To the Romans 3.1

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

Summary: The Romans have taught others; Ignatius asks them to be consistent with their teaching.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:228

Οὐδέποτε ἐβασκάνατε οὐδενί, ἄλλους ἐδιδάξατε. ἐγὼ δὲ θέλω, ἵνα κἀκεῖνα βέβαια ᾖ ἃ μαθητεύοντες ἐντέλλεσθε.

You have never envied anyone; you taught others. And I want the things that you command when you make disciples to remain firm.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:228 · 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 5:688b (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.

“You taught others”: perhaps an allusion to Rome's earlier letters to other churches, such as 1 Clement.

Ign. Rom. 3.1 (PG 5:688b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/3/1/).

Plain text

Ign. Rom. 3.1 (PG 5:688b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/3/1/).