To the Magnesians (complete)
Greek text: Lake, LCL 24 (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).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0). Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885).
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0Lake, LCL 24:196
Ἰγνάτιος, ὁ καὶ Θεοφόρος, τῇ εὐλογημένῃ ἐν χάριτι θεοῦ πατρὸς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ σωτῆρι ἡμῶν, ἐν ᾧ ἀσπάζομαι τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τὴν οὖσαν ἐν Μαγνησίᾳ τῇ πρὸς Μαιάνδρῳ καὶ εὔχομαι ἐν θεῷ πατρὶ καὶ ἐν Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
Ignatios, ho kai Theophoros, tę̄ eulogēmenę̄ en chariti theou patros en Christǭ Iēsou tǭ sōtēri hēmōn, en hǭ aspazomai tēn ekklēsian tēn ousan en Magnēsią tę̄ pros Maiandrǭ kai euchomai en theǭ patri kai en Iēsou Christǭ pleista chairein.
Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the church blessed in the grace of God the Father in Christ Jesus our Savior, in whom I greet the church that is in Magnesia on the Maeander, and I wish it abundant greetings in God the Father and in Jesus Christ.
Notes and citation
Summary: Ignatius greets the church at Magnesia.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): καῖ ἐν → καὶ ἐν.
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. inscr. (Lake, LCL 24:196; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/0).
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Chapter 1
1.1Lake, LCL 24:196; PG 5:664b
Γνοὺς ὑμῶν τὸ πολυεύτακτον τῆς κατὰ θεὸν ἀγάπης, ἀγαλλιώμενος προειλόμην ἐν πίστει Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ προσλαλῆσαι ὑμῖν.
Gnous hymōn to polyeutakton tēs kata theon agapēs, agalliōmenos proeilomēn en pistei Iēsou Christou proslalēsai hymin.
Having learned of the great good order of your godly love, I rejoiced and chose to speak with you in the faith of Jesus Christ.
Notes and citation
Summary: Ignatius has heard of the Magnesians' well-ordered love and writes to them gladly.
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 1.1 (PG 5:664b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/1-1).
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1.2Lake, LCL 24:196–198; PG 5:664b
καταξιωθεὶς γὰρ ὀνόματος θεοπρεπεστάτου, ἐν οἷς περιφέρω δεσμοῖς ᾅδω τὰς ἐκκλησίας, ἐν αἷς ἕνωσιν εὔχομαι σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ διὰ παντὸς ἡμῶν ζῆν, πίστεώς τε καὶ ἀγάπης, ἧς οὐδὲν προκέκριται, τὸ δὲ κυριώτερον Ἰησοῦ καὶ πατρός· ἐν ᾧ ὑπομένοντες τὴν πᾶσαν ἐπήρειαν τοῦ ἄρχοντος τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου καὶ διαφυγόντες θεοῦ τευξόμεθα.
kataxiōtheis gar onomatos theoprepestatou, en hois peripherō desmois hądō tas ekklēsias, en hais henōsin euchomai sarkos kai pneumatos Iēsou Christou, tou dia pantos hēmōn zēn, pisteōs te kai agapēs, hēs ouden prokekritai, to de kyriōteron Iēsou kai patros; en hǭ hypomenontes tēn pasan epēreian tou archontos tou aiōnos toutou kai diaphygontes theou teuxometha.
For having been counted worthy of a most godly name, in the chains that I bear I sing the praises of the churches, and I pray that in them there may be union with the flesh and spirit of Jesus Christ, our constant life, a union of faith and love, to which nothing is preferred, and, what is more important, a union with Jesus and the Father. If in him we endure all the abuse of the ruler of this age and escape it, we shall attain to God.
Notes and citation
Summary: Ignatius prays that the churches be united with Christ in body and spirit, in faith and love.
- “A most godly name”: probably the name of a prisoner for Christ.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (stray punctuation); digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): ἕνωσιν· εὔχομαι → ἕνωσιν εὔχομαι; ἡς οὐδὲν → ἧς οὐδὲν.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 1.2 (PG 5:664b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/1-2).
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Chapter 2
2.1Lake, LCL 24:198
Ἐπεὶ οὖν ἠξιώθην ἰδεῖν ὑμᾶς διὰ Δαμᾶ τοῦ ἀξιοθέου ὑμῶν ἐπισκόπου καὶ πρεσβυτέρων ἀξίων Βάσσου καὶ Ἀπολλωνίου καὶ τοῦ συνδούλου μου διακόνου Ζωτίωνος, οὗ ἐγὼ ὀναίμην, ὅτι ὑποτάσσεται τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ ὡς χάριτι θεοῦ καὶ τῷ πρεσβυτερίῳ ὡς νόμῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
Epei oun ēxiōthēn idein hymas dia Dama tou axiotheou hymōn episkopou kai presbyterōn axiōn Bassou kai Apollōniou kai tou syndoulou mou diakonou Zōtiōnos, hou egō onaimēn, hoti hypotassetai tǭ episkopǭ hōs chariti theou kai tǭ presbyteriǭ hōs nomǭ Iēsou Christou.
Since, then, I have been counted worthy to see you through Damas, your bishop worthy of God, and your worthy presbyters Bassus and Apollonius, and my fellow servant the deacon Zotion, of whom may I have joy, because he is subject to the bishop as to the grace of God and to the council of presbyters as to the law of Jesus Christ—
Notes and citation
Summary: Ignatius has met the Magnesian delegates: bishop Damas, two presbyters, and the deacon Zotion.
- The sentence breaks off without a main clause in the Greek; the thought is resumed in 6.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): ἀξϊων → ἀξίων.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 2.1 (Lake, LCL 24:198; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/2-1).
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Chapter 3
3.1Lake, LCL 24:198; PG 5:664b–665a
Καὶ ὑμῖν δὲ πρέπει μὴ συγχρᾶσθαι τῇ ἡλικίᾳ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου, ἀλλὰ κατὰ δύναμιν θεοῦ πατρὸς πᾶσαν ἐντροπὴν αὐτῷ ἀπονέμειν, καθὼς ἔγνων καὶ τοὺς ἁγίους πρεσβυτέρους οὐ προσειληφότας τὴν φαινομένην νεωτερικὴν τάξιν, ἀλλʼ ὡς φρονίμους ἐν θεῷ συγχωροῦντας αὐτῷ, οὐκ αὐτῷ δέ, ἀλλὰ τῷ πατρὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τῷ πάντων ἐπισκόπῳ.
Kai hymin de prepei mē synchrasthai tę̄ hēlikią tou episkopou, alla kata dynamin theou patros pasan entropēn autǭ aponemein, kathōs egnōn kai tous hagious presbyterous ou proseilēphotas tēn phainomenēn neōterikēn taxin, allʼ hōs phronimous en theǭ synchōrountas autǭ, ouk autǭ de, alla tǭ patri Iēsou Christou, tǭ pantōn episkopǭ.
It is fitting for you also not to take advantage of the bishop's youth, but to render him all respect according to the power of God the Father, just as I have learned that the holy presbyters too have not presumed upon his evidently youthful position, but as those wise in God defer to him; yet not to him, but to the Father of Jesus Christ, the bishop of all.
Notes and citation
Summary: The young bishop deserves full respect, since in obeying him the church obeys God.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 3.1 (PG 5:664b–665a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/3-1).
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3.2Lake, LCL 24:198–200; PG 5:665a
εἰς τιμὴν οὖν ἐκείνου τοῦ θελήσαντος ἡμᾶς πρέπον ἐστὶν ἐπακούειν κατὰ μηδεμίαν ὑπόκρισιν· ἐπεὶ οὐχ ὅτι τὸν ἐπίσκοπον τοῦτον τὸν βλεπόμενον πλανᾷ τις, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀόρατον παραλογίζεται. τὸ δὲ τοιοῦτον οὐ πρὸς σάρκα ὁ λόγος, ἀλλὰ πρὸς θεὸν τὸν τὰ κρύφια εἰδότα.
eis timēn oun ekeinou tou thelēsantos hēmas prepon estin epakouein kata mēdemian hypokrisin; epei ouch hoti ton episkopon touton ton blepomenon planą tis, alla ton aoraton paralogizetai. to de toiouton ou pros sarka ho logos, alla pros theon ton ta kryphia eidota.
So for the honor of him who has desired us, it is fitting to obey without any hypocrisy. For it is not that one deceives this bishop who is seen; rather, one cheats the one who is unseen. In such a case one's account is not with flesh but with God, who knows hidden things.
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Summary: Deceiving the bishop means deceiving the unseen God.
- “Who has desired us” (τοῦ θελήσαντος ἡμᾶς): who willed us into being, or who chose us.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 3.2 (PG 5:665a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/3-2).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/3-2
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Chapter 4
4.1Lake, LCL 24:200; PG 5:665b
Πρέπον οὖν ἐστιν μὴ μόνον καλεῖσθαι Χριστιανούς, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἶναι· ὥσπερ καί τινες ἐπίσκοπον μὲν καλοῦσιν, χωρὶς δὲ αὐτοῦ πάντα πράσσουσιν. οἱ τοιοῦτοι δὲ οὐκ εὐσυνείδητοί μοι εἶναι φαίνονται διὰ τὸ μὴ βεβαίως κατʼ ἐντολὴν συναθροίζεσθαι.
Prepon oun estin mē monon kaleisthai Christianous, alla kai einai; hōsper kai tines episkopon men kalousin, chōris de autou panta prassousin. hoi toioutoi de ouk eusyneidētoi moi einai phainontai dia to mē bebaiōs katʼ entolēn synathroizesthai.
It is fitting, then, not only to be called Christians but also to be Christians, just as some speak of “the bishop” but do everything without him. Such people do not seem to me to have a good conscience, since they do not meet validly according to the commandment.
Notes and citation
Summary: Those who acknowledge the bishop but act without him are Christians in name only.
- “Validly” (βεβαίως): firmly, properly; that is, in gatherings recognized by the bishop.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip: word split in two): Χρις τιανούς → Χριστιανούς.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 4.1 (PG 5:665b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/4-1).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/4-1
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Chapter 5
5.1Lake, LCL 24:200
Ἐπεὶ οὖν τέλος τὰ πράγματα ἔχει καὶ πρόκειται τὰ δύο ὁμοῦ, ὅ τε θάνατος καὶ ἡ ζωή, καὶ ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν ἴδιον τόπον μέλλει χωρεῖν·
Epei oun telos ta pragmata echei kai prokeitai ta dyo homou, ho te thanatos kai hē zōē, kai hekastos eis ton idion topon mellei chōrein;
Since, then, things are coming to an end, and the two lie before us together, death and life, and each is going to go to his own place;
Acts 1:25 (allusion, medium confidence) · Deut 30:15 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Life and death lie before everyone, and each goes to his own place.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong letter)): πρώγματα → πράγματα.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 5.1 (Lake, LCL 24:200; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/5-1).
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5.2Lake, LCL 24:200; PG 5:665b–668a
ὥσπερ γάρ ἐστιν νομίσματα δύο, ὃ μὲν θεοῦ, ὃ δὲ κόσμου, καὶ ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ἴδιον χαρακτῆρα ἐπικείμενον ἔχει, οἱ ἄπιστοι τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, οἱ δὲ πιστοὶ ἐν ἀγάπῃ χαρακτῆρα θεοῦ πατρὸς διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, διʼ οὗ ἐὰν μὴ αὐθαιρέτως ἔχωμεν τὸ ἀποθανεῖν εἰς τὸ αὐτοῦ πάθος, τὸ ζῆν αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἡμῖν.
hōsper gar estin nomismata dyo, ho men theou, ho de kosmou, kai hekaston autōn idion charaktēra epikeimenon echei, hoi apistoi tou kosmou toutou, hoi de pistoi en agapę̄ charaktēra theou patros dia Iēsou Christou, diʼ hou ean mē authairetōs echōmen to apothanein eis to autou pathos, to zēn autou ouk estin en hēmin.
for just as there are two coinages, one of God and one of the world, and each has its own stamp impressed on it, so the unbelievers bear the stamp of this world, and the believers in love bear the stamp of God the Father through Jesus Christ. Unless we willingly choose to die through him into his suffering, his life is not in us.
Rom 6:5 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Like coins, people bear the stamp of either the world or God; Christ's life is in those willing to share his death.
Topics: Eschatology, Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 5.2 (PG 5:665b–668a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/5-2).
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Chapter 6
6.1Lake, LCL 24:200–202; PG 5:668a–668b
Ἐπεὶ οὖν ἐν τοῖς προγεγραμμένοις προσώποις τὸ πᾶν πλῆθος ἐθεώρησα ἐν πίστει καὶ ἠγάπησα, παραινῶ, ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ θεοῦ σπουδάζετε πάντα πράσσειν, προκαθημένου τοῦ ἐπισκόπου εἰς τόπον θεοῦ καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων εἰς τόπον συνεδρίου τῶν ἀποστόλων, καὶ τῶν διακόνων τῶν ἐμοὶ γλυκυτάτων πεπιστευμένων διακονίαν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς πρὸ αἰώνων παρὰ πατρὶ ἦν καὶ ἐν τέλει ἐφάνη.
Epei oun en tois progegrammenois prosōpois to pan plēthos etheōrēsa en pistei kai ēgapēsa, parainō, en homonoią theou spoudazete panta prassein, prokathēmenou tou episkopou eis topon theou kai tōn presbyterōn eis topon synedriou tōn apostolōn, kai tōn diakonōn tōn emoi glykytatōn pepisteumenōn diakonian Iēsou Christou, hos pro aiōnōn para patri ēn kai en telei ephanē.
Since, then, in the persons mentioned above I have seen your whole congregation in faith and have loved it, I urge you: be eager to do all things in godly concord, with the bishop presiding in the place of God and the presbyters in the place of the council of the apostles, and the deacons, most dear to me, entrusted with the service of Jesus Christ, who was with the Father before the ages and appeared at the end.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
John 1:1 (echo, medium confidence) · Heb 1:2 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop presides in God's place, the presbyters as the apostles' council, and the deacons serve Christ.
- “In the place of God” (εἰς τόπον θεοῦ): some manuscripts read “as a type (τύπον) of God.”
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing breathing and accent)): δς πρὸ → ὃς πρὸ.
Topics: Church office, Christology
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 6.1 (PG 5:668a–668b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/6-1).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/6-1
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6.2Lake, LCL 24:202; PG 5:668b
πάντες οὖν ὁμοήθειαν θεοῦ λαβόντες ἐντρέπεσθε ἀλλήλους καὶ μηδεὶς κατὰ σάρκα βλεπέτω τὸν πλησίον, ἀλλʼ ἐν Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ ἀλλήλους διὰ παντὸς ἀγαπᾶτε. μηδὲν ἔστω ἐν ὑμῖν, ὃ δυνήσεται ὑμᾶς μερίσαι ἀλλʼ ἑνώθητε τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ καὶ τοῖς προκαθημένοις εἰς τύπον καὶ διδαχὴν ἀφθαρσίας.
pantes oun homoētheian theou labontes entrepesthe allēlous kai mēdeis kata sarka blepetō ton plēsion, allʼ en Iēsou Christǭ allēlous dia pantos agapate. mēden estō en hymin, ho dynēsetai hymas merisai allʼ henōthēte tǭ episkopǭ kai tois prokathēmenois eis typon kai didachēn aphtharsias.
All of you, then, taking on God's character, respect one another, and let no one regard his neighbor according to the flesh, but always love one another in Jesus Christ. Let there be nothing among you that can divide you, but be united with the bishop and with those who preside, as an example and a teaching of incorruptibility.
Notes and citation
Summary: Respect and love one another, united with the bishop and leaders.
- “God's character” (ὁμοήθειαν θεοῦ): see the note on Ign. Pol. 1.3.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 6.2 (PG 5:668b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/6-2).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/6-2
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Chapter 7
7.1Lake, LCL 24:202; PG 5:668b–668c
Ὥσπερ οὖν ὁ κύριος ἄνευ τοῦ πατρὸς οὐδὲν ἐποίησεν, ἡνωμένος ὤν, οὔτε διʼ ἑαυτοῦ οὔτε διὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων· οὕτως μηδὲ ὑμεῖς ἄνευ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων μηδὲν πράσσετε· μηδὲ πειράσητε εὔλογόν τι φαίνεσθαι ἰδίᾳ ὑμῖν, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ μία προσευχή, μία δέησις, εἷς νοῦς, μία ἐλπὶς ἐν ἀγάπῃ, ἐν τῇ χαρᾷ τῇ ἀμώμῳ, ὅ ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, οὗ ἄμεινον οὐδέν ἐστιν.
Hōsper oun ho kyrios aneu tou patros ouden epoiēsen, hēnōmenos ōn, oute diʼ heautou oute dia tōn apostolōn; houtōs mēde hymeis aneu tou episkopou kai tōn presbyterōn mēden prassete; mēde peirasēte eulogon ti phainesthai idią hymin, allʼ epi to auto mia proseuchē, mia deēsis, heis nous, mia elpis en agapę̄, en tę̄ charą tę̄ amōmǭ, ho estin Iēsous Christos, hou ameinon ouden estin.
So, just as the Lord did nothing without the Father, being united with him, either by himself or through the apostles, so you must do nothing without the bishop and the presbyters. Do not try to make anything appear right to you on your own; but let there be, in common, one prayer, one petition, one mind, one hope, in love, in blameless joy, which is Jesus Christ, than whom nothing is better.
John 5:19 (allusion, medium confidence) · John 8:28 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: As Christ did nothing without the Father, the church should do nothing without its bishop and presbyters.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): οὖ ἄμεινον → οὗ ἄμεινον.
Topics: Church office, Prayer
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 7.1 (PG 5:668b–668c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/7-1).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/7-1
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7.2Lake, LCL 24:202–204; PG 5:668c
πάντες ὡς εἰς ἕνα ναὸν συντρέχετε θεοῦ, ὡς ἐπὶ ἓν θυσιαστήριον, ἐπὶ ἕνα Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν ἀφʼ ἑνὸς πατρὸς προελθόντα καὶ εἰς ἕνα ὄντα καὶ χωρήσαντα.
pantes hōs eis hena naon syntrechete theou, hōs epi hen thysiastērion, epi hena Iēsoun Christon, ton aphʼ henos patros proelthonta kai eis hena onta kai chōrēsanta.
All of you, run together as to one temple of God, as to one altar, to one Jesus Christ, who came forth from the one Father, and is with the One, and has returned to him.
John 16:28 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Gather as to one temple and one altar, to the one Christ who came from the one Father.
Topics: Christology, Church office
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 7.2 (PG 5:668c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/7-2).
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Chapter 8
8.1Lake, LCL 24:204; PG 5:669a
Μὴ πλανᾶσθε ταῖς ἑτεροδοξίαις μηδὲ μυθεύμασιν τοῖς παλαιοῖς ἀνωφελέσιν οὖσιν. εἰ γὰρ μέχρι νῦν κατὰ Ἰουδαϊσμὸν ζῶμεν, ὁμολογοῦμεν χάριν μὴ εἰληφέναι.
Mē planasthe tais heterodoxiais mēde mytheumasin tois palaiois anōphelesin ousin. ei gar mechri nyn kata Ioudaïsmon zōmen, homologoumen charin mē eilēphenai.
Do not be led astray by other doctrines or by old fables, which are useless. For if we are still living according to Judaism, we confess that we have not received grace.
1 Tim 1:4 (echo, medium confidence) · Titus 1:14 (echo, medium confidence) · Gal 5:4 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Do not go back to Jewish practice, as if grace had not come.
- The warnings in 8–10 concern Christians who adopted Jewish practices such as keeping the Sabbath (9.1).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing diaeresis)): κατὰ Ἰουδαῖσμὸν → κατὰ Ἰουδαϊσμὸν.
Topics: Heresy, Jews and Judaism
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 8.1 (PG 5:669a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/8-1).
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8.2Lake, LCL 24:204; PG 5:669a
οἱ γὰρ θειότατοι προφῆται κατὰ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἔζησαν. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἐδιώχθησαν, ἐμπνεόμενοι ὑπὸ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ, εἰς τὸ πληροφορηθῆναι τοὺς ἀπειθοῦντας, ὅτι εἶς θεός ἐστιν, ὁ φανερώσας ἑαυτὸν διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὅς ἐστιν αὐτοῦ λόγος ἀπὸ σιγῆς προελθών, ὃς κατὰ πάντα εὐηρέστησεν τῷ πέμψαντι αὐτόν.
hoi gar theiotatoi prophētai kata Christon Iēsoun ezēsan. dia touto kai ediōchthēsan, empneomenoi hypo tēs charitos autou, eis to plērophorēthēnai tous apeithountas, hoti eis theos estin, ho phanerōsas heauton dia Iēsou Christou tou huiou autou, hos estin autou logos apo sigēs proelthōn, hos kata panta euērestēsen tǭ pempsanti auton.
For the most godly prophets lived according to Christ Jesus. That is why they were persecuted, being inspired by his grace, so that the disobedient might be fully convinced that there is one God, who revealed himself through Jesus Christ his Son, who is his Word that came forth from silence, who in every way pleased the one who sent him.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
John 8:29 (echo, medium confidence) · John 1:1 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The prophets already lived by Christ, God's Word who came forth from silence.
- “His Word that came forth from silence” (αὐτοῦ λόγος ἀπὸ σιγῆς προελθών): some later manuscripts read “his eternal Word, not coming forth from silence,” probably altered to avoid the language of later Gnostic teachers. The Ante-Nicene Fathers translation (1885) follows that later reading.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing); digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong letter)): ἐνπνεόμενοι → ἐμπνεόμενοι; ἁπὸ σιγῆς → ἀπὸ σιγῆς.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 8.2 (PG 5:669a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/8-2).
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Chapter 9
9.1Lake, LCL 24:204; PG 5:669a–669b
Εἰ οὖν οἱ ἐν παλαιοῖς πράγμασιν ἀναστραφέντες εἰς καινότητα ἐλπίδος ἦλθον, μηκέτι σαββατίζοντες, ἀλλὰ κατὰ κυριακὴν ζῶντες, ἐν ᾗ καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἡμῶν ἀνέτειλεν διʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ, ὅν τινες ἀρνοῦνται, διʼ οὗ μυστηρίου ἐλάβομεν τὸ πιστεύειν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ὑπομένομεν, ἵνα εὑρεθῶμεν μαθηταὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ μόνου διδασκάλου ἡμῶν·
Ei oun hoi en palaiois pragmasin anastraphentes eis kainotēta elpidos ēlthon, mēketi sabbatizontes, alla kata kyriakēn zōntes, en hę̄ kai hē zōē hēmōn aneteilen diʼ autou kai tou thanatou autou, hon tines arnountai, diʼ hou mystēriou elabomen to pisteuein, kai dia touto hypomenomen, hina heurethōmen mathētai Iēsou Christou tou monou didaskalou hēmōn;
If, then, those who lived in ancient ways came to a new hope, no longer keeping the Sabbath but living according to the Lord's day, on which our life also rose through him and his death (which some deny), the mystery through which we received faith, and because of which we endure, so that we may be found disciples of Jesus Christ, our only teacher,
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Matt 23:8 (echo, medium confidence) · Rev 1:10 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians keep the Lord's day, when our life rose through Christ's death, rather than the Sabbath.
- “The Lord's day” (κυριακήν): Sunday; among the earliest uses of the term. Some manuscripts add “life” (“the Lord's life”).
- “Which some deny”: the reality of Christ's death, denied by the docetists.
Topics: Christology, The Lord's day and the Sabbath
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 9.1 (PG 5:669a–669b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/9-1).
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9.2Lake, LCL 24:204–206; PG 5:669b
πῶς ἡμεῖς δυνησόμεθα ζῆσαι χωρὶς αὐτοῦ, οὗ καὶ οἱ προφῆται μαθηταὶ ὄντες τῷ πνεύματι ὡς διδάσκαλον αὐτὸν προσεδόκων; καὶ διὰ τοῦτο, ὃν δικαίως ἀνέμενον, παρὼν ἤγειρεν αὐτοὺς ἐκ νεκρῶν.
pōs hēmeis dynēsometha zēsai chōris autou, hou kai hoi prophētai mathētai ontes tǭ pneumati hōs didaskalon auton prosedokōn? kai dia touto, hon dikaiōs anemenon, parōn ēgeiren autous ek nekrōn.
how shall we be able to live apart from him, whom even the prophets, being his disciples in the Spirit, awaited as their teacher? And for this reason he whom they rightly awaited, when he came, raised them from the dead.
Matt 27:52 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 1:11 (echo, low confidence) · 1 Pet 3:19 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The prophets awaited Christ as their teacher, and he raised them from the dead.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 9.2 (PG 5:669b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/9-2).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/9-2
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Chapter 10
10.1Lake, LCL 24:206
Μὴ οὖν ἀναισθητῶμεν τῆς χρηστότητος αὐτοῦ. ἐὰν γὰρ ἡμᾶς μιμήσηται καθὰ πράσσομεν, οὐκέτι ἐσμέν. διὰ τοῦτο, μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ γενόμενοι, μάθωμεν κατὰ Χριστιανισμὸν ζῆν. ὃς γὰρ ἄλλῳ ὀνόματι καλεῖται πλέον τούτου, οὐκ ἔστιν τοῦ θεοῦ.
Mē oun anaisthētōmen tēs chrēstotētos autou. ean gar hēmas mimēsētai katha prassomen, ouketi esmen. dia touto, mathētai autou genomenoi, mathōmen kata Christianismon zēn. hos gar allǭ onomati kaleitai pleon toutou, ouk estin tou theou.
Let us not, then, be insensible to his kindness. For if he were to imitate us according to what we do, we would no longer exist. Therefore, having become his disciples, let us learn to live according to Christianity. For whoever is called by any other name than this is not of God.
Notes and citation
Summary: As Christ's disciples, Christians must live by Christianity alone.
- “Imitate us” (ἡμᾶς μιμήσηται): that is, treat us as we act. Some older translations render it “reward us according to our works.”
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 10.1 (Lake, LCL 24:206; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/10-1).
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10.2Lake, LCL 24:206
ὑπέρθεσθε οὖν τὴν κακὴν ζύμην, τὴν παλαιωθεῖσαν καὶ ἐνοξίσασαν, καὶ μεταβάλεσθε εἰς νέαν ζύμην, ὅ ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. ἁλίσθητε ἐν αὐτῷ, ἵνα μὴ διαφθαρῇ τις ἐν ὑμῖν, ἐπεὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀσμῆς ἐλεγχθήσεσθε.
hyperthesthe oun tēn kakēn zymēn, tēn palaiōtheisan kai enoxisasan, kai metabalesthe eis nean zymēn, ho estin Iēsous Christos. halisthēte en autǭ, hina mē diaphtharę̄ tis en hymin, epei apo tēs osmēs elenchthēsesthe.
Put away, then, the bad leaven, which has grown old and sour, and change to the new leaven, which is Jesus Christ. Be salted in him, so that none of you may go bad, since you will be tested by your smell.
1 Cor 5:7 (allusion, high confidence) · Mark 9:49 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Throw out the old leaven and be salted in Christ.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 10.2 (Lake, LCL 24:206; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/10-2).
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10.3Lake, LCL 24:206–208
ἄτοπόν ἐστιν, Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν λαλεῖν καὶ ἰουδαΐζειν. ὁ γὰρ Χριστιανισμὸς οὐκ εἰς Ἰουδαϊσμὸν ἐπίστευσεν, ἀλλʼ Ἰουδαϊσμὸς εἰς Χριστιανισμόν, ᾧ πᾶσα γλῶσσα πιστεύσασα εἰς θεὸν συνήχθη.
atopon estin, Iēsoun Christon lalein kai ioudaïzein. ho gar Christianismos ouk eis Ioudaïsmon episteusen, allʼ Ioudaïsmos eis Christianismon, hǭ pasa glōssa pisteusasa eis theon synēchthē.
It is absurd to speak of Jesus Christ and to practice Judaism. For Christianity did not believe in Judaism, but Judaism in Christianity, into which every tongue that has believed in God has been gathered.
Isa 66:18 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gal 2:14 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: It is absurd to confess Christ and live as a Jew; Judaism has found its fulfillment in Christianity.
- “Practice Judaism” (ἰουδαΐζειν): to adopt Jewish customs (compare Gal 2:14).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing diaeresis)): εἰς Ἰουδαῖσμὸν → εἰς Ἰουδαϊσμὸν.
Topics: Heresy, Jews and Judaism
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 10.3 (Lake, LCL 24:206–208; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/10-3).
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Chapter 11
11.1Lake, LCL 24:208
Ταῦτα δέ, ἀγαπητοί μου, οὐκ ἐπεὶ ἔγνων τινὰς ἐξ ὑμῶν οὕτως ἔχοντας, ἀλλʼ ὡς μικρότερος ὑμῶν θέλω προφυλάσσεσθαι ὑμᾶς, μὴ ἐμπεσεῖν εἰς τὰ ἄγκιστρα τῆς κενοδοξίας, ἀλλὰ πεπληροφορῆσθαι ἐν τῇ γεννήσει καὶ τῷ πάθει καὶ τῇ ἀναστάσει τῇ γενομένῃ ἐν καιρῷ τῆς ἡγεμονίας Ποντίου Πιλάτου· πραχθέντα ἀληθῶς καὶ βεβαίως ὑπὸ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τῆς ἐλπίδος ἡμῶν, ἧς ἐκτραπῆναι μηδενὶ ὑμῶν γένοιτο.
Tauta de, agapētoi mou, ouk epei egnōn tinas ex hymōn houtōs echontas, allʼ hōs mikroteros hymōn thelō prophylassesthai hymas, mē empesein eis ta ankistra tēs kenodoxias, alla peplērophorēsthai en tę̄ gennēsei kai tǭ pathei kai tę̄ anastasei tę̄ genomenę̄ en kairǭ tēs hēgemonias Pontiou Pilatou; prachthenta alēthōs kai bebaiōs hypo Iēsou Christou, tēs elpidos hēmōn, hēs ektrapēnai mēdeni hymōn genoito.
I write these things, my beloved, not because I have learned that any of you are like this, but, as one less than you, I want to warn you in advance not to fall into the hooks of vain opinion, but to be fully convinced of the birth and the suffering and the resurrection that took place in the time of the governorship of Pontius Pilate. These things were truly and certainly done by Jesus Christ, our hope, from which may none of you be turned aside.
1 Tim 1:1 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Hold firmly to the real birth, death, and resurrection of Christ under Pontius Pilate.
Topics: Christology, Heresy
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 11.1 (Lake, LCL 24:208; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/11-1).
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Chapter 12
12.1Lake, LCL 24:208
Ὀναίμην ὑμῶν κατὰ πάντα, ἐάνπερ ἄξιος ὦ. εἰ γὰρ καὶ δέδεμαι, πρὸς ἕνα τῶν λελυμένων ὑμῶν οὐκ εἰμί. οἶδα ὅτι οὐ φυσιοῦσθε· Ἰησοῦν γὰρ Χριστὸν ἔχετε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς· καὶ μᾶλλον, ὅταν ἐπαινῶ ὑμᾶς, οἶδα, ὅτι ἐντρέπεσθε, ὡς γέγραπται, ὅτι ὁ δίκαιος ἑαυτοῦ κατήγορος.
Onaimēn hymōn kata panta, eanper axios ō. ei gar kai dedemai, pros hena tōn lelymenōn hymōn ouk eimi. oida hoti ou physiousthe; Iēsoun gar Christon echete en heautois; kai mallon, hotan epainō hymas, oida, hoti entrepesthe, hōs gegraptai, hoti ho dikaios heautou katēgoros.
May I have joy of you in every way, if indeed I am worthy. For even if I am in chains, I am not comparable to one of you who are free. I know that you are not puffed up, for you have Jesus Christ in yourselves; and more than that, when I praise you, I know that you feel ashamed, as it is written, “The righteous is his own accuser.”
Prov 18:17 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Ignatius praises the Magnesians' humility.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): ὀ δίκαιος → ὁ δίκαιος.
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 12.1 (Lake, LCL 24:208; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/12-1).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/12-1
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Chapter 13
13.1Lake, LCL 24:208; PG 5:672c–673a
Σπουδάζετε οὖν βεβαιωθῆναι ἐν τοῖς δόγμασιν τοῦ κυρίου καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων, ἵνα πάντα, ὅσα ποιεῖτε, κατευοδωθῆτε σαρκὶ καὶ πνεύματι, πίστει καὶ ἀγάπῃ, ἐν υἱῷ καὶ πατρὶ καὶ ἐν πνεύματι, ἐν ἀρχῇ καὶ ἐν τέλει, μετὰ τοῦ ἀξιοπρεπεστάτου ἐπισκόπου ὑμῶν καὶ ἀξιοπλόκου πνευματικοῦ στεφάνου τοῦ πρεσβυτερίου ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν κατὰ θεὸν διακόνων.
Spoudazete oun bebaiōthēnai en tois dogmasin tou kyriou kai tōn apostolōn, hina panta, hosa poieite, kateuodōthēte sarki kai pneumati, pistei kai agapę̄, en huiǭ kai patri kai en pneumati, en archę̄ kai en telei, meta tou axioprepestatou episkopou hymōn kai axioplokou pneumatikou stephanou tou presbyteriou hymōn kai tōn kata theon diakonōn.
Be eager, then, to be established in the decrees of the Lord and of the apostles, so that “whatever you do may prosper,” in flesh and spirit, in faith and love, in the Son and the Father and in the Spirit, in the beginning and in the end, together with your most worthy bishop and the worthily woven spiritual crown of your council of presbyters and with the deacons who are according to God.
Ps 1:3 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Stand firm in the teaching of the Lord and the apostles, with the bishop, presbyters, and deacons.
Topics: Church office, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 13.1 (PG 5:672c–673a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/13-1).
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13.2Lake, LCL 24:208–210
ὑποτάγητε τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ καὶ ἀλλήλοις, ὡς Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς τῷ πατρὶ καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι τῷ Χριστῷ καὶ τῷ πατρὶ ἵνα ἕνωσις ᾖ σαρκική τε καὶ πνευματική.
hypotagēte tǭ episkopǭ kai allēlois, hōs Iēsous Christos tǭ patri kai hoi apostoloi tǭ Christǭ kai tǭ patri hina henōsis ę̄ sarkikē te kai pneumatikē.
Be subject to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was to the Father and the apostles were to Christ and to the Father, so that there may be a union both of flesh and of spirit.
Notes and citation
Summary: Submit to the bishop and to one another, as Christ did to the Father.
- Other editions add “according to the flesh” after “to the Father.”
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 13.2 (Lake, LCL 24:208–210; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/13-2).
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/13-2
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Chapter 14
14.1Lake, LCL 24:210; PG 5:673a–673b
Εἰδώς, ὅτι θεοῦ γέμετε, συντόμως παρεκέλευσα ὑμᾶς. μνημονεύετέ μου ἐν ταῖς προσευχαῖς ὑμῶν, ἵνα θεοῦ ἐπιτύχω, καὶ τῆς ἐν Συρίᾳ ἐκκλησίας, ὅθεν οὐκ ἄξιός εἰμι καλεῖσθαι· ἐπιδέομαι γὰρ τῆς ἡνωμένης ὑμῶν ἐν θεῷ προσευχῆς καὶ ἀγάπης, εἰς τὸ ἀξιωθῆναι τὴν ἐν Συρίᾳ ἐκκλησίαν διὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ὑμῶν δροσισθῆναι.
Eidōs, hoti theou gemete, syntomōs parekeleusa hymas. mnēmoneuete mou en tais proseuchais hymōn, hina theou epitychō, kai tēs en Syrią ekklēsias, hothen ouk axios eimi kaleisthai; epideomai gar tēs hēnōmenēs hymōn en theǭ proseuchēs kai agapēs, eis to axiōthēnai tēn en Syrią ekklēsian dia tēs ekklēsias hymōn drosisthēnai.
Knowing that you are full of God, I have exhorted you briefly. Remember me in your prayers, that I may attain to God, and remember the church in Syria, of which I am not worthy to be called a member. For I need your united prayer and love in God, so that the church in Syria may be counted worthy to be refreshed with dew by your church.
Notes and citation
Summary: Ignatius asks prayer for himself and for the church in Syria.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): ὑμῶν. ἵνα θεοῦ → ὑμῶν, ἵνα θεοῦ.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 14.1 (PG 5:673a–673b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/14-1).
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Chapter 15
15.1Lake, LCL 24:210; PG 5:673b
Ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς Ἐφέσιοι ἀπὸ Σμύρνης, ὅθεν καὶ γράφω ὑμῖν, παρόντες εἰς δόξαν θεοῦ, ὥσπερ καὶ ὑμεῖς οἳ κατὰ πάντα με ἀνέπαυσαν ἅμα Πολυκάρπῳ, ἐπισκόπῳ Σμυρναίων. καὶ αἱ λοιπαὶ δὲ ἐκκλησίαι ἐν τιμῇ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς. ἔρρωσθε ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ θεοῦ, κεκτημένοι ἀδιάκριτον πνεῦμα, ὅς ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός.
Aspazontai hymas Ephesioi apo Smyrnēs, hothen kai graphō hymin, parontes eis doxan theou, hōsper kai hymeis hoi kata panta me anepausan hama Polykarpǭ, episkopǭ Smyrnaiōn. kai hai loipai de ekklēsiai en timę̄ Iēsou Christou aspazontai hymas. errōsthe en homonoią theou, kektēmenoi adiakriton pneuma, hos estin Iēsous Christos.
The Ephesians greet you from Smyrna, from where I am also writing to you. They are here for the glory of God, as you are too, and they have refreshed me in every way, together with Polycarp, bishop of the Smyrnaeans. The other churches also greet you in honor of Jesus Christ. Farewell in godly concord, possessing an unwavering spirit, which is Jesus Christ.
Notes and citation
Summary: Greetings from the Ephesians and Polycarp; farewell.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): οἲ κατὰ → οἳ κατὰ.
Cite (SBL): Ign. Magn. 15.1 (PG 5:673b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/ign-magnesians/15-1).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.