# To the Ephesians 7.2

- 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 24:180; 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–652a (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/7/2/

Summary: Christ is the one physician, both human and divine.

## Greek text

εἷς ἰατρός ἐστιν, σαρκικός τε καὶ πνευματικός, γεννητὸς καὶ ἀγέννητος, ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ θεός, ἐν θανάτῳ ζωὴ ἀληθινή, καὶ ἐκ Μαρίας καὶ ἐκ θεοῦ, πρῶτον παθητὸς καὶ τότε ἀπαθής. Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν.

## English translation (Claude)

There is one physician, both fleshly and spiritual, born and unborn, God in man, true life in death, both from Mary and from God, first subject to suffering and then beyond suffering: Jesus Christ our Lord.

## Translation notes

- “Born and unborn” (γεννητὸς καὶ ἀγέννητος): born as man, unbegotten as God. Some manuscripts spell the words γενητὸς καὶ ἀγένητος (“come into being and not come into being”), a difference that later became important in the Arian controversy.
- “God in man” (ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ θεός): other witnesses, including Athanasius's quotation, read “God come in the flesh.”

## Citation (SBL)

Ign. Eph. 7.2 (PG 5:649b–652a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/7/2/).