To the Ephesians 9.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:182–184

ἐστὲ οὖν καὶ σύνοδοι πάντες, θεοφόροι καὶ ναοφόροι, χριστοφόροι, ἁγιοφόροι, κατὰ πάντα κεκοσμημένοι ἐντολαῖς Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· οἷς καὶ ἀγαλλιώμενος ἠξιώθην διʼ ὧν γράφω προσομιλῆσαι ὑμῖν καὶ συγχαρῆναι, ὅτι κατʼ ἀνθρώπων βίον οὐδὲν ἀγαπᾶτε εἰ μὴ μόνον τὸν θεόν.

English · Claude translation

So you are all fellow travelers, God-bearers and temple-bearers, Christ-bearers, bearers of holy things, adorned in every way with the commandments of Jesus Christ. In this I rejoice, since I have been counted worthy to talk with you through what I write and to share your joy, because in your human life you love nothing but God alone.

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 24:182–184 · 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 5:652b–653a (found by text match)

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

Notes

Translation notes

“Fellow travelers” (σύνοδοι) and the “-bearers” recall a religious procession carrying sacred images and objects.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent); digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): οἶς καὶ → οἷς καὶ; διʼ ὦν γράφω → διʼ ὧν γράφω.

Cite this passage

Ign. Eph. 9.2 (PG 5:652b–653a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/9/2/).

Plain text

Ign. Eph. 9.2 (PG 5:652b–653a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/9/2/).