To the Ephesians 15.2

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

Summary: One who truly has Christ's word can hear even his silence.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:188

ὁ λόγον Ἰησοῦ κεκτημένος ἀληθῶς δύναται καὶ τῆς ἡσυχίας αὐτοῦ ἀκούειν, ἵνα τέλειος ᾖ, ἵνα διʼ ὧν λαλεῖ πράσσῃ καὶ διʼ ὧν σιγᾷ γινώσκηται.

English · Claude translation

Whoever truly possesses the word of Jesus is able to hear even his silence, so that he may be perfect, so that he may act through what he says and be known through what he does not say.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:188 · 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
Also in: PG 5:657a (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.

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): διʼ ὦν λαλεῖ → διʼ ὧν λαλεῖ; διʼ ὦν σιγᾷ → διʼ ὧν σιγᾷ.

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Ign. Eph. 15.2 (PG 5:657a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/15/2/).

Plain text

Ign. Eph. 15.2 (PG 5:657a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/15/2/).

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