# Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.] 3.1-2

Ignatius of Antioch, Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.], ΠΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΣ., Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ignatius-of-antioch/epistulae-interpolatae-et-epistulae-suppositiciae-recensio-longior-sp/3.1-2

III. Ἀπέχεσθε οὖν τῶν κακῶν βοτανῶν, ἅστινας Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς οὐ γεωργεῖ, ἀλλ’ ὁ ἀνθρωποκτόνος θήρ, διὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι αὐτοὺς φυτείαν πατρός, ἀλλὰ σπέρμα τοῦ πονηροῦ. οὐχ ὅτι παρ’ ὑμῖν μερισμὸν εὗρον, ταῦτα γράφω, ἀλλὰ προασφαλίζομαι ὑμᾶς ὡς τέκνα θεοῦ.

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Ignatius of Antioch, Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.], ed. Francis Xavier Funk, Francis Diekamp. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1443.tlg002.local001/.