Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 31.8

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

Summary: Paul says God loves a cheerful giver, who gives generously without grumbling.

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Greek text · Stählin 3:180–181

τε ὄντας τοῦ σωτῆρος μαθητάς, καλὸς μὲν οὖν καὶ ὁ τοῦ ἀποστόλου λόγος· »ἱλαρὸν γὰρ δότην ἀγαπᾷ ὁ θεός«, χαίροντα τῷ διδόναι καὶ μὴ φειδομένως σπείροντα, ἵνα μὴ οὕτως καὶ θερίσῃ. δίχα γογγυσμῶν καὶ διακρίσεως καὶ λύπης [καὶ] κοινωνοῦντα, ὅπερ ἐστὶν εὐεργεσία καθαρά.

English · Claude translation

being disciples of the Savior. Fine too is the apostle's saying: “For God loves a cheerful giver,” who rejoices in giving and does not sow sparingly, so that he may not reap sparingly either, who shares without grumbling, hesitation, or grief, which is pure beneficence.

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Source

Stählin 3:180–181 · 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)

Scripture

2 Cor 9:7 · quotation, high confidence
2 Cor 9:6 · allusion, high confidence
Phil 2:14 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Ethics

Notes

Translation notes

The quotation is 2 Cor 9:7; the allusions are 2 Cor 9:6 and Phil 2:14. The bracketed word in the Greek is the editor's deletion.

Cite this passage

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 31.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/31/8/).

Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 31.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/31/8/).

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