To the Trallians 3.2

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

Summary: The bishop's gentle bearing commands respect even from unbelievers.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:214

περὶ ὧν πέπεισμαι ὑμᾶς οὕτως ἔχειν. τὸ γὰρ ἐξεμπλάριον τῆς ἀγάπης ὑμῶν ἔλαβον καὶ ἔχω μεθʼ ἑαυτοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ ὑμῶν, οὗ αὐτὸ τὸ κατάστημα μεγάλη μαθητεία, ἡ δὲ πραότης αὐτοῦ δύναμις· ὃν λογίζομαι καὶ τοὺς ἀθέους ἐντρέπεσθαι.

English · Claude translation

I am convinced that you are so disposed. For I have received the living example of your love, and I have it with me in your bishop, whose very bearing is a great lesson and whose gentleness is power; I think even the godless respect him.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:214 · 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.
Topics: Church office

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Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): οὖ αὐτὸ → οὗ αὐτὸ.

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Ign. Trall. 3.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/3/2/).

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Ign. Trall. 3.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/3/2/).

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