To the Philippians 10.1

Polycarp of Smyrna · To the Philippians · ca. 110–135 · Smyrna · Read in context

Summary: Stand firm and follow the Lord's example, loving one another and despising no one.

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Latin text · Lake, LCL 24:294

In his ergo state et domini exemplar sequimini, firmi in fide et immutabiles, fraternitatis amatores, diligentes invicem, in veritate sociati, mansuetudine domini alterutri praestolantes, nullum despicientes.

English · Claude translation

Stand fast, then, in these things and follow the example of the Lord, firm in faith and unchangeable, lovers of the brotherhood, loving one another, united in the truth, deferring to one another in the gentleness of the Lord, despising no one.

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:294 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 282–301 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912), 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 Latin version (the Greek of this passage is lost), text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912).

Scripture

1 Cor 15:58 · allusion, medium confidence
Col 1:23 · echo, low confidence
1 Pet 2:17 · allusion, medium confidence
1 Pet 3:8 · echo, low confidence
John 13:34 · echo, low confidence

Topics

Ethics

Notes

Translation notes

Chapters 10–12 and 14 survive only in a Latin translation; the Greek is lost.
“Deferring to one another” (alterutri praestolantes): the Latin is obscure; literally “waiting for one another.”
“Lovers of the brotherhood” (fraternitatis amatores): probably a rendering of Greek φιλάδελφοι.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR error in the digitized Latin; capitals lost in the digitization restored): alterntri → alterutri; in his → In his.

Cite this passage

Pol. Phil. 10.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/10/1/).

Plain text

Pol. Phil. 10.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/10/1/).

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