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To the Philadelphians

St Ignatius of Antioch, Lake, Loeb 1912

Chapter 11

Thanks and final greetings

But concerning Philo, the deacon from Cilicia, a man of good report, who is at present serving me in the word of God, with Rheus Agathopous, an elect man who is following me from Syria, and has renounced this life;—these bear you witness (and I also thank God on your behalf) that you received them even as the Lord received you¹ but may those who treated them with disrespect be redeemed by the grace of Jesus Christ.

The love of the brethren at Troas salutes you; and I am writing thence to you by the hand of Burrhus, who was sent with me by the Ephesians and Smyrnaeans as a mark of honour. The Lord Jesus Christ shall reward them, on whom they hope in flesh and soul and spirit, in faith, in love and in harmony. Farewell in Christ Jesus, our common hope.

Notes

Or possibly “even as may the Lord receive you.”