# To the Ephesians 21.1

- 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 24:194; 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 5:661b (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/21/1/

Summary: Ignatius writes from Smyrna and asks to be remembered.

## Greek text

Ἀντίψυχον ὑμῶν ἐγὼ καὶ ὧν ἐπέμψατε εἰς θεοῦ τιμὴν εἰς Σμύρναν, ὅθεν καὶ γράφω ὑμῖν, εὐχαριστῶν τῷ κυρίῳ, ἀγαπῶν Πολύκαρπον ὡς καὶ ὑμᾶς· μνημονεύετέ μου, ὡς καὶ ὑμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός.

## English translation (Claude)

I am a ransom for you and for those whom you sent to Smyrna for the honor of God, from where I am also writing to you, giving thanks to the Lord and loving Polycarp as I love you. Remember me, as Jesus Christ also remembers you.

## Translation notes

- “A ransom” (ἀντίψυχον): see Ign. Pol. 2.3.

## Citation (SBL)

Ign. Eph. 21.1 (PG 5:661b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/21/1/).