# To the Ephesians 10.3

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Ephesians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/) (*Ad Ephesios*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:184; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 172–277 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Also in: PG 5:653a–653b (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/10/3/

Summary: Imitate the Lord, who suffered wrong more than anyone, and remain pure.

## Greek text

ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν εὑρεθῶμεν τῇ ἐπιεικείᾳ· μιμηταὶ δὲ τοῦ κυρίου σπουδάζωμεν εἶναι, τίς πλέον ἀδικηθῇ, τίς ἀποστερηθῇ, τίς ἀθετηθῇ· ἵνα μὴ τοῦ διαβόλου βοτάνη τις εὑρεθῇ ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀλλʼ ἐν πάσῃ ἁγνείᾳ καὶ σωφροσύνῃ μένητε ἐν Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ σαρκικῶς καὶ πνευματικῶς.

## English translation (Claude)

Let us be found their brothers by our forbearance, and let us be eager to be imitators of the Lord (who was more wronged, who more defrauded, who more rejected?), so that no weed of the devil may be found among you, but that in all purity and self-control you may remain in Jesus Christ, in flesh and in spirit.

## Scripture references

- 1 Cor 6:7: echo, medium confidence
- Matt 13:25: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- “Who was more wronged … ?”: or “(vying to see) who can be more wronged,” that is, competing in bearing injury.

## Citation (SBL)

Ign. Eph. 10.3 (PG 5:653a–653b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/10/3/).