# Fragments

- Author: [Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/irenaeus-of-lyons/)
- Latin title: *Fragmenta*
- Date: ca. 190 (approximate)
- Source: Martin Joseph Routh, ed., Reliquiae sacrae, 2nd ed., vol. 2 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1846), p. 48 (via First1KGreek tlg1447.tlg009)

- Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator
- Editions and translations: Adelin Rousseau et al., eds., Irénée de Lyon: Contre les hérésies, SC (cited only)
- Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/irenaeus-fragmenta/
- Passages: 1

## Fragment 2 (from the letter to Victor)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/irenaeus-fragmenta/2/#p-2
- Source: Routh 2
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Irenaeus says that one who can do good to his neighbors and does not will be counted a stranger to the Lord's love.

### Greek text

Ἐν ᾧ ἄν τις δύναιτο εὖ ποιεῖν τοῖς πλησίον καὶ οὐ ποιεῖ· ἀλλότριος τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ Κυρίου νομισθήσεται.

### English translation (Claude)

Whoever is able to do good to his neighbors and does not do it will be reckoned a stranger to the love of the Lord.

### Translation notes

- Preserved by Maximus the Confessor (Sermon 7, On Almsgiving), who ascribes it to Irenaeus; the editor places it with the letter to Victor. The ascription rests on this one witness.

### Citation (SBL)

Irenaeus, Frag. 2 (Routh 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/irenaeus-fragmenta/2/#p-2).