Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 22.4

Clement of Alexandria · Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? · ca. 190–210 · Alexandria · Read in context

Summary: If enemies must be loved, family must be loved all the more; otherwise the two sayings would contradict each other.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:174

εἰ δὲ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἀγαπητέον, ἀνάλογον ἀπʼ ἐκείνων ἀνιόντι καὶ τοὺς ἐγγυτάτω γένους· ἢ εἰ μισητέον τοὺς πρὸς αἵματος, πολὺ μᾶλλον τοὺς ἐχθροὺς προβάλλεσθαι κατιὼν ὁ λόγος διδάσκει, ὥστε ἀλλήλους ἀναιροῦντες ἐλέγχοιντʼ ἂν οἱ λόγοι.

English · Claude translation

If enemies are to be loved, then, by analogy, rising from them, so are one's nearest kin; or if blood relatives are to be hated, much more, descending, the saying teaches us to reject our enemies; so the sayings would refute each other by cancelling each other out.

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Source: Stählin 3:174 · 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

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 22.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/22/4/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 22.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/22/4/).

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