Universal Call and Human Refusal
Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies 1.11.51
For the Word, like the herald’s call at Olympia, calls whoever is willing, and crowns whoever is able.
Greek
ὁ γάρ τοι λόγος καθάπερ τὸ κήρυγμα τὸ Ὀλυμπίασι καλεῖ μὲν τὸν βουλόμενον, στεφανοῖ δὲ τὸν δυνάμενον.