Sophia Scriptura

To the Trallians 13.3

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

Summary: Ignatius offers himself for the Trallians and trusts the faithful Father.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:224

ἁγνίζεται ὑμῶν τὸ ἐμὸν πνεῦμα οὐ μόνον νῦν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅταν θεοῦ ἐπιτύχω. ἔτι γὰρ ὑπὸ κίνδυνόν εἰμι· ἀλλὰ πιστὸς ὁ πατὴρ ἐν Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ πληρῶσαί μου τὴν αἴτησιν καὶ ὑμῶν, ἐν ᾧ εὑρεθείητε ἄμωμοι.

English · Claude translation

My spirit is offered for you, not only now but also when I attain to God. For I am still in danger; but the Father is faithful in Jesus Christ to fulfill my request and yours. In him may you be found blameless.

About this passage

Source
Lake, LCL 24:224 · 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 5:685a (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.
Scripture
Topics
Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

  • “Is offered for you” (ἁγνίζεται ὑμῶν): see the note on Ign. Eph. 8.1.
  • Older translations take it the other way round (the Ante-Nicene Fathers, 1885: “Let my spirit be sanctified by yours”).

Cite this passage

Ign. Trall. 13.3 (PG 5:685a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/13/3/).

Plain text
Ign. Trall. 13.3 (PG 5:685a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/13/3/).

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