To the Philippians 5.1

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

Summary: Because God is not mocked, believers must live worthily of his commandment.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:288

Εἰδότες, οὖν, ὅτι θεὸς οὐ μυκτηρίζεται, ὀφείλομεν ἀξίως τῆς ἐντολῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ δόξης περιπατεῖν.

English · Claude translation

Knowing, then, that “God is not mocked,” we ought to walk worthily of his commandment and glory.

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:288 · 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

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PG 5:1009a–1009b (found by text match)

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Gal 6:7 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Ethics

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Pol. Phil. 5.1 (PG 5:1009a–1009b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/5/1/).

Plain text

Pol. Phil. 5.1 (PG 5:1009a–1009b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/5/1/).

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