To the Ephesians 21.1

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

Summary: Ignatius writes from Smyrna and asks to be remembered.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:194

Ἀντίψυχον ὑμῶν ἐγὼ καὶ ὧν ἐπέμψατε εἰς θεοῦ τιμὴν εἰς Σμύρναν, ὅθεν καὶ γράφω ὑμῖν, εὐχαριστῶν τῷ κυρίῳ, ἀγαπῶν Πολύκαρπον ὡς καὶ ὑμᾶς· μνημονεύετέ μου, ὡς καὶ ὑμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός.

English · Claude translation

I am a ransom for you and for those whom you sent to Smyrna for the honor of God, from where I am also writing to you, giving thanks to the Lord and loving Polycarp as I love you. Remember me, as Jesus Christ also remembers you.

About this passage

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
Also in: PG 5:661b (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.
Topics: Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

“A ransom” (ἀντίψυχον): see Ign. Pol. 2.3.

Cite this passage

Ign. Eph. 21.1 (PG 5:661b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/21/1/).

Plain text

Ign. Eph. 21.1 (PG 5:661b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/21/1/).

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