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Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans 10

Apostolic Father

Chapter 10 — Acknowledgment of their kindness.

2Ye have done well in receiving Philo and Rheus Agathopus as servants of Christ our God, who have followed me for the sake of God, and who give thanks to the Lord in your behalf, because ye have in every way refreshed them.

3None of these things shall be lost to you.

4May my spirit be for you, and my bonds, which ye have not despised or been ashamed of; nor shall Jesus Christ, our perfect hope, be ashamed of you.

5Ye have done well in receiving Philo, and Gaius, and Agathopus, who, being the servants of Christ, have followed me for the sake of God, and who greatly bless the Lord in your behalf, because ye have in every way refreshed them.

6None of those things which ye have done to them shall be passed by without being reckoned unto you.

7"The Lord grant" to you "that ye may find mercy of the Lord in that day!" May my spirit be for you, and my bonds, which ye have not despised or been ashamed of.

8Wherefore, neither shall Jesus Christ, our perfect hope, be ashamed of you.

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About Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans

An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. Published here from a public-domain translation, edited for continuous reading.