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Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 30.6

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

Summary: Whoever receives Christ's disciples receives him.

Greek text · Stählin 3:180

καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ· »ὁ ὑμᾶς δεχόμενος ἐμὲ δέχεται, ὁ ὑμᾶς μὴ δεχόμενος ἐμὲ ἀθετεῖ.«

English · Claude translation

And elsewhere: “Whoever receives you receives me; whoever does not receive you rejects me.”

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Source
Stählin 3:180 · 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.
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Notes

Translation notes

  • The quotation combines Matt 10:40 and Luke 10:16.

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 30.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/30/6/).

Plain text
Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 30.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/30/6/).

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