Sophia Scriptura

To the Philippians 8.2

Polycarp of Smyrna · To the Philippians · ca. 110–135 · Smyrna · Read in context

Summary: Believers should imitate Christ's endurance and glorify him when they suffer for his name.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:292–294

μιμηταὶ οὖν γενώμεθα τῆς ὑπομονῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐὰν πάσχωμεν διὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, δοξάζωμεν αὐτόν. τοῦτον γὰρ ἡμῖν τὸν ὑπογραμμὸν ἔθηκε διʼ ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς τοῦτο ἐπιστεύσαμεν.

English · Claude translation

Let us then become imitators of his endurance, and if we suffer for his name, let us glorify him. For this is the example he set for us in his own person, and this is what we have believed.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:292–294 · 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
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PG 5:1012c (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, Persecution

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Pol. Phil. 8.2 (PG 5:1012c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/8/2/).

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Pol. Phil. 8.2 (PG 5:1012c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/8/2/).

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