To the Ephesians, inscription · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:172

Ἰγνάτιος, ὁ καὶ Θεοφόρος, τῇ εὐλογημένῃ ἐν μεγέθει θεοῦ πατρὸς πληρώματι, τῇ προωρισμένῃ πρὸ αἰώνων εἶναι διὰ παντὸς εἰς δόξαν παράμονον ἄτρεπτον, ἡνωμένῃ καὶ ἐκλελεγμένῃ ἐν πάθει ἀληθινῷ, ἐν θελήματι τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν, τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τῇ ἀξιομακαρίστῳ, τῇ οὔσῃ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ τῆς Ἀσίας, πλεῖστα ἐν Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ καὶ ἐν ἀμώμῳ χαρᾷ χαίρειν.

English · Claude translation

Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the church blessed with greatness by the fullness of God the Father, predestined before the ages to be always for enduring and unchangeable glory, united and chosen in true suffering by the will of the Father and of Jesus Christ our God; to the church worthy of blessing, which is in Ephesus in Asia: abundant greetings in Jesus Christ and in blameless joy.

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:172 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 172–277 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), 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 Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Eph 1:4 · echo, medium confidence
Eph 1:23 · echo, low confidence

Topics

Christology

Notes

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“True suffering” (ἐν πάθει ἀληθινῷ): Christ's real Passion; against teachers who said Christ only seemed to suffer (see Ign. Trall. 10).
“Jesus Christ our God”: Ignatius calls Christ God without qualification (see the glossary).

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:172

English · Claude translation

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