tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post5194930571917841913..comments2024-03-28T00:08:14.247-07:00Comments on Foster's Theological Reflections: Ignatius (Updated Replying to a Trinitarian)Edgar Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-46146549671072545002016-07-12T02:31:47.175-07:002016-07-12T02:31:47.175-07:00Long recension makes far better sense here. Far mo...Long recension makes far better sense here. Far more Biblical too.<br /><br />ἀλλ' ἐπειδὴ ἡ ἀγάπη οὐκ ἐᾷ με σιωπᾶν περὶ ὑμῶν, διὰ τοῦτο προέλαβον παρακαλεῖν ὑμᾶς, ὅπως συντρέχητε τῇ γνώμῃ τοῦ θεοῦ. καὶ γὰρ Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς πάντα κατὰ γνώμην πράττει τοῦ πατρός, ὡς αὐτός που λέγει· Ἐγὼ τὰ ἀρεστὰ αὐτοῦ ποιῶ πάντοτε. οὐκοῦν καὶ ἡμᾶς χρὴ ζῆν κατὰ γνώμην θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ καὶ ζηλοῦν ὡς Παῦλος· μιμηταὶ γάρ μου, φησί, γίνεσθε, καθὼς κἀγὼ Χριστοῦ. <br /><br />But inasmuch as love suffers me not to be silent in regard to you, I have therefore taken upon me first to exhort you that ye would run together in accordance with the will of God. For even Jesus Christ does all things according to the will of the Father, as He Himself declares in a certain place, "I do always those things that please Him." Wherefore it behoves us also to live according to the will of God in Christ, and to imitate Him as Paul did. For, says he, "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ." <br />http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ignatius-ephesians-longer.htmlMatt13weedhackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643587467702969643noreply@blogger.com