# Epistulae de virginitate [Sp.] 13.4

Clemens Romanus, Epistulae de virginitate [Sp.], EPISTULA PRIOR BEATI CLEMENTIS DISCIPULI PETRI APOSTOLI., Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/epistulae-de-virginitate-sp/13.4

4.ὅτι δὲ ὁ θερισμὸς πολὺς καὶ οἱ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι, δῆλον ὅτι ἐν τοῖς καιροῖς ἡμῶν λιμός ἐστιν τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι λόγον κυρίου. διὸ δεηθῶμεν τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ, ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ’ ἐργάτας τοιούτους· ὀρθοτομοῦντας τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας, ἀνεπαισχύντους, ἀνεπιλήπτους, ἐργάτας πιστούς, φ στῆρας τῆς οἰκουμένης, ἐργαζομένους μὴ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν ἀπολλυμένην, ἀλλὰ τὴν μένουσαν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον · ἐργάτας τοιούτους ὡς οἱ ἀπόστολοι, . . ἐργαζομένους τὴν σωτηρίαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

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Clemens Romanus, Epistulae de virginitate [Sp.], ed. Francis Xavier Funk, Francis Diekamp. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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