Clemens Romanus. Ephesians c. 36.
hjnewv/cqhsan hJmw'n oiJ ojfqalmoi; th" kardiva"
. Eph. 1:18
pefwtismevnou" t. ojfqalmou;" th'" kardiva" ªuJmw'nº
. c. 38.
Swzevsqw...hJmw'n o{lon to; sw'ma ejn Cr. jIhsou', kai; uJpo tassevsqw e{kasto" tw'/ plhsivon aujtou'
. 5:21
uJpotassovmenoi ajllhvloi" ejn fovbw/ Cristou'
. 4:3 f.
spoudavzonte" threi'n th;n eJnovthta tou' pneuvmato"...e}n sw'ma k. e}n pneu'ma
. ib.
ejn e[rgoi" ajgaqoi'"
. 2:10
ejpi; e[rgoi" ajgaqoi'"
. c. 46.
h] oujci; e{na qeo;n e[comen kai; e{na Cristo;n kai; e}n pneu'ma th'" cavrito" to; ejkcuqe;n ejfj hJma'"
kai; miva klh'si" ejn Cristw'/
; 4:4
e}n sw'ma k. e}n pneu'ma
,
kaqw;" ªkai;º ejklhvqhte ejn mia'/ ejlpivdi th'" klhvsew" uJmw'n: ei|" kuvrio", miva pivsti", e}n bavptisma: ei|" qeo;" k.t.l.
c. 64.
oJ pantepovpth" qeo;" k. despovth" t. pneumavtwn k. kuvrio" pavsh" sarkov", oJ ejklexavmeno" to;n kuvrion Ihsou'n Cristo;n k. hJma'" dij aujto;n eij" lao;n periouvsion
. 1:3, 4
oJ qeo;" k. path;r t. kurivou hJmw'n jIhsou' Cristou', oJ eujloghvsa" hJma'" ejn pavsh/ eujlogiva/ pneumatikh'/ ejn t. ejpouranivoi" ejn Cristw'/, kaqw;" ejxelev xato hJma'" ejn aujtw'/...ei\nai hJma'" aJgivou" k. ajmwvmou"...proorivsa" hJma'" eij" uiJoqesivan dij jIhsou' Cr. eij" aujtovn
.
Ignatius, ad Ephesios.
The opening address contains several obvious reminiscences of Eph. 1:3 f. (Lightfoot,
Apostolic Fathers
, Pt. II. p. 22 note.)
Ignatius,
ad Ephesios.
Ephesians
th'/ eujloghmevnh/ ejn megevqei qeou' patro;" plhrwvmati th'/ prowrismevnh/ pro; aijwvnwn ei\nai dia; panto;" eij" dovxan paravmonon a[trepton, hJnw mevnh/ kai; ejklelegmevnh/ ejn pavqei ajlhqinw'/ ejn qelhvmati tou' patro;" kai; jIhsou' Cristou' tou' qeou' hJmw'n th'/ ejkklhsiva/ th'/ ajxiomakarivstw/ th'/ ou[sh/ ejn jEfevsw/ ªth'" jAsiva"º, plei'sta ejn jI. Cr. kai; ejn ajmwvmw/ cara'/ caivrein .
The direct
mention
of the Epistle to the Ephesians, which is supposed to occur at a later point in this letter (§ 12
Pauvlou...o}" ejn pavsh/ ejpistolh'/ mnhmoneuvei uJmw'n
) is extremely doubtful;but the
acquaintance
of Ignatius with that Epistle appears from other passages besides this exordium. Eph. 1:3 f.
oJ qeo;" kai; pathvr
...
tou' k. hJ. jI. Cr. oJ eujloghvsa" hJma'" ejn pavsh/ eujlogiva/...kaqw;" ejxelevxato
...
pro; katabolh'" kovsmou, ei\nai hJma'"...ajmwvmou"...proorivsa" hJma'"
...
kata; th;n eujdokivan tou' qelhvmato" aujtou'...dia; tou' ai{mato" aujtou'
...
proorisqevnte" kata; th;n boulh;n tou' qelhvmato" aujtou'...eij" to; ei\nai hJma'" eij" e[painon dovxh" aujtou'
.
(Cf. 3:21
kata; provqesin tw'n aijwvnwn
.)
c. 1.
mimhtai; o[nte" qeou'
. The expression is borrowed from St Paul, Eph. 5:1, thus exhibiting another coincidence with this same Epistle. (Lightfoot,
ib.
p. 29.) Eph. 5:1
givnesqe ou\n mimhtai; tou' qeou'
c. 4. mevlh o[nta" tou' uiJou' aujtou' . Eph. 5:30 o{ti mevlh ejsme;n tou' swvmato" aujtou' .