To the Philadelphians 7.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:244–246

Εἰ γὰρ καὶ κατὰ σάρκα μέ τινες ἠθέλησαν πλανῆσαι, ἀλλὰ τὸ πνεῦμα οὐ πλανᾶται ἀπὸ θεοῦ ὄν. οἶδεν γάρ, πόθεν ἔρχεται καὶ ποῦ ὑπάγει, καὶ τὰ κρυπτὰ ἐλέγχει. ἐκραύγασα μεταξὺ ὤν, ἐλάλουν μεγάλῃ φωνῇ, θεοῦ φωνῇ· Τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ προσέχετε καὶ τῷ πρεσβυτερίῳ καὶ διακόνοις.

English · Claude translation

For even if some wanted to deceive me according to the flesh, yet the Spirit is not deceived, since it is from God. For it knows where it comes from and where it is going, and it exposes hidden things. I cried out while I was among you; I spoke with a loud voice, with God's voice: “Pay attention to the bishop and to the council of presbyters and to the deacons.”

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 24:244–246 · 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 5:701b–701c (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.

Scripture

John 3:8 · allusion, high confidence
1 Cor 2:10 · allusion, medium confidence

Topics

Church office

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): Τῷ ἐπισκοπῳ → Τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ.

Cite this passage

Ign. Phld. 7.1 (PG 5:701b–701c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/7/1/).

Plain text

Ign. Phld. 7.1 (PG 5:701b–701c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/7/1/).