To the Trallians 4.1

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

Summary: Ignatius guards himself against pride and flattery.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:216

Πολλὰ φρονῶ ἐν θεῷ, ἀλλʼ ἐμαυτὸν μετρῶ, ἵνα μὴ ἐν καυχήσει ἀπόλωμαι. νῦν γάρ με δεῖ πλέον φοβεῖσθαι καὶ μὴ προσέχειν τοῖς φυσιοῦσίν με. οἱ γὰρ λέγοντές μοι μαστιγοῦσίν με.

English · Claude translation

I have many thoughts in God, but I measure myself, so that I may not perish through boasting. For now I must be the more afraid and not pay attention to those who puff me up; for those who praise me scourge me.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:216 · 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: Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

“Those who praise me” (οἱ λέγοντές μοι): literally “those who speak to me,” that is, with flattery.

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Ign. Trall. 4.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/4/1/).

Plain text

Ign. Trall. 4.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/4/1/).

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