Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 24.1

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

Summary: If one can master one's wealth, Christ does not take it away; but if it masters you, cast it off.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:175

Δύνασαι καὶ τῶν χρημάτων ἐπίπροσθεν εἶναι; φράσον καὶ οὐκ ἀπάγει σε Χριστὸς τῆς κτήσεως, ὁ κύριος οὐ φθονεῖ. ἀλλʼ ὁρᾷς σεαυτὸν ἡττώμενον ὑπʼ αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνατρεπόμενον; ἄφες. ῥῖψον.

English · Claude translation

Can you rise above your wealth? Say so, and Christ does not draw you away from possessing it; the Lord does not begrudge it. But do you see yourself overcome and overthrown by it? Let it go, throw it away,

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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

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 24.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/24/1/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 24.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/24/1/).

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