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Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 3.2

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

Summary: Once freed from groundless fear, the rich should be taught what works and dispositions lead to the hoped-for salvation.

Greek text · Stählin 3:161

εἶθʼ ὁπόταν μάθωσιν ὡς ἀδεὲς δεδίασι δέος καὶ ὅτι βουλομένους αὐτοὺς ὁ σωτὴρ ἀσμένως δέχεται, τότε καὶ προδεικνύναι καὶ μυσταγωγεῖν, ὅπως ἂν καὶ διʼ οἵων ἔργων τε καὶ διαθέσεων ἐπαύραιντο τῆς ἐλπίδος, ὡς οὔτʼ ἀμηχάνου καθεστώσης αὐτοῖς οὔτε τοὐναντίον εἰκῇ

English · Claude translation

Then, when they have learned that they fear a groundless fear and that the Savior gladly receives them if they are willing, one should show them in advance and initiate them into how, and by what works and dispositions, they may enjoy what they hope for, since it is neither impossible for them nor, on the other hand, obtained at random

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Source
Stählin 3:161 · 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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Ethics

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 3.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/3/2/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 3.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/3/2/).

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