To the Magnesians 13.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Stand firm in the teaching of the Lord and the apostles, with the bishop, presbyters, and deacons.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:208

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.

English · Claude translation

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.

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 24:208 · 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 5:672c–673a (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

Ps 1:3 · quotation, medium confidence

Topics

Church office, Trinity

Cite this passage

Ign. Magn. 13.1 (PG 5:672c–673a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/13/1/).

Plain text

Ign. Magn. 13.1 (PG 5:672c–673a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/13/1/).