Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 23.5

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

Summary: Having heard both sides, choose salvation: whatever any relative says, let Christ, who fights for you, prevail.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:175

πρὸς θεὸν ἀπιστίᾳ.‹ τούτων τῶν λόγων ἑκατέρωθεν διακούσας ὑπὲρ σεαυτοῦ δίκασον καὶ τὴν ψῆφον ἀνένεγκε τῇ σαυτοῦ σωτηρίᾳ· κἂν ἀδελφὸς ὅμοια λέγῃ κἂν τέκνον κἂν γυνὴ κἂν ὁστισοῦν. πρὸ πάντων ἐν σοὶ Χριστὸς ὁ νικῶν ἔστω· ὑπὲρ σοῦ γὰρ ἀγωνίζεται.

English · Claude translation

unbelief toward God.’ Having heard these words from both sides, judge for yourself and cast your vote for your own salvation. Even if a brother says the same, or a child, or a wife, or anyone at all, before all things let Christ, who conquers, be in you; for he contends on your behalf.

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Source: Stählin 3:175 · 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, Christology

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 23.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/23/5/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 23.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/23/5/).

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