Prophetic Extracts 12.5

Clement of Alexandria · Prophetic Extracts · ca. 200 · Alexandria · Read in context

Summary: We groan to be clothed with incorruption.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:140

»ἡμεῖς γὰρ στενάζομεν ἐπενδύσασθαι ποθοῦντες« τὰ ἄφθαρτα, πρὶν ἐκδύσασθαι τὴν φθοράν.

English · Claude translation

“For we groan, longing to put on” the incorruptible, before putting off corruption.

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Source

Stählin 3:140 · Otto Stählin, ed., Clemens Alexandrinus, vol. 3, Stromata Buch VII und VIII, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae propheticae, Quis dives salvetur, Fragmente, GCS 17 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1909) · Greek text: Otto Stählin, Clemens Alexandrinus 3 (GCS 17, 1909), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Stählin (1909); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

2 Cor 5:2 · quotation, high confidence
2 Cor 5:4 · allusion, high confidence

Topics

Eschatology

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 12.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/12/5/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 12.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/12/5/).

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