Epistles

Ignatius of Antioch

Ignatius of Antioch. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1912.

Εἰδώς, ὅτι θεοῦ γέμετε, συντόμως παρεκέλευσα [*](pareke/leusa G, pareka/lesa g shich Lightfoot adopts on the ground that it is a common Ignatian sord, shile parakeleu/ein is not found elseshere in the Epistles.) ὑμᾶς. μνημονεύετέ μου ἐν ταῖς προσευχαῖς ὑμῶν. ἵνα θεοῦ ἐπιτύχω, καὶ τῆς ἐν Συρίᾳ ἐκκλησίας, ὅθεν οὐκ ἄξιός εἰμι καλεῖσθαι: ἐπιδέομαι γὰρ τῆς ἡνωμένης ὑμῶν ἐν θεῷ προσευχῆς καὶ ἀγάπης, εἰς τὸ ἀξιωθῆναι τὴν ἐν Συρίᾳ ἐκκλησίαν διὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας [*](Lightfoot reads e)ktenei/as of your fervent supplication on the authority of A.) ὑμῶν δροσισθῆναι.