“... The initial complication with this saying is that of the text. Haenchen, for example, has proposed an important move of the ‘not’. Clement records four macarisms in sequence, one of which is close to GTh 68.2 in particular. [...] ‘And blessed are those who are persecuted for my sake, for they will have a place where they are not persecuted (ὅτι ἕξουσι τόπον ὅπου οὐ διωχθήσονται).’ [...] In part on the basis of the third beatitude in the sequence, Haenchen concludes that GTh 68.2 can be emended to: ‘But you will find a place where you will not be persecuted.’ Plisch on the other hand probably correctly resists the temptation to emend the text, as it makes sense as it stands, and it is not certain that Clement has preserved the beatitude more accurately than our Coptic text, which has a number of differences. [...] It remains possible that Thomas is Clement’s source. ...”