# Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.] 7.1-4

Ignatius of Antioch, Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.], ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ., Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ignatius-of-antioch/epistulae-interpolatae-et-epistulae-suppositiciae-recensio-longior-sp/7.1-4

VII. Τινὲς δὲ φαυλότατοι εἰώθασιν δόλῳ πονηρῷ τὸ ὄνομα περιφέρειν, ἄλλα τινὰ πράσσοντες ἀνάξια θεοῦ καὶ φρονοῦντες ἐναντία τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ διδασκαλίας ἐπ’ ὀλέθρῳ ἑαυτῶν καὶ τῶν πειθομένων αὐτοῖς· οὓς δεῖ ὑμᾶς ὡς θηρία ἐκκλίνειν. δίκαιος γὰρ ἐκκλίνας σώζεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, πρόχειρος δὲ γίνεται καὶ ἐπίχαρτος ἀσεβῶν ἀπώλεια· εἰσὶ γὰρ κύνες ἐνεοί, οὐ δυνάμενοι ὑλακτεῖν, λυσσῶντες, λαθροδῆκτοι, οὓς φυλάσσεσθαι χρή· ἀνίατα γὰρ νοσοῦσιν.

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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/.