Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 17.3

Summary: As there are different kinds of treasure among us,

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Greek text · Stählin 3:170

ὥσπερ οὖν θησαυρὸς οὐχ εἷς παρʼ αὐτῷ καθὸ καὶ παρʼ ἡμῖν, ὁ τὸ αἰφνίδιον μέγα κέρδος ἐν εὑρήσει διδούς.

As, then, treasure is not one thing with him, as with us too, there being the treasure that gives sudden great gain when it is found,

Source: Stählin 3:170 · 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. 17.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/17/3/).

Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 17.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/17/3/).