To the Smyrnaeans 11.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Ignatius urges the Smyrnaeans to send a messenger with a letter to Antioch.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:264

ἐφάνη μοι οὖν θεοῦ ἄξιον πρᾶγμα, πέμψαι τινὰ τῶν ὑμετέρων μετʼ ἐπιστολῆς, ἵνα συνδοξάσῃ τὴν κατὰ θεὸν αὐτοῖς γενομένην εὐδίαν, καὶ ὅτι λιμένος ἤδη ἐτύγχανον τῇ προσευχῇ ὑμῶν. τέλειοι ὄντες τέλεια καὶ φρονεῖτε. θέλουσιν γὰρ ὑμῖν εὖ πράσσειν θεὸς ἕτοιμος εἰς τὸ παρέχειν.

English · Claude translation

So it seemed to me a thing worthy of God to send one of your people with a letter, to join in glorifying the calm that has come to them by God's will, and that they have already reached harbor through your prayer. Being perfect, set your minds on perfect things; for if you wish to do good, God is ready to grant it.

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 24:264 · 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.

Scripture

Phil 3:15 · allusion, medium confidence

Topics

Church office

Cite this passage

Ign. Smyrn. 11.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-smyrnaeans/11/3/).

Plain text

Ign. Smyrn. 11.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-smyrnaeans/11/3/).