Sophia Scriptura

To the Ephesians 20.1

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

Summary: Ignatius hopes to write a second letter explaining more about Christ.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:194

Ἐάν με καταξιώσῃ Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐν τῇ προσευχῇ ὑμῶν καὶ θέλημα ᾖ, ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ βιβλιδίῳ, ὃ μέλλω γράφειν ὑμῖν, προσδηλώσω ὑμῖν, ἦς ἠρξάμην οἰκονομίας εἰς τὸν καινὸν ἄνθρωπον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ πίστει καὶ ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ ἀγάπῃ, ἐν πάθει αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀναστάσει·

English · Claude translation

If Jesus Christ counts me worthy through your prayer, and if it is his will, in the second little book that I intend to write to you I will explain further the plan I have begun to set out concerning the new man Jesus Christ: his faith and his love, his suffering and resurrection.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:194 · 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 5:661a (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
Christology

Notes

Translation notes

  • No second letter to the Ephesians survives.

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Ign. Eph. 20.1 (PG 5:661a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/20/1/).

Plain text
Ign. Eph. 20.1 (PG 5:661a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/20/1/).

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