Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 41.4

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

Summary: Heed the spiritual guide's anger, grief, and pleas.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:187

τοῦτον καὶ ὀργισθέντα φοβήθητι, καὶ στενάξαντα † λυπήθητι, καὶ ὀργὴν παύοντα αἰδέσθητι, καὶ κόλασιν παραιτούμενον φθάσον.

English · Claude translation

Fear this man when he is angry; be grieved when he groans; respect him when he ceases from anger; and anticipate him when he pleads for your punishment to be averted.

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Source: Stählin 3:187 · 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

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Translation notes

The edition marks a corruption (dagger) in this sentence; the translation follows the likely sense.

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 41.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/41/4/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 41.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/41/4/).

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