# To the Trallians 4.1

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Trallians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/) (*Ad Trallianos*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/4/1/

Summary: Ignatius guards himself against pride and flattery.

## Greek text

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 translation (Claude)

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.

## Translation notes

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

## Citation (SBL)

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