# To the Philippians 10.3

- Author: [Polycarp of Smyrna](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/polycarp-of-smyrna/)
- Work: [To the Philippians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/) (*Epistula ad Philippenses*)
- Date: ca. 110–135 (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:296; 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/10/3/

Summary: Woe to anyone who brings the Lord's name into contempt; teach and practice sober living.

## Latin text

Vae autem, per quem nomen domini blasphematur! Sobrietatem ergo docete omnes, in qua et vos conversamini.

## English translation (Claude)

But woe to him through whom the name of the Lord is blasphemed! Teach sobriety, therefore, to all, and live in it yourselves.

## Scripture references

- Isa 52:5: allusion, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Pol. Phil. 10.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/10/3/).