Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 8.1
Summary: One must first know the Father, revealed only by the Son, and then the greatness of the Savior, whose grace surpasses the law given through Moses.
Greek text · Stählin 3:164
Τοῦτον οὖν πρῶτον ἐπιγνῶναι τῷ ζησομένῳ τὴν ὄντως ζωὴν παρακελεύεται, ὃν »οὐδεὶς ἐπιγινώσκει εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱὸς καὶ ᾧ ἂν ὁ υἱὸς ἀποκαλύψῃ«. ἔπειτα τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ σωτῆρος μετʼ ἐκεῖνον καὶ τὴν καινότητα τῆς χάριτος μαθεῖν, ὅτι δὴ κατὰ τὸν ἀπόστολον »ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωσέως ἐδόθη, ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ«· καὶ οὐκ ἴσα τὰ διὰ δούλου πιστοῦ διδόμενα τοῖς ὑπὸ [τοῦ] υἱοῦ γνησίου δωρουμένοις.
English · Claude translation
He urges the one who would live the true life, then, first to know him “whom no one knows except the Son and he to whom the Son reveals him”; then, after him, to learn the greatness of the Savior and the newness of grace, since, according to the apostle, “the law was given through Moses, grace and truth through Jesus Christ”; and the things given through a faithful servant are not equal to those bestowed by a true Son.
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- The quotations are Matt 11:27 and John 1:17 (called “the apostle”); the contrast of servant and Son is Heb 3:5–6.
Cite this passage
Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 8.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/8/1/).
Plain text
Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 8.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/8/1/).
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