# Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.] 8-4

Ignatius of Antioch, Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.], ΠΡΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΙΣ., Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ignatius-of-antioch/epistulae-interpolatae-et-epistulae-suppositiciae-recensio-longior-sp/8-4

VIII. Οἱ πρεσβύτεροι, ποιμάνατε τὸ ἐν ὑμῖν ποίμνιον, ἕως ἀναδείξῃ ὁ θεὸς τὸν μέλλοντα ἄρχειν ὑμῶν· ἐγὼ γὰρ ἤδη σπένδομαι, ἵνα Χριστὸν κερδήσω. 2. οἱ διάκονοι γινωσκέτωσαν, οἵου εἰσὶν ἀξιώματος, καὶ σπουδαζέτωσαν ἄμεμπτοι εἶναι, ἵνα ὦσιν μιμηταί Χριστοῦ. ὁ λαὸς ὑποτασσέσθω τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις καὶ τοῖς διακόνοις. αἱ παρθένοι γινωσκέτωσαν, τίνι καθιέρωσαν ἑαυτάς.

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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/.