# To the Ephesians 4.2

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Ephesians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/) (*Ad Ephesios*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:176–178; 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/4/2/

Summary: The whole church should be like a choir singing to the Father with one voice.

## Greek text

καὶ οἱ κατʼ ἄνδρα δὲ χορὸς γίνεσθε, ἵνα σύμφωνοι ὄντες ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ, χρῶμα θεοῦ λαβόντες ἐν ἑνότητι, ᾅδητε ἐν φωνῇ μιᾷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τῷ πατρί, ἵνα ὑμῶν καὶ ἀκούσῃ καὶ ἐπιγινώσκῃ, διʼ ὧν εὖ πράσσετε, μέλη ὄντας τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ. χρήσιμον οὖν ἐστὶν ὑμᾶς ἐν ἀμώμῳ ἑνότητι εἶναι, ἵνα καὶ θεοῦ πάντοτε μετέχητε.

## English translation (Claude)

Each one of you, join the choir, so that, harmonious in concord and taking up God's key in unity, you may sing with one voice through Jesus Christ to the Father, so that he may both hear you and recognize, through your good deeds, that you are members of his Son. It is profitable, then, for you to be in blameless unity, so that you may always share in God.

## Scripture references

- Rom 15:6: echo, medium confidence
- 1 Cor 12:27: echo, low confidence

## Translation notes

- “God's key” (χρῶμα θεοῦ): a musical term for the mode or pitch of a melody.

## Citation (SBL)

Ign. Eph. 4.2 (PG 5:648b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/4/2/).