which are seen and which are not seen, that I should be accounted worthy of Jesus Christ. Fire, and the cross, and the beasts that are prepared, cutting off of the limbs, and scattering of the bones, and crushing of the whole body, harsh torments of the devil—let these come upon me, but[1] only let me be accounted worthy of Jesus Christ.
Chap. vi.
The pains of the birth stand over against me.[2]
Chap. vii.
And my love is crucified, and there is no fire in me for another love. I do not desire the food of corruption, neither the lusts of this world. I seek the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ; and I seek His blood, a drink which is love incorruptible.
Chap. ix.[3]
My spirit saluteth you, and the love of the churches which received me as the name of Jesus Christ; for those also who were near to [my] way in the flesh, preceded me in every city.
[4][Now therefore, being about to arrive shortly in Rome, I
- ↑ Literally, "and."
- ↑ The Latin version translates the Greek here, "He adds gain to me."
- ↑ Chap. viii. of the Greek is entirely omitted in the Syriac.
- ↑ The following passage is not found in this epistle in the Greek recensions, but forms, in substance, chaps. iv. and v. of the Epistle to the Trallians. Diverse views are held by critics as to its proper place, according to the degree of authority they ascribe to the Syriac version. Cureton maintains that this passage has been transferred by the forger of the Epistle to the Trallians, "to give a fair colour to the fabrication by introducing a part of the genuine writing of Ignatius;" while Hefele asserts that it is bound by the "closest connection" to the preceding chapter in the Epistle to the Trallians.
