# To the Philippians 12.3

- 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 24:298; 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/12/3/

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

## Latin text

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 translation (Claude)

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.

## Scripture references

- 1 Tim 2:1–2: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 5:44: allusion, high confidence
- Luke 6:27: allusion, medium confidence
- Phil 3:18: allusion, high confidence
- John 15:16: echo, medium confidence
- 1 Tim 4:15: echo, low confidence
- Jas 1:4: echo, low confidence

## Citation (SBL)

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