Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 25.5

Summary: Inner persecution is worse, since it is always present and cannot be escaped.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:176

οὗτος ὁ διωγμὸς βαρύτερος καὶ χαλεπώτερος, ἔνδοθεν ὁρμώμενος, ἀεὶ συνών, ὃν οὐδὲ ἐκφυγεῖν ὁ διωκόμενος δύναται·

This persecution is heavier and harder, starting from within and always present, and the one persecuted cannot even escape it;

Source: Stählin 3:176 · 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. 25.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/25/5/).

Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 25.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/25/5/).