# To the Ephesians 16.1

- 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 24:190; 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)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/16/1/

Summary: Those who destroy households will not inherit God's kingdom.

## Greek text

Μὴ πλανᾶσθε, ἀδελφοί μου· οἱ οἰκοφθόροι βασιλείαν θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν.

## English translation (Claude)

Do not be deceived, my brothers: those who corrupt households will not inherit the kingdom of God.

## Scripture references

- 1 Cor 6:9: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Cor 6:10: allusion, high confidence

## Translation notes

- “Those who corrupt households” (οἱ οἰκοφθόροι): usually adulterers, who ruin families; here perhaps also those who ruin God's house by false teaching (16.2).

## Citation (SBL)

Ign. Eph. 16.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/16/1/).