# To the Trallians 8.2

- 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 24:218–220; 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 5:681a (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/8/2/

Summary: Avoid quarrels that give outsiders reason to blaspheme God's name.

## Greek text

μηδεὶς ὑμῶν κατὰ τοῦ πλησίον ἐχέτω. μὴ ἀφορμὰς δίδοτε τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἵνα μὴ διʼ ὀλίγους ἄφρονας τὸ ἐν θεῷ πλῆθος βλασφημῆται. Οὐαὶ γάρ, διʼ οὗ ἐπὶ ματαιότητι τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπί τινων βλασφημεῖται.

## English translation (Claude)

Let none of you hold anything against his neighbor. Do not give the Gentiles occasions for offense, so that the godly multitude may not be blasphemed because of a few fools. For “Woe to him through whom my name is blasphemed in vain among some.”

## Scripture references

- Isa 52:5: quotation, medium confidence
- Rom 2:24: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- The quotation is a free form of Isa 52:5 (compare Rom 2:24).

## Citation (SBL)

Ign. Trall. 8.2 (PG 5:681a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/8/2/).