To the Romans 9.1

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

Summary: Ignatius asks prayer for his church in Syria, now shepherded by God alone.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:236

Μνημονεύετε ἐν τῇ προσευχῇ ὑμῶν τῆς ἐν Συρίᾳ ἐκκλησίας, ἥτις ἀντὶ ἐμοῦ ποιμένι τῷ θεῷ χρῆται. μόνος αὐτὴν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐπισκοπήσει καὶ ἡ ὑμῶν ἀγάπη.

English · Claude translation

Remember in your prayer the church in Syria, which has God as its shepherd in my place. Jesus Christ alone will oversee it, and your love.

About this passage

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
Also in: PG 5:696a (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: Prayer, Church office

Notes

Translation notes

“Oversee” (ἐπισκοπήσει): the verb of the bishop's office; Christ will be its bishop.

Cite this passage

Ign. Rom. 9.1 (PG 5:696a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/9/1/).

Plain text

Ign. Rom. 9.1 (PG 5:696a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/9/1/).

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