Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 38.5

Summary: No one should despair after learning who the rich man is

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Greek text · Stählin 3:185

μηδὲ γὰρ τοῦτο εἰς ἀπόγνωσίν σοι καὶ ἀπόνοιαν καταλελείφθω, εἰ καὶ τὸν πλούσιον μάθοις ὅστις ἐστὶν

Let not this, too, be left to you as a cause of despair and hopelessness, if you have learned who the rich man is

Source: Stählin 3:185 · 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. 38.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/38/5/).

Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 38.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/38/5/).