Sophia Scriptura

To the Ephesians 17.1

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

Summary: Christ's anointing brings incorruption; avoid the stench of the devil's teaching.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:190

Διὰ τοῦτο μύρον ἔλαβεν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ ὁ κύριος, ἵνα πνέῃ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀφθαρσίαν, μὴ ἀλείφεσθε δυσωδίαν τῆς διδασκαλίας τοῦ ἄρχοντος τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου, μὴ αἰχμαλωτίσῃ ὑμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ προκειμένου ζῆν.

English · Claude translation

For this reason the Lord received ointment on his head, so that he might breathe incorruption on the church. Do not be anointed with the foul odor of the teaching of the ruler of this age, lest he take you captive away from the life that lies before you.

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Lake, LCL 24:190 · 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
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PG 5:657b (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
Topics
Heresy

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Ign. Eph. 17.1 (PG 5:657b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/17/1/).

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Ign. Eph. 17.1 (PG 5:657b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/17/1/).

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