Polycarp, Epistula ad Philippenses, ed. Kirsopp Lake, 11

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

[1] I am deeply sorry for Valens, who was once¹ made a presbyter among you, that he so little understands the place which was given to him. I advise, therefore, that you keep from avarice, and be pure and truthful. Keep yourselves from all evil.

[2] For² how may he who cannot attain self-control in these matters enjoin it on another? If any man does not abstain from avarice he will be defiled by idolatry, and shall be judged as if he were among the Gentiles who know not the judgment of God. Or do we not know that the saints shall judge the world? as Paul teaches.

[3] But I have neither perceived nor heard any such thing among you, among whom the blessed Paul laboured, who are praised in the beginning of his Epistle.³ For concerning you he boasts in all the Churches who then alone had known the Lord, for we had not yet known him.

[4] Therefore,⁴ brethren, I am deeply sorry for him ⁵ and for his wife, and may the Lord grant them true repentance. Therefore be yourselves also moderate in this matter, and do not regard such men as enemies, but call them back as fallible and straying members, that you may make whole the body of you all. For in doing this you edify yourselves.

Epistula ad Philippenses. Polycarp. ed. Kirsopp Lake. London. 1912.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Tufts University.

Current edition Perseus

The Epistle to the Philippians of Saint Polycarp (English) (Polycarp. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1912.)

Editions (1)

Epistula ad Philippenses First1KGreek (Polycarp. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1912.) — 11 focus

[1] νιμις ξοντριστατυς συμ προ Ωαλεντε, #3υι πρεσβψτερ φαξτυς εστ αλι#3υανδο απυδ ϝος, #3υοδ σιξ ιγνορετ ις λοξυμ #3υι δατυς εστ ει. μονεο ιτα#3υε υτ αβστινεατις ϝος αβ αϝαριτια ετ σιτις ξαστι ¹ ϝεραξες. αβστινετε ϝος αβ ομνι μαλο.

[2] θυι αυτεμ νον ποτεστ σε ιν ηις γυβερναρε, #3υομοδο αλιι προνυντιατ ²ηοε? σι #3υις νον σε αβστινυεριτ αβ αϝαριτια, αβ ³ιδολολατρια ξοιν#3υιναβιτυρ ετ ταμ#3υαμ ιντερ γεντες ⁴ιυδιξαβιτυρ, #3υι ιγνοραντ ιυδιξιυμ δομινι. αυτ νεσξιμυς, #3υια σανξτι μυνδυμ ιυδιξαβυντ? σιξυτ παυλυς δοξετ.

[3] εγο αυτεμ νιηιλ ταλε σενσι ιν ϝοβις ϝελ αυδιϝι, ιν #3υιβυς λαβοραϝιτ βεατυς παυλυς, #3υι ⁵εστις ιν πρινξιπιο επιστυλαε ειυς. δε ϝοβις ετενιμ ⁶γλοριατυρ ιν ομνιβυς εξξλεσιις, #3υαε δομινυμ ⁷ σολαξ τυνξ ξογνοϝεραντ; νος αυτεμ νονδυμ ξογνοϝεραμυς.

[4] Ωαλδε εργο, φρατρες, ξοντριστορ προ ιλλο ετ ⁸προ ξονιυγε ειυς, #3υιβυς δετ δομινυς παενιτεντιαμ ϝεραμ. σοβριι εργο εστοτε ετ ϝος ιν ηοξ: ετ νον ⁹σιξυτ ινιμιξος ταλες εχιστιμετις, σεδ σιξυτ πασσιβιλια μεμβρα ετ ερραντια εος ρεϝοξατε, υτ ομνιυμ ϝεστρυν. ξορπυς σαλϝετις. ηοξ ενιμ αγεντες ϝος ιπσος αεδιφιξατις.

Notes on the current edition

The Epistle to the Philippians of Saint Polycarp

1. Valens

2. Against avarice

3. The Greek was perhaps τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐπιστολαῖς αὐτοῦ, and ought to be rendered who were his epistles in the beginning, with a reference to II Cor. 3, 2.

4. The treatment of Valens

5. i.e. Valens

Polycarp Epistula ad Philippenses 11

ed. Kirsopp Lake

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition Perseus

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers