To the Ephesians 8.2

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

Summary: Because they act in Christ, even the Ephesians' bodily actions are spiritual.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:182

οἱ σαρκικοὶ τὰ πνευματικὰ πράσσειν οὐ δύνανται, οὐδὲ οἱ πνευματικοὶ τὰ σαρκικά, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ ἡ πίστις τὰ τῆς ἀπιστίας οὐδὲ ἡ ἀπιστία τὰ τῆς πίστεως. ἃ δὲ καὶ κατὰ σάρκα πράσσετε, ταῦτα πνευματικά ἐστιν· ἐν Ἰησοῦ γὰρ Χριστῷ πάντα πράσσετε.

English · Claude translation

Those who are fleshly cannot do the things of the spirit, nor can those who are spiritual do the things of the flesh, just as faith cannot do the things of unbelief, nor unbelief the things of faith. But even what you do according to the flesh is spiritual, for you do all things in Jesus Christ.

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:182 · 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 5:652a–652b (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.

Scripture

Rom 8:5 · allusion, medium confidence
Rom 8:8 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Ethics

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): οὐδε ἡ → οὐδὲ ἡ.

Cite this passage

Ign. Eph. 8.2 (PG 5:652a–652b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/8/2/).

Plain text

Ign. Eph. 8.2 (PG 5:652a–652b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/8/2/).

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