# Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.] 4-2

Ignatius of Antioch, Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.], ΠΡΟΣ ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΟΥΣ., Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ignatius-of-antioch/epistulae-interpolatae-et-epistulae-suppositiciae-recensio-longior-sp/4-2

IV. Οὐχ ὡς ἀπόστολος διατάσσομαι, ἀλλ’ ἐμαυτὸν μετρῶ, ἵνα μὴ ἐν καυχήσει ἀπόλωμαι. καλὸν δὲ τὸ ἐν κυρίῳ καυχᾶσθαι. κἂν ἐρρωμένος ὦ τὰ κατὰ θεόν, πλέον με δεῖ φοβεῖσθαι καὶ μὴ προσέχειν τοῖς εἰκῆ φυσιοῦσί με· οἱ γάρ με ἐπαινοῦντες μαστιγοῦσιν. 2. ἀγαπῶ μὲν γὰρ τὸ παθεῖν, ἀλλ’ οὐκ οἶδα, εἰ ἄξιός εἰμι· τὸ γὰρ ζῆλος τοῦ ἐχθροῦ πολλοῖς μὲν οὐ φαίνεται, ἐμὲ δὲ πολεμεῖ. χρήζω οὖν πραότητος, ἐν ᾗ καταλύεται ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου ὁ διάβολος.

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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/.