Sophia Scriptura

To the Magnesians 6.2

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

Summary: Respect and love one another, united with the bishop and leaders.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:202

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.

English · Claude translation

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.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:202 · 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
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PG 5:668b (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.
Topics
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Notes

Translation notes

  • “God's character” (ὁμοήθειαν θεοῦ): see the note on Ign. Pol. 1.3.

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Ign. Magn. 6.2 (PG 5:668b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/6/2/).

Plain text
Ign. Magn. 6.2 (PG 5:668b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/6/2/).

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