# To the Philadelphians 7.1

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Philadelphians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/) (*Ad Philadelphenses*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/7/1/

Summary: While among them, Ignatius cried out by the Spirit: heed the bishop, presbyters, and deacons.

## Greek text

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 translation (Claude)

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.”

## Scripture references

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

## Citation (SBL)

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