# Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.] 9.5-3-6

Ignatius of Antioch, Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.], 9.5 to 9.6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ignatius-of-antioch/epistulae-interpolatae-et-epistulae-suppositiciae-recensio-longior-sp/9.5-3

5. μακάριοι γάρ, φησίν, οἱ ἄμωμοι ἐν ὁδῷ, οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν νόμῳ κυρίου. ὁδὸς δέ ἐστιν ἀπλανὴς Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστός· ἐγὼ γάρ, φησίν, εἰμὶ ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ζωή. ὁδηγεῖ δὲ ἡ ὁδὸς πρὸς τὸν πατέρα· οὐδεὶς γάρ, φησίν, ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, εἰ μὴ δι’ ἐμοῦ. 6. μακάριοι οὖν ἐστε ὑμεῖς οἱ θεοφόροι, πνευματοφόροι, ναοφόροι, ἁγιοφόροι, κατὰ πάντα κεκοσμημένοι ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, ἔθνος ἅγιον, λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν· δι’ οὓς ἀγαλλιώμενος ἠξιώθην, δι’ ὧν γράφω προσομιλῆσαι τοῖς ἁγίοις τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν Ἐφέσῳ, τοῖς πιστοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ. χαίρω οὖν ἐφ’ ὑμῖν, ὅτι μὴ τῇ ματαιότητι προσέχετε οὐδὲ κατὰ σάρκα ἀγαπᾶτε, ἀλλὰ κατὰ θεόν.

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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/.