To the Magnesians 10.1

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

Summary: As Christ's disciples, Christians must live by Christianity alone.

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Greek text · Lake, 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.

English · Claude translation

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.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:206 · 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
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.

Notes

Translation notes

“Imitate us” (ἡμᾶς μιμήσηται): that is, treat us as we act. Some older translations render it “reward us according to our works.”

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Ign. Magn. 10.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/10/1/).

Plain text

Ign. Magn. 10.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/10/1/).

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