Ignatius of Antioch, Epistles, Kirsopp Lake (Translator), 7.1

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[1] Welcoming your godly mind which is fixed as¹ if on immovable rock, I glory exceedingly that it was granted me to see your blameless face wherein I would fain have pleasure in God.

[2] I exhort you to press forward on your course, in the grace wherewith you are endued, and to exhort all men to gain salvation. Vindicate your office with all diligence, both of the flesh and spirit. Care for unity, for there is nothing better. Help all men, as the Lord also helps you; suffer all men in love, as you indeed do.

[3] Be diligent with unceasing prayer. Entreat for wisdom greater than you have, be watchful and keep the spirit from slumbering. Speak to each individually after the manner of God. Bear the sicknesses of all as a perfect athlete.² Where the toil is greatest, is the gain great.

Epistles. Ignatius of Antioch. Kirsopp Lake (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1912.

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The Epistles of Saint Ignatius (English) (Ignatius of Antioch. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1912.)

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Epistulae vii genuinae First1KGreek (Ignatius of Antioch. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1912.) — 7.1 focus

[1] Ἀποδεχόμενός σου τὴν ἐν θεῷ γνώμην ἡδρασμένην ὡς ἐπὶ πέτραν ἀκίνητον, ὑπερδοξάζω, καταξιωθεὶς τοῦ προσώπου σου τοῦ ἀμώμου, οὗ ὀναίμην ἐν θεῷ.

[2] παρακαλῶ σε ἐν χάριτι ᾗ ἐνδέδυσαι, προσθεῖναι τῷ δρόμῳ σου καὶ πάντας παρακαλεῖν, ἵνα σώζωνται. ἐκδίκει σου τὸν τόπον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιμελείᾳ σαρκικῇ τε καὶ πνευματικῇ. τῆς ἑνώσεως φρόντιζε, ἧς οὐδὲν ἄμεινον, πάντας βάσταζε, ὡς καὶ σὲ ὁ κύριος: πάντων ¹ ἀνέχου ἐν ἀγάπῃ, ὥσπερ καὶ ποιεῖς.

[3] προσευχαῖς σχόλαζε ἀδιαλείπτοις: αἰτοῦ σύνεσιν πλείονα ἧς ἔχεις: γρηγόρει ἀκοίμητον πνεῦμα κεκτημένος. τοῖς κατ̓ ἄνδρα κατὰ ὁμοήθειαν ² θεοῦ λάλει: πάντων τὰς νόσους βάσταζε ὡς τέλειος ἀθλητής. ὅπου πλείων κόπος, πολὺ κέρδος.

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Epistles

1. Salutation and exhortation to diligence

2. No other translation is possible: athlete was, both then and later, a favourite name for Christians who strove to excel in virtue, especially in ascetic practices.

Ignatius of Antioch Epistles 7.1

Kirsopp Lake (Translator)

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