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Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 31.4

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

Summary: Whoever gives even a cup of water to a disciple will not lose his reward.

Greek text · Stählin 3:180

καὶ πάλιν· »ὁ δεχόμενος δίκαιον ἢ προφήτην εἰς ὄνομα δικαίου ἢ προφήτου τὸν ἐκείνων μισθὸν λήψεται. ὁ δὲ μαθητὴν ποτίσας εἰς ὄνομα μαθητοῦ ποτήριον ψυχροῦ ὕδατος τὸν μισθὸν οὐκ ἀπολέσει.« οὐκοῦν οὗτος μόνος ὁ μισθὸς οὐκ ἀπολλύμενός ἐστι.

English · Claude translation

And again: “Whoever receives a righteous man or a prophet in the name of a righteous man or a prophet will receive their reward; and whoever gives a disciple a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple will not lose his reward.” So this is the only reward that is not lost.

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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
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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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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 31.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/31/4/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 31.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/31/4/).

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