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To the Trallians

St Ignatius of Antioch, Lake, Loeb 1912

Chapter 8

Warning against the snares of the devil

It is not that I know that there is any thing of this kind among you, but I warn you because you are dear to me, and I foresee the snares of the devil. Therefore adopt meekness and be renewed in faith, which is the flesh of the Lord, and in love, which is the blood of Jesus Christ.

Let none of you have a grudge against his neighbour. Give no occasion to the heathen, in order that the congregation of God may not be blasphemed for a few foolish persons. For “Woe unto him through whom my name is vainly blasphemed among any.”