Martyrdom of Polycarp 22.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:340

Ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὐχόμεθα, ἀδελφοί, στοιχοῦντας τῷ κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον λόγῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, μεθʼ οὗ δόξα τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ καὶ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι, ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ τῇ τῶν ἁγίων ἐκλεκτῶν, καθὼς ἐμαρτύρησεν ὁ μακάριος Πολύκαρπος, οὗ γένοιτο ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ πρὸς τὰ ἴχνη εὑρεθῆναι ἡμᾶς.

English · Claude translation

We bid you farewell, brothers, as you walk by the word of Jesus Christ that is in accordance with the gospel; with him be glory to God the Father and the Holy Spirit, for the salvation of the holy elect, just as the blessed Polycarp bore witness; may we be found following in his footsteps in the kingdom of Jesus Christ.

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Source

Lake, LCL 25:340 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 312–345 · 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

Also in

PG 5:1045a (found by text match)

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.

Notes

Translation notes

“Bore witness” (ἐμαρτύρησεν): the same verb as “was martyred”; both senses are present.

Cite this passage

Mart. Pol. 22.1 (PG 5:1045a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/22/1/).

Plain text

Mart. Pol. 22.1 (PG 5:1045a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/22/1/).