεως, ὅταν ὄψονται τοὺς ἐν ἡμῖν ἀσεβήσαντας καὶ παραλογισαμένους τὰς ἐντολὰς Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. οἱ δὲ δίκαιοι εὐπραγήσαντες καὶ ὑπομείναντες τὰς βασάνους καὶ μισήσαντες τὰς ἡδυπαθείας τῆς ψυχῆς, ὅταν θεάσωνται τοὺς ἀστοχήσαντας καὶ ἀρνησαμένους\n\nδιὰ τῶν λόγων ἢ διὰ τῶν ἔργων τὸν Ἰησοῦν, ὅπως κολάζονται δειναῖς βασάνοις πυρὶ ἀσβέστῳ, ἔσονται δόξαν διδόντες τῷ θεῷ αὐτῶν λέγοντες, ὅτι ἔσται ἐλπὶς τῷ δεδουλευκότι θεῷ ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας.","english":"For the Lord said, “I am coming to gather together all the nations, tribes, and tongues.” And this he speaks of the day of his epiphany, when, having come, he will redeem us, each according to his works. And the unbelievers will see his glory and his power, and will be astonished when they behold the kingdom of the world in Jesus, saying, “Woe to us, for you were, and we did not know, and we did not believe, and we did not obey the presbyters who announced to us concerning our salvation.” And their worm will not cease, and their fire will not be extinguished, and they will be a spectacle for all flesh. That day he speaks of as the day of judgment, when they will see those among us who have been impious and have transgressed the commandments of Jesus Christ. But the righteous, who have done well and endured the torments and hated the pleasures of the soul, when they behold those who have failed and denied Jesus through words or through deeds, how they are punished with terrible torments in unquenchable fire, will give glory to their God, saying that there will be hope for the one who has served God with all his heart.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἔρχομαι συναγαγεῖν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, φυλὰς καὶ γλώσσας","severity":"info","text":"This saying is not a direct biblical quotation but echoes eschatological gathering themes (cf. Matt 24:31; Rev 14:6). The phrase may be a free adaptation of dominical prophecy.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς ἐπιφανείας","severity":"info","text":"ἐπιφάνεια here denotes the Lord’s eschatological manifestation, not the feast of Epiphany. The term is used in early Christian apocalyptic for the parousia.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"πρεσβυτέροις","severity":"info","text":"πρεσβύτεροι refers to church leaders (presbyters) who proclaim salvation. This reflects late first-century ecclesiastical hierarchy, consistent with Clement’s Roman context.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην λέγει τῆς κρίσεως","severity":"info","text":"This phrase explicitly identifies the preceding description as the day of judgment, clarifying the apocalyptic narrative. It functions as an interpretive gloss within the homily.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτήσει καὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτῶν οὐ σβεσθήσεται","severity":"info","text":"The image of an unceasing worm and unquenchable fire parallels later apocryphal descriptions of hell (e.g., Apocalypse of Peter). It emphasizes eternal punishment for unbelievers.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"βασίλειον τοῦ κόσμου","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase βασίλειον τοῦ κόσμου is ambiguous: it may mean 'kingdom of the world' (i.e., earthly dominion) or 'royal power of the world' in Jesus. The sense is contested.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase βασίλειον τοῦ κόσμου could be read as 'kingdom of the world' or 'royal power of the world'; the Coptic Vorlage is lost, so the precise nuance is uncertain.","The source of the dominical saying (Ἔρχομαι συναγαγεῖν...) is unknown; it may be from an apocryphal gospel or a free composition."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":16,"ref":"p16","source":"Καὶ ἡμεῖς οὖν γενώμεθα ἐκ τῶν εὐχαριστούντων, τῶν δεδουλευκότων τῷ θεῷ, καὶ μὴ ἐκ τῶν κρινομένων ἀσεβῶν. καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς πανθαμαρτωλὸς ὢν καὶ μήπω φυγὼν τὸν πειρασμόν, ἀλλ' ἔτι ὢν ἐν μέσοις τοῖς ὀργάνοις τοῦ διαβόλου σπουδάζω τὴν δικαιοσύνην διώκειν, ὅπως ἰσχύσω κἂν ἐγγὺς αὐτῆς γενέσθαι, φοβούμενος τὴν κρίσιν τὴν μέλλουσαν.\n\nὭστε, ἀδελφοὶ καὶ ἀδελφαί, μετὰ τὸν θεὸν τῆς ἀληθείας ἀναγινώσκω ὑμῖν ἔντευξιν εἰς τὸ προσέχειν τοῖς γεγραμμένοις, ἵνα καὶ ἑαυτοὺς σώσητε καὶ τὸν ἀναγινώσκοντα ἐν ὑμῖν· μισθὸν γὰρ αἰτῶ ὑμᾶς τὸ μετανοῆσαι ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας, σωτηρίαν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ ζωὴν διδόντας. τοῦτο γὰρ ποιήσαντες σκοπὸν πᾶσιν τοῖς νέοις θήσομεν, τοῖς βουλομένοις περὶ τὴν εὐσέβειαν καὶ τὴν χρηστότητα τοῦ θεοῦ φιλοπονεῖν.\n\nκαὶ μὴ ἀηδῶς ἔχωμεν καὶ ἀγανακτῶμεν οἱ ἄσοφοι, ὅταν τις ἡμᾶς νουθετῇ καὶ ἐπιστρέφῃ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδικίας εἰς τὴν δικαιοσύνην. ἐνίοτε γὰρ πονηρὰ πράσσοντες οὐ γινώσκομεν διὰ τὴν διψυχίαν καὶ ἀπιστίαν τὴν ἐνοῦσαν ἐν τοῖς στήθεσιν ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐσκοτίσμεθα τὴν διάνοιαν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν τῶν ματαίων. πράξωμεν οὖν τὴν δικαιοσύνην, ἵνα εἰς τέλος σωθῶμεν. μακάριοι οἱ τούτοις ὑπακούοντες τοῖς προστάγμασιν· κἂν ὀλίγον χρόνον κακοπαθήσωσιν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ, τὸν ἀθάνατον τῆς ἀναστάσεως καρπὸν τρυγήσουσιν. μὴ οὖν λυπείσθω ὁ εὐσεβής, ἐὰν ἐπὶ τοῖς νῦν χρόνοις ταλαιπωρῇ· μακάριος αὐτὸν ἀναμένει χρόνος· ἐκεῖνος ἄνω μετὰ τῶν πατέρων ἀναβιώσας εὐφρανθήσεται εἰς τὸν ἀλύπητον αἰῶνα.","english":"Let us therefore be among those who are grateful, among those who have served God, and not among the impious who are condemned. For I myself, being wholly sinful and not yet having fled from temptation, but still being in the midst of the instruments of the devil, am eager to pursue righteousness, so that I may be able, even if only to come near it, fearing the coming judgment.\n\nTherefore, brothers and sisters, after the God of truth, I read to you an exhortation to pay attention to what is written, that you may save both yourselves and the one who reads among you; for I ask of you as a reward that you repent from the whole heart, giving salvation and life to yourselves. For by doing this we will set a goal for all the young who wish to labor diligently in piety and in the goodness of God.\n\nAnd let us not, being unwise, be displeased and indignant when someone admonishes us and turns us from injustice to righteousness. For sometimes, when we do evil things, we do not know it because of the duplicity and unbelief that dwell in our breasts, and our understanding is darkened by vain desires. Let us therefore do righteousness, that we may be saved in the end. Blessed are those who obey these commandments; even if they suffer for a short time in this world, they will reap the immortal fruit of the resurrection. Therefore let the pious man not be grieved if he is afflicted in the present times; a blessed time awaits him; there, having come to life again above with the fathers, he will rejoice in the age without sorrow.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"πανθαμαρτωλὸς","severity":"info","text":"The author calls himself 'wholly sinful' (πανθαμαρτωλὸς), a rare term emphasizing personal humility and moral self-awareness, typical of early Christian paraenesis.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"διψυχίαν","severity":"info","text":"The term 'duplicity' (διψυχίαν) denotes a divided soul or wavering faith, a key concept in early Christian moral psychology, often contrasted with single-minded devotion.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸν ἀθάνατον τῆς ἀναστάσεως καρπὸν","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'immortal fruit of the resurrection' echoes Pauline language (e.g., 1 Cor 15) and early Christian eschatological hope, linking suffering to eternal reward.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐν μέσοις τοῖς ὀργάνοις τοῦ διαβόλου","severity":"info","text":"The 'instruments of the devil' likely refers to worldly temptations or persecutory agents, a common trope in early Christian literature (e.g., Hermas, Mand. 5.1).","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὥστε, ἀδελφοὶ καὶ ἀδελφαί","severity":"info","text":"The address 'brothers and sisters' marks a rhetorical transition from personal confession to communal exhortation, a typical paraenetic shift in early Christian letters.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"μακάριοι οἱ τούτοις ὑπακούοντες","severity":"info","text":"The beatitude 'blessed are those who obey' reflects a catechetical tradition, possibly influencing later monastic and liturgical texts on obedience and perseverance.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-clement-of-rome-epistula-ii-ad-corinthios","label":"source edition: Epistula ii ad Corinthios","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Rome_PG%2001-02/Epistula%20ii%20ad%20Corinthios.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is from a single manuscript tradition; the exact original wording of the letter is uncertain, and some phrases (e.g., 'instruments of the devil') may be metaphorical or refer to specific historical circumstances."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":17,"ref":"p17","source":"Ἀλλὰ μηδὲ ἐκεῖνο τὴν διάνοιαν ὑμῶν ταρασσέτω, ὅτι βλέπομεν τοὺς ἀδίκους πλουτοῦντας καὶ στενοχωρουμένους τοὺς τοῦ θεοῦ δούλους. πιστεύωμεν οὖν, ἀδελφοὶ καὶ ἀδελφαί· θεοῦ ζῶντος πεῖραν ἀθλοῦμεν καὶ γυμναζόμεθα τῷ νῦν βίῳ, ἵνα τῷ μέλλοντι στεφανωθῶμεν.\n\nοὐδεὶς τῶν δικαίων ταχὺν καρπὸν ἔλαβεν, ἀλλ' ἐκδέχεται αὐτόν. εἰ γὰρ τὸν μισθὸν τῶν δικαίων ὁ θεὸς συντόμως ἀπεδίδου, εὐθέως ἐμπορίαν ἠσκοῦμεν καὶ οὐ θεοσέβειαν· ἐδοκοῦμεν γὰρ εἶναι δίκαιοι, οὐ τὸ εὐσεβές, ἀλλὰ τὸ κερδαλέον διώκοντες. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο θεία κρίσις ἔβλαψεν πνεῦμα μὴ ὂν δίκαιον, καὶ ἐβάρυνεν δεσμοῖς.\n\nΤῷ μόνῳ θεῷ ἀοράτῳ, πατρὶ τῆς ἀληθείας, τῷ ἐξαποστείλαντι ἡμῖν τὸν σωτῆρα καὶ ἀρχηγὸν τῆς ἀφθαρσίας, δι' οὗ καὶ ἐφανέρωσεν ἡμῖν τὴν ἀλήθειαν καὶ τὴν ἐπουράνιον ζωήν, αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.","english":"But let not that disturb your mind, that we see the unjust wealthy and the servants of God in distress. Let us therefore believe, brothers and sisters; we are undergoing a trial and training of the living God in the present life, so that we may be crowned in the life to come.\n\nNo one among the righteous has received a swift reward, but awaits it. For if God were to pay out the reward of the righteous immediately, we would at once practice commerce and not piety; for we would seem to be righteous, pursuing not what is pious but what is profitable. And for this reason divine judgment has struck a spirit that is not righteous, and has weighed it down with bonds.\n\nTo the only invisible God, father of truth, who sent to us the savior and leader of incorruptibility, through whom he also revealed to us the truth and the heavenly life, to him be glory for the ages of ages. 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