# To the Romans 8.1

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Romans](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/) (*Ad Romanos*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/8/1/

Summary: Ignatius asks the Romans to will his martyrdom.

## Greek text

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

## English translation (Claude)

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.

## Translation notes

- “That you too may be willed” (θεληθῆτε): that is, be approved or loved by God.

## Citation (SBL)

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