Hermas, The Shepherd of Hermas, ed. Kirsopp Lake, 17.2.5

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[5] σὺ οὖν νικήσας καὶ ¹ στεφανωθεὶς κατ̓ αὐτῆς ἐλθὲ πρὸς τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τῆς δικαιοσύνης, καὶ παραδοὺς αὐτῇ τὸ νῖκος, ὃ ἔλαβες, δούλευσον αὐτῇ, καθὼς αὐτὴ βούλεται. ἐὰν δουλεύσῃς τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ τῇ ἀγαθῇ καὶ ὑποταγῇς αὐτῇ, δυνήσῃ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς πονηρᾶς κατακυριεῦσαι καὶ ὑποτάξαι αὐτήν, καθὼς βούλει.

The Shepherd of Hermas. Hermas. ed. Kirsopp Lake. London. 1917.

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Ποιμὴν (Greek) (Hermas. The Apostolic Fathers, Vol 2. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. London: William Heinemann; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917.)

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Hermas Perseus (Hermas. The Apostolic Fathers with an English translation by Kirsopp Lake. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1913) — 17.2.5 focus

[5] Do you, therefore, conquer it, and come in triumph over it to the desire of righteousness, and giving up to it the victory which you have gained, serve it as it wishes. If you serve the good desire, and submit to it, you will be able to overcome the wicked desire, and subdue it as you wish.

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The Shepherd of Hermas

1. nikh/sas kai\ om A. (The exact sords are of course doubtful, but LE both imply some such phrase before stefanwqei/s. Hollenberg and Funk read ni=kos labw/n to correspond sith to\ ni=kos o(\ e)/labes.)

Hermas The Shepherd of Hermas 17.2.5

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