Shepherd of Hermas, Chapter 7
Introduction
This entry meets the strict three-criteria standard of the Theosis Library:
- Manuscript scan: The actual folio(s) of Codex Sinaiticus containing this chapter, from the Codex Sinaiticus Project (codexsinaiticus.org). Each section links to the specific folio holding its verses.
- Original text: The Codex Sinaiticus Project's verbatim transcription of the folio shown (uncial letters, lunate sigma, nomina sacra preserved).
- English translation: J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891), public domain, retrieved verbatim from Lightfoot 1891 via earlychristianwritings.com transcription.
Numbering: Chapter 7 in the continuous (Whittaker) numbering used by the Codex Sinaiticus Project is Vision 2, chapter 3 in Lightfoot's traditional division, which the English column follows.
Why this is here: Codex Sinaiticus binds this text after Revelation, alongside the canonical books. Reading it on the same parchment as the Gospels is primary evidence for how a 4th-century Christian community treated it.
How was this verified? (Provenance)
1ϲυ δε ερμα μηκετι μνηϲικακηϲηϲ τοιϲ τεκνοιϲ ϲου μηδε την αδελφην ϲου εαϲηϲ ϊνα καθαριϲθωϲιν απο των προτερων αμαρτιων αυτω παιδευθηϲοντε γαρ παιδια δικαια εαν ϲυ μη μνηϲικακηϲηϲ αυτοιϲ μνηϲικακια θανατον κατεργαζεται ϲυ δε ερμα μεγαλαϲ θλιψειϲ εϲχεϲ ϊδιωτικαϲ δια ταϲ παραβαϲιϲ του οικου ϲου οτι ουκ αιμεληϲεν ϲοι περι αυτων αλλα παρενεθυμηθηϲ και τεϲ πραγματιαιϲ ϲου ϲυνανεφυρηϲ τεϲ πονηραιϲ 2αλλα ϲωζι ϲε το μη αποϲτηναι ϲε απο θυ ζωτοϲ και η απλοτηϲ ϲου και η πολλη ενκρατια ταυτα ϲεϲωκεν ϲαι εν ενμινηϲ και πανταϲ ϲωζειϲ τουϲ τα τοιαυτα εργαζομενουϲ και πορευομενουϲ εν ακακια και απλοτητι ουτοι κατϊϲχυουϲιν παϲηϲ πονηριαϲ και παραμενουϲιν ειϲ ζωη αιωνιον 3μακαριοι παντεϲ οι εργαζομενοι την δικαιοϲυνην ου διαφθαρηϲοντε εωϲ αιωνοϲ 4εριϲ δε μαξιμω ε̣ιδου θλιψειϲ ερχεται εαν ϲοι φανη παλιν αρνηϲαι εγγυϲ κϲ τοιϲ επιϲτρεφομενοιϲ ωϲ γεγραπται εν τω ε ελδαδ και ωδατ τοιϲ προφητευϲαϲιν εν τη ερημω τω λαω ·
1"But do thou, Hermas, no longer bear a grudge against thy children, neither suffer thy sister to have her way, so that they may be purified from their former sins. For they shall be chastised with a righteous chastisement, unless thou bear a grudge against them thyself. The bearing of a grudge worketh death. But thou, Hermas, hast had great tribulations of thine own, by reason of the transgressions of thy family, because thou hadst no care for them. For thou wast neglectful of them, and wast mixed up with thine evil transactions. 2But herein is thy salvation, in that thou didst not depart from the living God, and in thy simplicity and thy great continence. These have saved thee, if thou abidest therein; and they save all who do such things, and walk in guilelessness and simplicity. These men prevail over all wickedness, and continue unto life eternal. 3Blessed are all they that work righteousness. They shall never be destroyed. 4But thou shalt say to Maximus, "Behold tribulation cometh (upon thee), if thou think fit to deny a second time. The Lord is nigh unto them that turn unto him, as it is written in Eldad and Modat, who prophesied to the people in the wilderness."
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Source & Cross-References
- Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891) — view original
- Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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