Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 26.1

Greek text · Stählin 3:176–177

»Ἔσονται οἱ πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι καὶ οἱ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι.« τοῦτο πολύχουν μέν ἐστι κατὰ τὴν ὑπόνοιαν καὶ τὸν σαφηνισμόν, οὐ μὴν ἔν γε τῷ παρόντι τὴν ζήτησιν ἀπαιτεῖ· οὐ γὰρ μόνον ῥέπει πρὸς τοὺς πολυκτήμονας, ἀλλʼ ἁπλῶς πρὸς ἅπαντας ἀνθρώπους τοὺς πίστει καθάπαξ ἑαυτοὺς ἐπιδιδόντας. ὥστε τοῦτο μὲν ἀνακείσθω τὰ νῦν.

English · Claude translation

“The first will be last and the last first.” This saying is rich in meaning and in explanation, but it does not require investigation at present; for it does not apply only to those with many possessions, but simply to all people who have once given themselves over to faith. So let it be set aside for now.

About this passage

Source

Stählin 3:176–177 · 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

Mark 10:31 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (breathing and accent missing on the first word): »Εσονται οἱ πρῶτοι → »Ἔσονται οἱ πρῶτοι.

Cite this passage

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 26.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/26/1/).

Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 26.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/26/1/).