# To the Philippians 12.2

- 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 24:298; 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/12/2/

Summary: Polycarp prays that God the Father and Jesus Christ the eternal high priest build the Philippians up and give them a share among the saints.

## Latin text

Deus autem et pater domini nostri Iesu Christi, et ipse sempiternus pontifex, dei filius Iesus Christus, aedificet vos in fide et veritate et in omni mansuetudine et sine iracundia et in patientia et in longanimitate et tolerantia et castitate; et det vobis sortem et partem inter sanctos suos, et nobis vobiscum, et omnibus qui sunt sub caelo, qui credituri sunt in dominum nostrum et deum Iesum Christum et in ipsius patrem, qui resuscitavit eum a mortuis.

## English translation (Claude)

Now may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the eternal high priest himself, the Son of God, Jesus Christ, build you up in faith and truth and in all gentleness and without anger, and in patience and forbearance and endurance and purity; and may he give you a lot and share among his saints, and to us with you, and to all under heaven who will believe in our Lord and God Jesus Christ and in his Father, who raised him from the dead.

## Scripture references

- Heb 6:20: allusion, medium confidence
- Col 1:12: allusion, medium confidence
- Gal 1:1: allusion, high confidence

## Translation notes

- “Our Lord and God Jesus Christ” (dominum nostrum et deum Iesum Christum): the Latin calls Christ “God.”
- The words “and God” (et deum) are not reflected in the Ante-Nicene Fathers translation (1885), which followed an earlier edition; Lake's text includes them.

## Citation (SBL)

Pol. Phil. 12.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/12/2/).