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Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 35.2

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

Summary: Their loving service is sincere and truthful, for they believe they serve God and the King of the ages dwelling in the rich believer.

Greek text · Stählin 3:183

ἀπλάστως. ὦ γλυκεῖαι θεραπεῖαι φιλούντων, ὦ μακάριοι διακονίαι θαρρούντων, ὦ πίστις εἰλικρινὴς θεὸν μόνον δεδιότων, ὦ λόγων ἀλήθεια παρὰ τοῖς ψεύσασθαι μὴ δυναμένοις, ὦ κάλλος ἔργων παρὰ τοῖς θεῷ διακονεῖν πεπεισμένοις. πείθειν θεόν, ἀρέσκειν θεῷ· οὐ σαρκὸς τῆς σῆς ἅπτεσθαι δοκοῦσιν. ἀλλὰ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ψυχῆς ἕκαστος, οὐκ ἀδελφῷ λαλεῖν, ἀλλὰ τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν αἰώνων ἐν σοὶ κατοικοῦντι.

English · Claude translation

without pretense. O sweet services of those who love! O blessed ministries of those who are bold! O sincere faith of those who fear God alone! O truth of words among those who cannot lie! O beauty of works among those persuaded that they serve God, persuading God, pleasing God! They think they touch not your flesh but each one his own soul; they think they speak not to a brother but to the King of the ages, who dwells in you.

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Source
Stählin 3:183 · 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 King of the ages” is 1 Tim 1:17.

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 35.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/35/2/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 35.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/35/2/).

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