# To the Romans 3.1

- 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 24:228; 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/3/1/

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

## Greek text

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

## English translation (Claude)

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

## Translation notes

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

## Citation (SBL)

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