To the Trallians 6.2

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

Summary: False teachers disguise poison with sweet words about Christ.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:218

οἳ ἑαυτοῖς παρεμπλέκουσιν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν καταξιοπιστευόμενοι, ὥσπερ θανάσιμον φάρμακον διδόντες μετὰ οἰνομέλιτος, ὅπερ ὁ ἀγνοῶν ἡδέως λαμβάνει ἐν ἡδονῇ κακῇ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν.

English · Claude translation

These people mix Jesus Christ in with themselves, while passing themselves off as trustworthy. They are like those who give a deadly poison with honeyed wine, which the unsuspecting person gladly takes, and with wicked pleasure takes his death.

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Source: Lake, LCL 24:218 · 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
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.
Topics: Heresy

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Ign. Trall. 6.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/6/2/).

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Ign. Trall. 6.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/6/2/).

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