To the Philadelphians 3.2

Ignatius of Antioch · To the Philadelphians · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · Troas · Read in context

Summary: Those who belong to God are with the bishop; the repentant may return.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:240–242

ὅσοι γὰρ θεοῦ εἰσιν καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, οὗτοι μετὰ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου εἰσίν. καὶ ὅσοι ἂν μετανοήσαντες ἔλθωσιν ἐπὶ τὴν ἑνότητα τῆς ἐκκλησίας, καὶ οὗτοι θεοῦ ἔσονται, ἵνα ὦσιν κατὰ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ζῶντες.

English · Claude translation

For all who belong to God and Jesus Christ are with the bishop. And all who repent and come to the unity of the church will also belong to God, so that they may be living according to Jesus Christ.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:240–242 · 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 5:700a (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.
Topics: Church office

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Ign. Phld. 3.2 (PG 5:700a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/3/2/).

Plain text

Ign. Phld. 3.2 (PG 5:700a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/3/2/).

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