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Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 18.4

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

Summary: A strong man can obey the command to turn the other cheek, and a weak man can break it.

Greek text · Stählin 3:171

ὑπόφερε γοῦν. φησί. παιόμενος τὸ πρόσωπον. ὅπερ δύναται καὶ ἰσχυρός τις ὢν καὶ εὐεκτῶν ὑπακοῦσαι καὶ πάλιν ἀσθενικός τις ὢν ἀκρασίᾳ γνώμης παραβῆναι.

English · Claude translation

“Endure,” he says, “when struck on the face,” which a strong and healthy man can obey, and again a weak man can transgress through lack of self-control.

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Source
Stählin 3:171 · 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
Text
As printed in Stählin, GCS 17. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
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.
Compare
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 2 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)
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Notes

Translation notes

  • The allusion is Matt 5:39 (Luke 6:29).

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 18.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/18/4/).

Plain text
Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 18.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/18/4/).

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