Shepherd of Hermas — Mandate 10 · Chapter 2
Mandate 10.2.1
Greek
Mandate 10.2.1 “Hear, then, you who lack understanding,” he says, “how sorrow wears away the holy spirit and yet again saves.
Textual & reception notes
Mandate 10.2.1 — Textual: The promised explanation repeats sorrow's opposed effects, connecting directly with Hermas's question in the previous chapter. Reception: No section-specific reception verified in the sources checked.
Mandate 10.2.2
Greek
Mandate 10.2.2 “When a double-minded person undertakes some action and fails in it because of his double-mindedness, this sorrow enters the person, grieves the holy spirit, and wears it away.
Textual & reception notes
Mandate 10.2.2 — Textual: Sorrow following failure through double-mindedness grieves and wears away the indwelling spirit; this is the first harmful case. Reception: No section-specific reception verified in the sources checked.
Mandate 10.2.3
Greek
Mandate 10.2.3 “Then again, when a quick temper attaches itself to a person over some matter and he becomes very bitter, sorrow again enters the heart of the person who became quick-tempered. He grieves over the deed he did and repents because he did evil.
Textual & reception notes
Mandate 10.2.3 — Textual: Sorrow after an angry deed can produce recognition and repentance; its outcome distinguishes it from frustrated double-mindedness. Reception: No section-specific reception verified in the sources checked.
Mandate 10.2.4
Greek
Mandate 10.2.4 “This sorrow, then, appears to bring salvation, because the one who did evil repented. Both actions, therefore, grieve the spirit: double-mindedness, because it did not succeed in its action, and a quick temper grieves the spirit because it did evil. Both, therefore, are grievous to the holy spirit: double-mindedness and a quick temper.
Textual & reception notes
Mandate 10.2.4 — Textual: Saving sorrow is explained through repentance, while both originating faults still grieve the spirit. The distinction does not excuse the anger. Reception: No section-specific reception verified in the sources checked.
Mandate 10.2.5
Greek
Mandate 10.2.5 “Remove sorrow from yourself, then, and do not afflict the holy spirit dwelling in you, lest it petition God and depart from you.
Textual & reception notes
Mandate 10.2.5 — Textual: The warning joins affliction of the indwelling spirit with its petition to God and departure; Lake's selected recipient of petition is retained. Reception: No section-specific reception verified in the sources checked.
Mandate 10.2.6
Greek
Mandate 10.2.6 “For the spirit of God given to this flesh does not endure sorrow or confinement.
Textual & reception notes
Mandate 10.2.6 — Textual: The spirit is expressly called God's gift to the flesh; the language continues the image of an indwelling presence unable to endure confinement. Reception: No section-specific reception verified in the sources checked.