To the Ephesians 6.2

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

Summary: The Ephesian church is orderly and free from heresy.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:180

αὐτὸς μὲν οὖν Ὀνήσιμος ὑπερεπαινεῖ ὑμῶν τὴν ἐν θεῷ εὐταξίαν, ὅτι πάντες κατὰ ἀλήθειαν ζῆτε καὶ ὅτι ἐν ὑμῖν οὐδεμία αἵρεσις κατοικεῖ· ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ ἀκούετέ τινος πλέον, ἢ περὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ λαλοῦντος ἐν ἀληθείᾳ.

English · Claude translation

Indeed Onesimus himself highly praises your good order in God: that you all live according to the truth and that no heresy dwells among you; rather, you do not even listen to anyone unless he speaks truthfully about Jesus Christ.

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Source: Lake, LCL 24:180 · 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 5:649b (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: Heresy

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Ign. Eph. 6.2 (PG 5:649b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/6/2/).

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Ign. Eph. 6.2 (PG 5:649b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/6/2/).

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