Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 42.3

Summary: In a nearby city John entrusted a promising young man to the bishop, solemnly, before the church and Christ.

Greek text · Stählin 3:188

ἐλθὼν οὖν καὶ ἐπί τινα τῶν οὐ μακρὰν πόλεων, ἧς καὶ τοὔνομα λέγουσιν ἔνιοι, καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἀναπαύσας τοὺς ἀδελφούς, ἐπὶ πᾶσι τῷ καθεστῶτι προσβλέψας ἐπισκόπῳ. νεανίσκον ἱκανὸν τῷ σώματι καὶ τὴν ὄψιν ἀστεῖον καὶ θερμὸν τὴν ψυχὴν ἰδών, »τοῦτον« ἔφη »σοὶ παρακατατίθεμαι μετὰ πάσης σπουδῆς ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ μάρτυρος«. τοῦ δὲ δεχομένου καὶ πάνθʼ ὑπισχνουμένου καὶ πάλιν τὰ αὐτὰ διετείνατο καὶ διεμαρτύρατο.

English · Claude translation

Coming then to one of the cities not far off, whose name some people even give, and having comforted the brethren in other matters, he finally looked at the bishop who had been appointed and, seeing a young man strong in body, handsome in appearance, and ardent in soul, said, “This one I entrust to you with all earnestness, with the church and Christ as witness.” When the bishop accepted him and promised everything, John again gave the same charge and called on witnesses.

About this passage

Source

Stählin 3:188 · 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

Church office

Cite this passage

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 42.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/42/3/).

Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 42.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/42/3/).