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To the Philippians 12.3

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

Summary: Pray for all believers, for rulers, for persecutors, and for the enemies of the cross.

Latin text · Lake, LCL 24:298

Pro omnibus sanctis orate. Orate etiam pro regibus et potestatibus et principibus, atque pro persequentibus et odientibus vos, et pro inimicis crucis, ut fructus vester manifestus sit in omnibus, ut sitis in illo perfecti.

English · Claude translation

Pray for all the saints. Pray also for kings and authorities and rulers, and for those who persecute and hate you, and for the enemies of the cross, so that your fruit may be evident among all, and you may be perfect in him.

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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 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
Topics
Prayer, Persecution

Notes

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (capitals lost in the digitization restored): pro / orate → Pro / Orate.

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Pol. Phil. 12.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/12/3/).

Plain text
Pol. Phil. 12.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/12/3/).

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