Prophetic Extracts 56.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: “He set” refers to the future: at the end Christ will come to the faithful, who form one body with many members,

Greek text · Stählin 3:153

τὸ γὰρ »ἔθετο« καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ παρῳχηκότος καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐσομένου τάσσεται· ἐπὶ μὲν τοῦ ἐσομένου, ὅτι πληρωθείσης ταύτης τῆς κατὰ τὴν παροῦσαν κατάστασιν περιόδου ὁ κύριος ἐλεύσεται πρὸς τοὺς δικαίους τοὺς πιστούς, οἷς ἐπαναπαύεται καθάπερ σκηνῇ· ἓν γὰρ σῶμα οἱ πάντες ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ γένους τὴν αὐτὴν πίστιν καὶ δικαιοσύνην ἑλόμενοι, εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν ἑνότητα ἀποκαταστησόμενοι· ἀλλʼ οἳ μὲν ὡς κεφαλή, οἳ δὲ ὡς ὀφθαλμοί, οἳ δὲ ὡς ὦτα.

English · Claude translation

For “he set” is used both of the past and of the future: of the future, because when this period of the present state is completed, the Lord will come to the righteous and faithful, in whom he rests as in a tent; for all who, from the same race, have chosen the same faith and righteousness are one body, to be restored to the same unity; but some as head, others as eyes, others as ears,

About this passage

Source

Stählin 3:153 · 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

1 Cor 12:12 · allusion, high confidence
1 Cor 12:16 · allusion, high confidence

Topics

Eschatology

Cite this passage

Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 56.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/56/3/).

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Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 56.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/56/3/).