Sophia Scriptura

To the Ephesians 18.1

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

Summary: Ignatius gives himself for the cross, which is salvation to believers.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:190

Περίψημα τὸ ἐμὸν πνεῦμα τοῦ σταυροῦ, ὅ ἐστιν σκάνδαλον τοῖς ἀπιστοῦσιν, ἡμῖν δὲ σωτηρία καὶ ζωὴ αἰώνιος, ποῦ σοφός; ποῦ συζητητής; ποῦ καύχησις τῶν λεγομένων συνετῶν;

English · Claude translation

My spirit is a humble offering for the cross, which is a stumbling block to unbelievers, but to us salvation and eternal life. Where is the wise man? Where is the debater? Where is the boasting of those who are called intelligent?

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:190 · 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 5:660a (found by text match)
Text
As printed in Lake, LCL 24. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
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.
Compare
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)
Scripture
Topics
Christology

Notes

Translation notes

  • “A humble offering” (περίψημα): see the note on 8.1.

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Ign. Eph. 18.1 (PG 5:660a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/18/1/).

Plain text
Ign. Eph. 18.1 (PG 5:660a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/18/1/).

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