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Hermas asks for a further explanation.
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Shepherd of Hermas — Similitude 6, section iv

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Existing reader manuscript-image reference: Codex Sinaiticus. Working source: Lightfoot & Harmer 1891 (normalized OCR) · Greek

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Shepherd of Hermas 57:1

The Length of Torment

The Question about the Length of Torment · Shepherd of Hermas 57

Story guide: Hermas asks about the times of deception and torment, and the shepherd contrasts their lengths.

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1I say to him, "Lord, explain this to me further." He says, "What are you seeking?" I say, "Then, Lord, are those who indulge themselves and are deceived tormented for the same length of time as the time of the deception? For the time of deception is one hour, but the hour of torment has the force of thirty days. Therefore, if someone indulges himself for one day and is deceived, and is tormented for one day, the day of torment amounts to a whole year. So then, for as many days as a person indulges himself, for that many years he is tormented." "You see then," he says, "that the time of indulgence and deception is very short, but the time of punishment and torment is long."

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