# To the Magnesians 8.1

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Magnesians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/) (*Ad Magnesios*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:204; 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 5:669a (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/8/1/

Summary: Do not go back to Jewish practice, as if grace had not come.

## Greek text

Μὴ πλανᾶσθε ταῖς ἑτεροδοξίαις μηδὲ μυθεύμασιν τοῖς παλαιοῖς ἀνωφελέσιν οὖσιν. εἰ γὰρ μέχρι νῦν κατὰ Ἰουδαϊσμὸν ζῶμεν, ὁμολογοῦμεν χάριν μὴ εἰληφέναι.

## English translation (Claude)

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.

## Scripture references

- 1 Tim 1:4: echo, medium confidence
- Titus 1:14: echo, medium confidence
- Gal 5:4: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- The warnings in 8–10 concern Christians who adopted Jewish practices such as keeping the Sabbath (9.1).

## Citation (SBL)

Ign. Magn. 8.1 (PG 5:669a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/8/1/).