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To the Ephesians

St Ignatius of Antioch, Lake, Loeb 1912

Chapter 12

Contrast between himself and his readers

I know who I am and to whom I write. I am condemned, you have obtained mercy; I am in danger, you are established in safety;

you are the passage for those who are being slain for the sake of God, fellow-initiates with Paul, who was sanctified, who gained a good report, who was right blessed, in whose footsteps may I be found when I shall attain to God, who in every Epistle makes mention of you in Christ Jesus.