Sophia Scriptura

Excerpts from Theodotus 6.4

Clement of Alexandria · Excerpts from Theodotus · ca. 200 · Alexandria · Read in context

Summary: They read “life” in John 1:4 as the Word's female consort.

Greek text · Stählin 3:107–108

»ὃ γέγονεν ἐν αὐτῷ« τῷ λόγῳ, »ζωὴ ἦν«, ἡ σύζυγος· διὸ καὶ φησιν ὁ κύριος· »ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ζωή.«

English · Claude translation

“What came into being in him,” the Word, “was life,” his consort; that is why the Lord also says, “I am the life.”

About this passage

Source
Stählin 3:107–108 · 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.
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Notes

Translation notes

  • The quotations are John 1:3–4 (with the punctuation “what came into being in him was life”) and John 11:25 (14:6).

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 6.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/6/4/).

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Plain text
Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 6.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/6/4/).

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