Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 10.7

Summary: Christ told the rich man to leave his many concerns and hold to the grace that gives eternal life.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:166

οὕτως καὶ τοῦτον ἐκέλευε τῆς πολυπραγμοσύνης ἀφέμενον ἑνὶ προστετηκέναι καὶ προσκαθέζεσθαι, τῇ χάριτι τοῦ ζωὴν αἰώνιον προστιθέντος.

So too he told this man to let go of his busyness and cling and sit close to the one thing, the grace of him who adds eternal life.

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. 10.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/10/7/).

Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 10.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/10/7/).