# To the Philippians 6.2

- 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 24:290; 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)
- Also in: PG 5:1012a (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/6/2/

Summary: Those who ask forgiveness must forgive, since all will stand before Christ's judgment seat.

## Greek text

εἰ οὖν δεόμεθα τοῦ κυρίου, ἵνα ἡμῖν ἀφῇ, ὀφείλομεν καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφιέναι· ἀπέναντι γὰρ τῶν τοῦ κυρίου καὶ θεοῦ ἐσμὲν ὀφθαλμῶν, καὶ πάντας δεῖ παραστῆναι τῷ βήματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἕκαστον ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ λόγον δοῦναι.

## English translation (Claude)

If then we ask the Lord to forgive us, we too ought to forgive; for we are before the eyes of the Lord and God, and “we must all stand before the judgment seat of Christ,” and “each must give an account of himself.”

## Scripture references

- Matt 6:12: allusion, medium confidence
- Matt 6:14–15: allusion, medium confidence
- Rom 14:10: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 14:12: quotation, high confidence
- 2 Cor 5:10: allusion, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- “Of the Lord and God” may name one person (Christ) or two (the Lord Christ and God); the Greek allows both.

## Citation (SBL)

Pol. Phil. 6.2 (PG 5:1012a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/6/2/).