Sophia Scriptura

To the Philadelphians 6.2

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

Summary: Resist the devil's snares and stay united in love.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:244

φεύγετε οὖν τὰς κακοτεχνίας καὶ ἐνέδρας τοῦ ἄρχοντος τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου, μήποτε θλιβέντες τῇ γνώμῃ αὐτοῦ ἐξασθενήσετε ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ· ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ γίνεσθε ἐν ἀμερίστῳ καρδίᾳ.

English · Claude translation

Flee, then, the wicked arts and snares of the ruler of this age, lest, worn down by his purpose, you grow weak in love. But all of you come together with an undivided heart.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:244 · 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 5:701b (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.

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Ign. Phld. 6.2 (PG 5:701b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/6/2/).

Plain text
Ign. Phld. 6.2 (PG 5:701b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/6/2/).

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