# To the Smyrnaeans 10.2

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Smyrnaeans](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-smyrnaeans/) (*Ad Smyrnaeos*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:262; 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 5:716b (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-smyrnaeans/10/2/

Summary: The Smyrnaeans were not ashamed of Ignatius's chains, nor will Christ be ashamed of them.

## Greek text

ἀντίψυχον ὑμῶν τὸ πνεῦμά μου καὶ τὰ δεσμά μου, ἃ οὐχ ὑπερηφανήσατε οὐδὲ ἐπῃσχύνθητε. οὐδὲ ὑμᾶς ἐπαισχυνθήσεται ἡ τελεία ἐλπίς, Ἰησοῦς Χριστός.

## English translation (Claude)

My spirit is a ransom for you, and so are my chains, which you did not look down on and were not ashamed of. Nor will the perfect hope, Jesus Christ, be ashamed of you.

## Scripture references

- Mark 8:38: echo, low confidence

## Translation notes

- “A ransom” (ἀντίψυχον): see Ign. Pol. 2.3.

## Citation (SBL)

Ign. Smyrn. 10.2 (PG 5:716b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-smyrnaeans/10/2/).