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To the Magnesians
St Ignatius of Antioch, Lake, Loeb 1912
Chapter 15
Final greetings
The Ephesians greet you from Smyrna, whence also I am writing to you; they, like yourselves, are here for the glory of God and have in all things given me comfort, together with Polycarp the bishop of the Smyrnaeans. And the other Churches also greet you in honour of Jesus Christ. Farewell in godly concord and may you possess an unhesitating1 spirit, for this is Jesus Christ.
Notes
- The translation “a spirit that knows no division” is possible, and perhaps suits the context here better than “unhesitating,” but the latter rendering seems to be justified by Trallians i,1. A somewhat different shade of meaning is found in Ignatius, Ephesians iii, 2.