# To the Philippians 5.1

- Author: [Polycarp of Smyrna](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/polycarp-of-smyrna/)
- Work: [To the Philippians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/) (*Epistula ad Philippenses*)
- Date: ca. 110–135 (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:288; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 282–301 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Also in: PG 5:1009a–1009b (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/5/1/

Summary: Because God is not mocked, believers must live worthily of his commandment.

## Greek text

Εἰδότες, οὖν, ὅτι θεὸς οὐ μυκτηρίζεται, ὀφείλομεν ἀξίως τῆς ἐντολῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ δόξης περιπατεῖν.

## English translation (Claude)

Knowing, then, that “God is not mocked,” we ought to walk worthily of his commandment and glory.

## Scripture references

- Gal 6:7: quotation, high confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Pol. Phil. 5.1 (PG 5:1009a–1009b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/5/1/).