# Greek Fragments (Stählin)

- Author: [Clement of Alexandria](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/clement-of-alexandria/)
- Latin title: *Fragmenta Graeca (Staehlin)*
- Date: late 2nd-early 3rd century (approximate)
- Source: O. Stählin, ed., Clemens Alexandrinus 3, GCS 17 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1909), 195-230

- Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator
- Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/
- Passages: 26

## Fragment 1 (Hypotyposes 4; on 1 Cor 11:10)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-1
- Source: GCS 17 3:195
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

»Διὰ τοὺς ἀγγέλους.« ἀγγέλους φησὶ τοὺς δικαίους καὶ ἐναρέτους. κατακαλυπτέσθω οὖν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς πορνείαν αὐτοὺς σκανδαλίσῃ· οἱ γὰρ ὄντως καὶ ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἄγγελοι καὶ κατακεκαλυμμένην αὐτὴν βλέπουσιν. Οὕτως ὁ Κλήμης ἐν τετάρτῳ Ὑποτυπώσεων.

### English translation (Claude)

"Because of the angels." By angels he means the righteous and virtuous. Let her be veiled, then, so as not to make them stumble into fornication; for the true angels, those in heaven, see her even when she is veiled. So Clement in the fourth book of the Hypotyposes.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 11:10: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Preserved in Oecumenius's commentary on 1 Corinthians; the closing formula ('So Clement …') is the catenist's.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 1 (GCS 17 3:195; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-1).

## Fragment 2 (Hypotyposes 4; on 2 Cor 5:16)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-2
- Source: GCS 17 3:195
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

»Εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐγνώκαμεν κατὰ σάρκα Χριστόν.« ὅπερ ἡμῶν τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ἐστὶ τὸ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις καὶ τὸ ἔξω τούτων οὐ κατὰ σάρκα, οὕτω καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τὸ κατὰ σάρκα τὸ εἴκειν τοῖς φυσικοῖς πάθεσι, τὸ μὴ εἴκειν δὲ οὐ κατὰ σάρκα· ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ, φησίν, ἐκεῖνος ἀπηλλάγη, οὕτω καὶ ἡμεῖς οὐκέτι, φησίν, ἢ εἶεν παθητὸν σαρκί. Οὕτως [καὶ] ὁ Κλήμης ἐν τετάρτῳ [τῶν] Ὑποτυπώσεων.

### English translation (Claude)

"Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh." Just as what in us is 'according to the flesh' is what is in sins, and what is outside these is not according to the flesh, so in Christ what is according to the flesh is yielding to the natural passions, and not yielding is not according to the flesh. But as he, he says, was set free, so we too no longer … So Clement in the fourth book of the Hypotyposes.

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 5:16: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The end of the comment (οὐκέτι, φησίν, ἢ εἶεν παθητὸν σαρκί) is corrupt in the manuscripts and is not translated ('…'). Stählin's square brackets around καί and τῶν mark words he deletes.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 2 (GCS 17 3:195; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-2).

## Fragment 5 (Hypotyposes 5; on the seven angels)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-5
- Source: GCS 17 3:196
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Λέγει δὲ … ὁ θεῖος Ἰωάννης ἐν τῇ Ἀποκαλύψει, καὶ ἑπτὰ εἶναι τοὺς πρώτους ἐν τῷ Τωβίᾳ ἀνέγνωμεν καὶ παρὰ Κλήμεντι βιβλίῳ ε΄ τῶν Ὑποτυπώσεων.

### English translation (Claude)

The divine John says … in the Apocalypse, and we have read in Tobit that the first are seven, and in Clement, in the fifth book of the Hypotyposes.

### Scripture references

- Rev 8:2: allusion, medium confidence

### Extrabiblical texts

- Tob 12:15 (Tobit): allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Two words are unreadable in the scan ('…'). The seven first angels: Rev 8:2; Tob 12:15.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 5 (GCS 17 3:196; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-5).

## Fragment 6 (Hypotyposes 5; baptism of the apostles)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-6
- Source: GCS 17 3:196
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Ναὶ ἀληθῶς ἐβαπτίσθησαν, καθὼς Κλήμης ὁ Στρωματεὺς ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ τόμῳ τῶν Ὑποτυπώσεων μέμνηται. φησὶ γάρ, τὸ ἀποστολικὸν ῥητὸν ἐξηγούμενος τὸ λέγον »εὐχαριστῶ, ὅτι οὐδένα ὑμῶν ἐβάπτισα«· ὁ Χριστὸς λέγεται Πέτρον μόνον βεβαπτικέναι, Πέτρος δὲ Ἀνδρέαν, Ἀνδρέας Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ἰωάννην, ἐκεῖνοι δὲ τοὺς λοιπούς.

### English translation (Claude)

Yes, they were truly baptized, as Clement the author of the Stromata records in the fifth volume of the Hypotyposes. For, explaining the apostle's saying, "I give thanks that I baptized none of you," he says: Christ is said to have baptized Peter only, Peter Andrew, Andrew James and John, and they the rest.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 1:14: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Preserved by John Moschus; the question answered is whether the apostles were baptized.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 6 (GCS 17 3:196; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-6).

## Fragment 7 (Hypotyposes 5; on Gal 5:24)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-7
- Source: GCS 17 3:197
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

»Οἱ δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τὴν σάρκα.« εἶτα, ἵνα μὴ λέγωσι ›καὶ τίς ταῦτα ποιεῖ;‹ φησίν· οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ταῦτα ποιοῦντες, οἵτινες τὴν σάρκα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, τουτέστι τὸ οἰκεῖον σῶμα (σὰρξ γὰρ Χριστοῦ τὸ ἡμέτερον σῶμα) ἐσταύρωσαν καὶ οἷον ἐνέκρωσαν ἀπὸ τῶν σωματικῶν παθῶν, καὶ οὐ μόνον τὸ σῶμα, ὅσον ἧκεν εἰς τὰ πάθη, ἐσταύρωσαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ πάθη, ὅσον ἧκεν εἰς τὸ ἐπιτελεῖσθαι, παρ᾽ αὐτῶν ἐσταύρωνται. κατὰ ταύτην τὴν ἑρμηνείαν τὸ »δὲ« παρέλκει. ἢ οὕτως· καὶ τί λέγω, φησίν, ἓν καθ᾽ ἓν ἀρετῆς εἶδος; εἰσὶ γάρ τινες, οἳ καὶ ἐσταύρωσαν ἑαυτούς, ὅσον πρὸς τὰ πάθη, καὶ τὰ πάθη, ὅσον πρὸς ἑαυτούς. κατὰ ταύτην τὴν ἑρμηνείαν οὐ παρέλκει τὸ »δὲ«. »οἱ δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ«, τουτέστιν ὄντες, τὴν ἑαυτῶν σάρκα ἐσταύρωσαν. Οὕτως ὁ Κλήμης ἐν πέμπτῳ Ὑποτυπώσεων.

### English translation (Claude)

"And those who are Christ's [have crucified] the flesh." Then, so that they may not say, 'And who does these things?', he says: these are the ones who do them, who have crucified the flesh of Christ, that is, their own body (for our body is the flesh of Christ), and have, as it were, put it to death from the bodily passions; and not only have they crucified the body, so far as it tended toward the passions, but the passions themselves, so far as they tended toward being carried out, have been crucified by them. On this interpretation the 'and' is superfluous. Or thus: 'And why do I speak,' he says, 'of the forms of virtue one by one? For there are some who have crucified both themselves, as regards the passions, and the passions, as regards themselves.' On this interpretation the 'and' is not superfluous: 'and those who are Christ's,' that is, who belong to him, have crucified their own flesh. So Clement in the fifth book of the Hypotyposes.

### Scripture references

- Gal 5:24: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The comment turns on the particle δέ ('and') at the start of Gal 5:24.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 7 (GCS 17 3:197; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-7).

## Fragment 12 (Hypotyposes 6; the leper)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-12
- Source: GCS 17 3:199
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Κλήμεντος ἐκ τῆς ς΄ τῶν Ὑποτυπώσεων· Καὶ τὸν λεπρὸν ἐθεράπευσεν καὶ εἶπεν· »δεῖξον σεαυτὸν τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν εἰς μαρτύριον« διὰ τοιαύτην παράδοσιν. ἔθος εἶχον οἱ ἱερεῖς δυνάμει θεοῦ λεπροὺς ἰᾶσθαι ἡμέραις τακταῖς. τοῦτον οὖν τὸν λεπρὸν πολλῷ χρόνῳ μὴ δυνηθέντες ἰάσασθαι ἔλεγον· »τοῦτον οὐδεὶς ἰάσεται ἢ μόνος ὁ Χριστός, ἐὰν ἔλθῃ.« πολλὰ τοίνυν δεηθέντος τοῦ λεπροῦ ὁ σωτὴρ ἐπισπλαγχνισθείς, ἰασάμενος αὐτόν, διὰ τοῦτο εἶπεν· »ἀπελθὲ καὶ δεῖξον σεαυτὸν τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν εἰς μαρτύριον, ὅτι, εἰ τεθεράπευται οὗτος, ἐφ᾽ οὗ εἰρήκατε ›οὐδεὶς ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ὁ Χριστὸς μόνος αὐτὸν ἰάσεται‹, ἦλθεν ὁ Χριστός, καὶ πιστεύσατε αὐτῷ.«

### English translation (Claude)

From Clement, book 6 of the Hypotyposes: And he healed the leper and said, "Show yourself to the priests for a testimony," because of a tradition of this kind. The priests had the custom of healing lepers by the power of God on appointed days. Since they had not been able to heal this leper for a long time, they said, "No one will heal this man except Christ alone, if he comes." So when the leper had pleaded much, the Saviour, moved with compassion, healed him and for this reason said, "Go and show yourself to the priests for a testimony": that is, if this man has been healed, of whom you said, 'No one but Christ alone will heal him,' then Christ has come; believe in him.

### Scripture references

- Matt 8:4: quotation, high confidence
- Mark 1:40–44: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The 'tradition' about the priests' healings is otherwise unknown.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 12 (GCS 17 3:199; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-12).

## Fragment 15 (Hypotyposes 7; on 1 Tim 2:6)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-15
- Source: GCS 17 3:200
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

»Καιροῖς ἰδίοις« φησί· τουτέστιν ὅτε ἐπιτηδείως εἶχον πρὸς τὴν πίστιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι. Οὕτως ὁ Κλήμης ἐν ζ΄ Ὑποτυπώσεων.

### English translation (Claude)

"At the proper times," he says: that is, when people were fit for faith. So Clement in the seventh book of the Hypotyposes.

### Scripture references

- 1 Tim 2:6: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 15 (GCS 17 3:200; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-15).

## Fragment 16 (Hypotyposes 7; on 1 Tim 3:16)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-16
- Source: GCS 17 3:200
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

»Ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις.« ὦ μυστήριον, μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν εἶδον οἱ ἄγγελοι τὸν Χριστόν, πρότερον [οὐχ] ὁρῶντες οὐχ ὁμοίως τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. Οὕτως ὁ Κλήμης ἐν τῷ ἑβδόμῳ τῶν Ὑποτυπώσεων.

### English translation (Claude)

"Seen by angels." O mystery! The angels saw Christ together with us, having seen him before, but not in the way men see him. So Clement in the seventh book of the Hypotyposes.

### Scripture references

- 1 Tim 3:16: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Stählin's square brackets around οὐχ mark a word he deletes (the manuscripts read 'not seeing him before'); it is left out.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 16 (GCS 17 3:200; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-16).

## Fragment 17 (Hypotyposes 7; on 1 Tim 5:8)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-17
- Source: GCS 17 3:200
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

»Καὶ μάλιστα τῶν οἰκείων.« τῶν ἰδίων καὶ τῶν οἰκείων προνοεῖ ὁ μὴ μόνον τῶν προσηκόντων προνοῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸς ἑαυτοῦ διὰ τοῦ ἐκκόπτειν τὰ πάθη. Οὕτως ὁ Κλήμης ἐν ἑβδόμῳ Ὑποτυπώσεων.

### English translation (Claude)

"And especially of those of his own household." He provides for his own and for his household who provides not only for those connected with him but also for himself, by cutting out the passions. So Clement in the seventh book of the Hypotyposes.

### Scripture references

- 1 Tim 5:8: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 17 (GCS 17 3:200; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-17).

## Fragment 18 (Hypotyposes 7; on 1 Tim 5:10)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-18
- Source: GCS 17 3:201
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

»Εἰ ἁγίων πόδας ἔνιψες,« τουτέστιν εἰ τὰς ἐσχάτας ὑπηρεσίας τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀνεπαισχύντως ἐξετέλεσεν. Οὕτως ὁ Κλήμης ἐν ἑβδόμῳ Ὑποτυπώσεων.

### English translation (Claude)

"If she has washed the feet of the saints," that is, if she has performed the lowest services for the saints without shame. So Clement in the seventh book of the Hypotyposes.

### Scripture references

- 1 Tim 5:10: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 18 (GCS 17 3:201; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-18).

## Fragment 19 (Hypotyposes 7; on 1 Tim 5:21)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-19
- Source: GCS 17 3:201
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

»Χωρὶς προκρίματος.« οἷον ἄνευ τοῦ εἴς τι πταίσαντα ὑποπεσεῖν τῇ κρίσει καὶ τῇ τῆς παρακοῆς κολάσει. Οὕτως ὁ Κλήμης ἐν ἑβδόμῳ Ὑποτυπώσεων.

### English translation (Claude)

"Without prejudgment": that is, without stumbling in anything and so falling under judgment and the punishment of disobedience. So Clement in the seventh book of the Hypotyposes.

### Scripture references

- 1 Tim 5:21: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 19 (GCS 17 3:201; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-19).

## Fragment 20 (Hypotyposes 7; on 1 Tim 6:13)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-20
- Source: GCS 17 3:201
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

»Τοῦ μαρτυρήσαντος ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου.« ἐμαρτύρησε γὰρ δι᾽ ὧν ἔπραττεν, ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ. Οὕτως ὁ Κλήμης ἐν ἑβδόμῳ Ὑποτυπώσεων.

### English translation (Claude)

"Who testified before Pontius Pilate." For he testified by what he did that he himself is the Christ, the Son of God. So Clement in the seventh book of the Hypotyposes.

### Scripture references

- 1 Tim 6:13: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 20 (GCS 17 3:201; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-20).

## Fragment 21 (Hypotyposes 7; on 2 Tim 2:2)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-21
- Source: GCS 17 3:201
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

»Διὰ πολλῶν μαρτύρων« τουτέστι νόμου καὶ προφητῶν· τούτους γὰρ ὁ ἀπόστολος ἐποιεῖτο μάρτυρας τοῦ ἰδίου κηρύγματος. Οὕτως ὁ Κλήμης ἐν ἑβδόμῳ Ὑποτυπώσεων.

### English translation (Claude)

"Through many witnesses," that is, the law and the prophets; for the apostle made these the witnesses of his own preaching. So Clement in the seventh book of the Hypotyposes.

### Scripture references

- 2 Tim 2:2: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 21 (GCS 17 3:201; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-21).

## Fragment 59 (on the seven spirits of Rev 4:5)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-59
- Source: GCS 17 3:227
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Τὰς ἑπτὰ λαμπάδας αὐτὸς (Ἰωάννης) ἡρμήνευσεν ἑπτὰ πνεύματα, ἅτινα ἤτοι, ὡς Ἡσαΐας, τὰ θεῖα τοῦ πνεύματος χαρίσματα σοφίας, ἰσχύος, βουλῆς καὶ τὰ τούτοις ἑξῆς δεῖ νοεῖν, ἢ οὓς Εἰρηναῖος καὶ Κλήμης ὁ Στρωματεὺς τὰ λειτουργικὰ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐξέχοντα ταγμάτων.

### English translation (Claude)

The seven lamps he (John) interpreted as seven spirits, which one must understand either, as Isaiah does, as the divine gifts of the Spirit, wisdom, strength, counsel and those that follow, or, as Irenaeus and Clement the author of the Stromata do, as the ministering spirits who stand above the other orders.

### Scripture references

- Rev 4:5: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 11:2: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- From Andrew of Caesarea's commentary on the Apocalypse; Stählin counts it among fragments that may belong to the Hypotyposes.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 59 (GCS 17 3:227; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-59).

## Fragment 60 (Sacra Parallela 299)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-60
- Source: GCS 17 3:227
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Ὀλίγων ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ τούτων, ὁπόσοι οἷοί τε ἂν εὑρεῖν αὐτήν, διὰ μακρᾶς ἐνδείξεως καὶ συνασκήσεως ἐπὶ τὴν θεωρίαν διαχειραγωγούμενοι.

### English translation (Claude)

Truth belongs to few, and of these to as many as are able to find it, being led by the hand to contemplation through long demonstration and shared training.

### Translation notes

- Fragments 60–67 are sayings preserved in the Sacra Parallela under Clement's name.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 60 (GCS 17 3:227; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-60).

## Fragment 61 (Sacra Parallela 300)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-61
- Source: GCS 17 3:227
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Αὕτη ἐστὶν ἱερατεία καὶ θυσία ἀληθινὴ ἡ εὐχή.

### English translation (Claude)

Prayer is the priesthood and the true sacrifice.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 61 (GCS 17 3:227; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-61).

## Fragment 62 (Sacra Parallela 301)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-62
- Source: GCS 17 3:228
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Ὁ μὲν φρόνιμος τὰ χαλεπὰ καὶ πρὶν παθεῖν ἐφυλάξατο, ὁ δὲ ἐκ τῆς πείρας ἑαυτὸν ἐπανορθούμενος οὐδὲ οὗτος ἄφρων, ἀλογώτατος δὲ ὁ μηδὲ τὰ συμβαίνοντα τιθέμενος ἀναγκαῖα φυλάγματα.

### English translation (Claude)

The prudent man guarded against hardships even before suffering them; the one who corrects himself from experience is not foolish either; but most irrational of all is he who does not even take what happens to him as necessary warnings.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 62 (GCS 17 3:228; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-62).

## Fragment 63 (Sacra Parallela 302)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-63
- Source: GCS 17 3:228
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Οὐχ οἷόν τε ἐπὶ μιᾶς ψυχῆς δύο ἐναντίας κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ γενέσθαι κινήσεις.

### English translation (Claude)

It is not possible for two contrary motions to arise in one soul in the same respect.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 63 (GCS 17 3:228; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-63).

## Fragment 64 (Sacra Parallela 304)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-64
- Source: GCS 17 3:228
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Παρθένων φθορὰ λέγεται οὐ μόνον πορνεία, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ πρὸ καιροῦ ἔκδοσις, ὅταν ὡς εἰπεῖν ἄωρος ἐκδοθῇ τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἤτοι ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτῆς ἢ καὶ παρὰ τῶν γονέων.

### English translation (Claude)

Corruption of virgins is said to be not only fornication but also marriage before the time, when a girl is given to a husband, so to speak, unripe, whether by her own act or by her parents.

### Translation notes

- πορνεία is rendered 'fornication'.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 64 (GCS 17 3:228; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-64).

## Fragment 66 (Sacra Parallela 314)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-66
- Source: GCS 17 3:228
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Ἔλεγχος ἀνδρὸς ἤθους ἡ μετὰ τῶν τοιῶνδε συνουσία. ὅτε γὰρ φαῦλος, ἐξ ἀνάγκης τοῖς ὁμοίοις συνέσται· ὅτε αὖ πάλιν σώφρων καὶ σοφός, τοῖς τὰ αὐτὰ αὐτῷ μετιοῦσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

The company a man keeps is a test of his character. When he is base, he will of necessity keep company with his like; when, again, he is temperate and wise, with those who pursue the same things as he does.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 66 (GCS 17 3:228; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-66).

## Fragment 67 (Sacra Parallela 315)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-67
- Source: GCS 17 3:228
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Ἐρεῖ τις μηδὲν ζητῶμεν περὶ θεοῦ. φαίην δ᾽ ἄν· καὶ μὴν οὐδήποτε δεῖ παύσασθαι λέγοντας καὶ ἀκούοντας περὶ θεοῦ, πλὴν ὅσον ἐφίεται ἡ πίστις, ὥστε λέγειν περὶ αὐτοῦ τὰ λεκτὰ καὶ ἀκούειν τὰ ἀκουστά.

### English translation (Claude)

Someone will say, 'Let us inquire nothing about God.' I would answer: indeed we must never stop speaking and hearing about God, but only so far as faith allows, so as to say about him what may be said and hear what may be heard.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 67 (GCS 17 3:228; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-67).

## Fragment 69 (Malalas 10; Peter and Paul at Antioch)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-69
- Source: GCS 17 3:229
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Μετὰ δὲ ἔτη τέσσαρα τῆς ἀναστάσεως καὶ ἀναλήψεως τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ Τιβερίου Καίσαρος, μετὰ τὸ ἐξελθεῖν τὸν ἅγιον Παῦλον ἀπὸ Ἀντιοχείας τῆς μεγάλης, κηρύξαντα ἐκεῖ πρῶτον τὸν λόγον ἐν τῇ ῥύμῃ τῇ πλησίον τοῦ Πανθέου τῇ καλουμένῃ τῶν Σίγγωνος ἅμα Βαρνάβᾳ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν Κιλικίαν ἐξελθεῖν, ὁ Πέτρος ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ Ἀντιοχείᾳ παρεγένετο καὶ τὸν λόγον ἐδίδασκε. καὶ ἐκεῖ αὐτὸν ἐνθρονίσας, πεισθεὶς τοῖς ἀπὸ Ἰουδαίων γενομένοις Χριστιανοῖς, τοὺς ἐθνῶν πιστοὺς οὐκ ἐδέξατο οὔτε ἠγάπα, ἀλλ᾽ οὕτως ἐάσας αὐτοὺς ἦλθεν ἐκεῖθεν. ὁ δὲ ἅγιος Παῦλος μετὰ ταῦτα ἐλθὼν ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ καὶ μαθὼν ταῦτα περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πέτρου πανταχοῦ τὸ σκάνδαλον περιεῖλε καὶ πάντας ἴσως ἐδέξατο καὶ ἠγάπα, προτρεπόμενος ἅπαντας, καθὼς συνεγράψαντο ταῦτα οἱ σοφώτατοι Κλήμης καὶ Τατιανὸς οἱ χρονογράφοι.

### English translation (Claude)

Four years after the resurrection and ascension of our Saviour Jesus Christ, in the reign of the same Tiberius Caesar, after Saint Paul had left Antioch the Great, where he had first preached the word with Barnabas in the street near the Pantheon called the street of Singon, and had gone to Cilicia, Peter came from Jerusalem to the same Antioch and taught the word. And having been enthroned there, persuaded by the Christians who had come from the Jews, he did not receive or love the believers from the Gentiles, but left them so and went away from there. Saint Paul, coming afterwards to Antioch the Great and learning these things about Saint Peter, removed the offence everywhere and received and loved all equally, exhorting all, as the most wise chroniclers Clement and Tatian wrote.

### Scripture references

- Gal 2:11–14: echo, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- Fragments 69–73 come from the 6th-century chronicle of John Malalas; the ascription to Clement 'the chronographer' is the chronicler's and is doubtful.
- The account recalls Gal 2:11–14.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 69 (GCS 17 3:229; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-69).

## Fragment 70 (Malalas 2; the Syrian, son of Agenor)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-70
- Source: GCS 17 3:230
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Ὁ δὲ Σύρος, ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀγήνορος, ἀνὴρ ἐγένετο σοφός, ὃς συνεγράψατο Φοινικικοῖς γράμμασι τὴν ἀριθμητικὴν φιλοσοφίαν· ὑπέθετο δὲ ἀσωμάτους εἶναι ἀρχὰς καὶ σώματα μεταβάλλεσθαι καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς εἰς ἀλλογενῆ ζῷα εἰσιέναι. οὗτος πρῶτος ἐξέθετο ταῦτα, ὡς Κλήμης ὁ σοφώτατος συνεγράψατο.

### English translation (Claude)

The Syrian, son of Agenor, became a wise man, who wrote the arithmetical philosophy in Phoenician letters; he taught that the first principles are incorporeal, that bodies change, and that souls pass into animals of other kinds. He was the first to set these things out, as the most wise Clement wrote.

### Translation notes

- Probably a confused notice of Pherecydes of Syros, whom Greek tradition made a teacher of Pythagoras and of the transmigration of souls.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 70 (GCS 17 3:230; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-70).

## Fragment 71 (Malalas 10; the sixth day of the millennium)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-71
- Source: GCS 17 3:230
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Τῇ ἕκτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς χιλιάδος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐφάνη ὁ δεσπότης ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ ἔσωσε τὸν ἄνθρωπον διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως, ἅτινα συνεγράψατο Κλήμης, Θεόφιλος καὶ Τιμόθεος οἱ σοφοὶ χρονογράφοι ὁμοφωνήσαντες.

### English translation (Claude)

On the sixth day of the millennium our Master Jesus Christ appeared on earth and saved mankind through the cross and the resurrection, as Clement, Theophilus and Timothy, the wise chroniclers, wrote in agreement.

### Translation notes

- A world-week chronology, in which each 'day' of creation stands for a thousand years.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 71 (GCS 17 3:230; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-71).

## Fragment 72 (Malalas 10; Archelaus)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-72
- Source: GCS 17 3:230
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Ἐγένετο βασιλεὺς ἤτοι τοπάρχης τοῦ Ἰουδαϊκοῦ ἔθνους Ἀρχέλαος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ (τοῦ Ἡρώδου) ἔτη θ΄ ἐν ὑπατείᾳ Λαμία καὶ Σερελλιανοῦ, καθὼς ὁ σοφώτατος Κλήμης ὁ χρονογράφος ἐξέθετο.

### English translation (Claude)

Archelaus his son (Herod's) became king, or rather ruler of a district, of the Jewish nation for 9 years, in the consulship of Lamia and Servilianus, as the most wise Clement the chronographer set out.

### Translation notes

- The consuls' names are garbled in the chronicle; the reading is uncertain.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 72 (GCS 17 3:230; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-72).

## Fragment 73 (Malalas 10; the death of Herod)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-73
- Source: GCS 17 3:230
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Greek text

Ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς Ἡρώδης ὁ Φιλίππου γενόμενος ἐμπληθὴς ἐκλίνετο ἐπὶ μῆνας ζ΄ καὶ ἐσφάγη ἐν τῷ κουβικλείῳ αὐτοῦ μετὰ τοὺς η΄ μῆνας συνειδυίας καὶ τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ, καθὼς ὁ σοφώτατος Κλήμης συνεγράψατο.

### English translation (Claude)

The same king Herod, son of Philip, became swollen and lay sick for 7 months, and after the 8 months he was slain in his bedchamber, his wife also being privy to it, as the most wise Clement wrote.

### Translation notes

- The chronicle's account of Herod is confused (his parentage and death differ from Josephus); the month numerals are read from a damaged scan.

### Citation (SBL)

Clement of Alexandria, Frag. (Stählin) 73 (GCS 17 3:230; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-fragmenta-staehlin-graeca/1/#p-73).