To the Ephesians 4.1

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

Summary: The presbyters are in tune with their bishop like strings on a lyre.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:176

Ὅθεν πρέπει ὑμῖν συντρέχειν τῇ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου γνώμῃ, ὅπερ καὶ ποιεῖτε. τὸ γὰρ ἀξιονόμαστον ὑμῶν πρεσβυτέριον, τοῦ θεοῦ ἄξιον, οὕτως συνήρμοσται τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ, ὡς χορδαὶ κιθάρᾳ. διὰ τοῦτο ἐν τῇ ὁμονοίᾳ ὑμῶν καὶ συμφώνῳ ἀγάπῃ Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ᾅδεται.

English · Claude translation

Therefore it is fitting for you to run in harmony with the mind of the bishop, as indeed you do. For your council of presbyters, worthy of its name and worthy of God, is attuned to the bishop as strings to a lyre. Therefore in your concord and harmonious love Jesus Christ is sung.

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Source: Lake, LCL 24:176 · 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 5:648b (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: Church office

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Ign. Eph. 4.1 (PG 5:648b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/4/1/).

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Ign. Eph. 4.1 (PG 5:648b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/4/1/).

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