# To the Romans 10.3

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Romans](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/) (*Ad Romanos*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:238; 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 5:696c (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/10/3/

Summary: The letter is dated 24 August.

## Greek text

ἔγραψα δὲ ὑμῖν ταῦτα τῇ πρὸ ἐννέα καλανδῶν Σεπτεμβρίων. ἔρρωσθε εἰς τέλος ἐν ὑπομονῇ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

## English translation (Claude)

I have written these things to you on the ninth day before the Kalends of September. Farewell to the end, in the endurance of Jesus Christ.

## Scripture references

- 2 Thess 3:5: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- “The ninth day before the Kalends of September”: 24 August. The only date given in Ignatius's letters; the year is not stated.
- Some translations give 23 August, counting the Roman date differently.

## Citation (SBL)

Ign. Rom. 10.3 (PG 5:696c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/10/3/).