Sophia Scriptura

To the Trallians 12.3

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

Summary: Ignatius asks for prayer that he may be found worthy of martyrdom.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:222–224

εὔχομαι ὑμᾶς ἐν ἀγάπῃ ἀκοῦσαί μου, ἵνα μὴ εἰς μαρτύριον ὦ ἐν ὑμῖν γράψας. καὶ περὶ ἐμοῦ δὲ προσεύχεσθε, τῆς ἀφʼ ὑμῶν ἀγάπης χρῄζοντος ἐν τῷ ἐλέει τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰς τὸ καταξιωθῆναί με τοῦ κλήρου, οὗ περίκειμαι ἐπιτυχεῖν, ἵνα μὴ ἀδόκιμος εὑρεθῶ.

English · Claude translation

I pray that you listen to me in love, so that I may not be a testimony against you by what I have written. And pray for me too, since I need your love in the mercy of God, so that I may be counted worthy of the lot that I am eager to attain, so that I may not be found disqualified.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:222–224 · 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
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PG 5:684b (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.
Scripture
Topics
Prayer, Martyrdom

Notes

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing and accent); digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing); punctuation slip at the end of the section in the digital text): μὴ εἶς μαρτύριον → μὴ εἰς μαρτύριον; οὖ περίκειμαι → οὗ περίκειμαι; εὑρεθῶ, → εὑρεθῶ..

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Ign. Trall. 12.3 (PG 5:684b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/12/3/).

Plain text
Ign. Trall. 12.3 (PG 5:684b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/12/3/).

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