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Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 29.5

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

Summary: Christ must be loved equally with God, and he is loved by those who do his will and keep his commandments.

Greek text · Stählin 3:179

τοῦτον οὖν ἀγαπᾶν ἴσα χρὴ τῷ θεῷ. ἀγαπᾷ δὲ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ὁ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιῶν καὶ φυλάσσων αὐτοῦ τὰς ἐντολάς.

English · Claude translation

We must love him, then, equally with God. And he loves Christ Jesus who does his will and keeps his commandments.

About this passage

Source
Stählin 3:179 · 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.
Scripture
Topics
Christology, Ethics

Notes

Translation notes

  • The allusion is John 14:15, 21.

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 29.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/29/5/).

Plain text
Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 29.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/29/5/).

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