To the Romans 8.1

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

Summary: Ignatius asks the Romans to will his martyrdom.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:236

Οὐκέτι θέλω κατὰ ἀνθρώπους ζῆν. τοῦτο δὲ ἔσται, ἐὰν ὑμεῖς θελήσητε. θελήσατε, ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς θεληθῆτε.

I no longer want to live in a human way. And this will be so if you are willing. Be willing, so that you too may be willed.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:236 · 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
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: Martyrdom

Ign. Rom. 8.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/8/1/).

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Ign. Rom. 8.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/8/1/).