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Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 4.7

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

Summary: Jesus, loving him, tells him to sell all and give to the poor; he goes away grieving.

Greek text · Stählin 3:162

ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἐμβλέψας ἠγάπησεν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν· ›ἕν σοι ὑστερεῖ· εἰ θέλεις τέλειος εἶναι, πώλησον ὅσα ἔχεις καὶ διάδος πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι.‹ ὃ δὲ στυγνάσας ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ ἀπῆλθε λυπούμενος·

English · Claude translation

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, ‘One thing you lack: if you wish to be perfect, sell what you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.’ But he was gloomy at the saying and went away grieving;

About this passage

Source
Stählin 3:162 · 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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Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

  • “If you wish to be perfect” is from Matt 19:21, combined with Mark's wording.

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 4.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/4/7/).

Plain text
Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 4.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/4/7/).

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