# To the Trallians 13.3

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Trallians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/) (*Ad Trallianos*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- 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)
- Also in: PG 5:685a (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/13/3/

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

## Greek text

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 translation (Claude)

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.

## Scripture references

- 1 Thess 5:24: echo, medium confidence

## 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”).

## Citation (SBL)

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