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To the Ephesians 11.1

Ignatius of Antioch · To the Ephesians · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · Smyrna · Read in context

Summary: In the last times, respond to God's patience by fear of judgment or love of grace.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:184–186

Ἔσχατοι καιροί. λοιπὸν αἰσχυνθῶμεν, φοβηθῶμεν τὴν μακροθυμίαν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ἡμῖν εἰς κρίμα γένηται. ἢ γὰρ τὴν μέλλουσαν ὀργὴν φοβηθῶμεν, ἢ τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν χάριν ἀγαπήσωμεν, ἓν τῶν δύο· μόνον ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ εὑρεθῆναι εἰς τὸ ἀληθινὸν ζῆν.

English · Claude translation

These are the last times. From now on let us be reverent and fear the patience of God, so that it may not become a judgment against us. For let us either fear the wrath to come or love the grace that is present, one of the two; only let us be found in Christ Jesus unto true life.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:184–186 · 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.
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Notes

Translation notes

  • “Be reverent” (αἰσχυνθῶμεν): literally “be ashamed.”

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing and accent); digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): ἦ γὰρ → ἢ γὰρ; ἦ τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν → ἢ τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν; ἒν τῶν → ἓν τῶν.

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Ign. Eph. 11.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/11/1/).

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Ign. Eph. 11.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/11/1/).

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