Letters of Ignatius ephesians-0:1
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Work: Letters of Ignatius
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Letters of Ignatius (seven letters, middle recension) — J. B. Lightfoot 1891 English translation
0:0 Ignatius, who is also Theophorus, unto her which hath been blessed in greatness through the plentitude of God the Father; which hath been foreordained before the ages to be for ever unto abiding and unchangeable glory, united and elect in a true passion, by the will of the Father and of Jesus Christ our God; even unto the church which is in Ephesus [of Asia], worthy of all felicitation: abundant greeting in Christ Jesus and in blameless joy.
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- Letters of Ignatius (seven letters, middle recension) — J. B. Lightfoot 1891 English translation
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- grc
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