Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies 2.19.97
This is the one who bears the image and likeness of God, the one who truly knows, the one who imitates God as far as it is possible, omitting nothing that belongs to that attainable likeness: he is self-controlled, he endures, he lives righteously. He reigns over his passions; he shares what he has, to the extent he is able, doing good both in word and in deed. He, the text declares, is greatest in the kingdom: whoever acts and teaches in this way, imitating God by giving graciously in like manner, for the gifts of God are given for the common benefit.
Greek
Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κατ’ εἰκόνα καὶ ὁμοίωσιν, ὁ γνωστικός, ὁ μιμούμενος τὸν θεὸν καθ’ ὅσον οἷόν τε, μηδὲν παραλιπὼν τῶν εἰς τὴν ἐνδεχομένην ὁμοίωσιν, ἐγκρατευόμενος, ὑπομένων, δικαίως βιούς. βασιλεύων τῶν παθῶν, μεταδιδοὺς ὧν ἔχει, ὡς οἷός τέ ἐστιν, εὐεργετῶν καὶ λόγῳ καὶ ἔργῳ. οὗτος μέγιστος, φησίν, ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ ὃς ἂν ποιῇ καὶ διδάσκῃ μιμούμενος τὸν θεὸν τῷ παραπλήσια χαρίζεσθαι· κοινωφελεῖς γὰρ αἱ τοῦ θεοῦ δωρεαί.