# Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.] 3.2-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ignatius-of-antioch/epistulae-interpolatae-et-epistulae-suppositiciae-recensio-longior-sp/3.2-2

2. πλεῖον πρόσθες τῇ σπουδῇ οὗ εἶ· συντονώτερον δράμε. τοὺς καιροὺς καταμάνθανε, ὡς ἐνταῦθα εἶ, νίκησον. ὧδε γάρ ἐστι τὸ στάδιον, ἐκεῖ δὲ οἱ στέφανοι. προσδόκα Χριστὸν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, τὸν ἄχρονον ἐν χρόνῳ, τὸν ἀόρατον τῇ φύσει ὁρατὸν ἐν σαρκί, τὸν ἀφηλάφητον καὶ ἀναφῇ ὡς ἀσώματον, δι’ ἡμᾶς δὲ ἁπτὸν καὶ ψηλαφητὸν ἐν σώματι, τὸν ἀπαθῆ ὡς θεόν, δι’ ἡμᾶς δὲ παθητὸν ὡς ἄνθρωπον, τὸν κατὰ πάντα τρόπον δι’ ἡμᾶς ὑπομείναντα.

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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/.