Shepherd of Hermas — Commentary on Scripture

Acts 4:12

Well did you escape from it, because you cast your care on God, and opened your heart to the Lord, believing that you can be saved by no other than by His great and glorious name. On this account the Lord has sent His angel, who has rule over the beasts, and whose name is Thegri, and has shut up its mouth, so that it cannot tear you.

Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 4

Acts 6:1

And they who believed from the ninth mountain, which was deserted, and had in it creeping things and wild beasts which destroy men, were the following: they who had the stains as servants, who discharged their duty ill, and who plundered widows and orphans of their livelihood.

Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 9

Acts 12:13

He who had brought me up, sold me to one Rhode in Rome.

Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 1

Acts 14:12

After he had spoken with me he rose up from the couch, and taking the Shepherd and the virgins, he departed. But he said to me that he would send back the Shepherd and the virgins to my dwelling. Amen.

Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 10

Acts 17:30

"And if any one, sir," I said, "has been hitherto ignorant, before he heard these words, how can such man be saved who has defiled his flesh?" "Respecting former sins of ignorance," he said, "God alone is able to heal them, for to Him belongs all power."

Shepherd of Hermas, Commandment 4

Colossians 1:15

The Son of God is older than all His creatures, so that He was a fellow-councillor with the Father in His work of creation: for this reason is He old.

Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 9

Colossians 3:2

But such as entertain wicked thoughts in their minds are bringing upon themselves death and captivity; and especially is this the case with those who set their affections on this world, and glory in their riches, and look not forward to the blessings of the life to come.

Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 1

Ecclesiastes 12:13

"Fear," said he, "the Lord, and keep His commandments. For if you keep the commandments of God, you will be powerful in every action, and every one of your actions will be incomparable. For, fearing the Lord, you will do all things well. This is the fear which you ought to have, that you may be saved."

Shepherd of Hermas, Commandment 7

Ephesians 1:13

And the others also he sent into the tower, those, namely, who had returned branches that were green and had offshoots but no fruit, having given them seals. And all who went into the tower had the same clothing-white as snow.

Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 8

Ephesians 2:12

For many will their regrets be; for they have no hope, but have despaired of themselves and their life. But do thou pray to God, and He will heal thine own sins, and those of thy whole house, and of all the saints.

Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 1

Ephesians 2:20

"And the stones, sir," I said, "which were taken out of the pit and fitted into the building: what are they?" "The first," he said, "the ten, viz, that were placed as a foundation, are the first generation, and the twenty-five the second generation, of righteous men; and the thirty-five are the prophets of God and His ministers; and the forty are the apostles and teachers of the preaching of the Son of God."

Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 9

Ephesians 3:9

God, who dwells in the heavens, and made out of nothing the things that exist, and multiplied and increased them on account of His holy Church, is angry with you for having sinned against Him.

Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 1

Ephesians 4:25

Again he said to me, "Love the truth, and let nothing but truth proceed from your mouth, that the spirit which God has placed in your flesh may be found truthful before all men; and the Lord, who dwelleth in you, will be glorified, because the Lord is truthful in every word, and in Him is no falsehood."

Shepherd of Hermas, Commandment 3

Ephesians 4:26

For he is choked by the vile spirit, and cannot attend on the Lord as he wishes, for anger pollutes him. For the Lord dwells in long-suffering, but the devil in anger.

Shepherd of Hermas, Commandment 5

Ephesians 4:27

As many, therefore, as are empty, fear the devil, as possessing power. When a man has filled very suitable jars with good wine, and a few among those jars are left empty, then he comes to the jars, and does not look at the full jars, for he knows that they are full; but he looks at the empty, being afraid lest they have become sour. For empty jars quickly become sour, and the goodness of the wine is gone. So also the devil goes to all the servants of God to try them. As many, then, as are full in the faith, resist him strongly, and he withdraws from them, having no way by which he might enter them. He goes, then, to the empty, and finding a way of entrance, into them, he produces in them whatever he wishes, and they become his servants.

Shepherd of Hermas, Commandment 12

Ephesians 4:30

You ought as a servant of God to have walked in truth, and not to have joined an evil conscience with the spirit of truth, nor to have caused sadness to the holy and true Spirit.

Shepherd of Hermas, Commandment 3

Ephesians 5:27

And then the Son of God will be exceeding glad, and shall rejoice over them, because He has received His people pure.

Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 9

Galatians 2:17

For the Lord has sworn by His glory, in regard to His elect, that if any one of them sin after a certain day which has been fixed, he shall not be saved. For the repentance of the righteous has limits.

Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 2

Hebrews 1:3

"Because," he answered, "God planted the vineyard, that is to say, He created the people, and gave them to His Son; and the Son appointed His angels over them to keep them; and He Himself purged away their sins, having suffered many trials and undergone many labours, for no one is able to dig without labour and toil. He Himself, then, having purged away the sins of the people, showed them the paths of life." ... "Listen," he said: "the name of the Son of God is great, and cannot be contained, and supports the whole world."

Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 9

Hebrews 3:12

Thinking, then, that they could find a better, they wander and become wretched, and enter upon pathless places. But those which fell into the fire and were burned are those who have departed for ever from the living God.

Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 3