Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 10.5

Summary: He did not truly want life, but only the appearance of good will.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:166

ὑπὲρ ἧς ἱκέτευεν. οὐ γὰρ ἀληθῶς ζωὴν ἤθελεν, ὡς ἔφασκεν, ἀλλὰ δόξαν προαιρέσεως ἀγαθῆς μόνην περιεβάλλετο.

for which he was pleading. For he did not truly want life, as he claimed, but was only clothing himself with the reputation of a good intention.

Source: Stählin 3:166 · 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.
Topics: Ethics

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 10.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/10/5/).

Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 10.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/10/5/).