Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians 1

1Polycarp, and the presbyters[317] with him, to the church of God sojourning at Philippi: Mercy to you, and peace from God Almighty, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour, be multiplied. I have greatly rejoiced with you in our Lord Jesus Christ, because ye have followed the example of true love [as displayed by God], and have accompanied, as became you, those who were bound in chains, the fitting ornaments of saints, and which are indeed the diadems of the true elect of God and our Lord; and because the strong root of your faith, spoken of in days long gone by, endureth even until now, and bringeth forth fruit to our Lord Jesus Christ, who for our sins suffered even unto death, [but] “whom God raised from the dead, having loosed the bands of the grave.” “In whom, though now ye see Him not, ye believe, and believing, rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;” into which joy many desire to enter, knowing that “by grace ye are saved, not of works,” but by the will of God through Jesus Christ.

ΠΟΔΥΚΑΡΠΟΣ καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ πρεσβύτεροι τῇ ἐκ- κλησίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῇ παροικούσῃ Φιλίππους" ἔλεος ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη παρὰ Θεοῦ παντοκράτορος καὶ ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν πληθυνθείη. I. Συνεχάρην ὑμῖν μεγάλως ἐν Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν “Incod Χριστῷ, δεξαμένοις τὰ μιμήματα τῆς ἀληθοῦς ἀγάπης καὶ προπέμψασιν, ὡς ἐπέβαλεν ὑμῖν, τοὺς ἐνειλημένους τοῖς ἁγιοπρεπέσιν δεσμοῖς, ἅτινά ἐστιν διαδήματα τῶν ἀληθῶς ὑπὸ Θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ἐκλελεγμένων᾽ καὶ ὅτι ἡ βεβαία τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν ῥίζα, ἐξ ἀρχαίων καταγγελλομένη χρόνων, μέχρι νῦν διαμένει καὶ καρποφορεῖ εἰς τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦν Χριστόν, ὃς ὑπέμεινεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν Acsh ἥμῶν ἕως θανάτου καταντῆσαι, ὃν Hreipen ὁ Θεὺς Aycac τὰς 1 Ῥεῖ. i. ὠλίνδο TOY ἄλογ᾽ εἰς ON οὐκ ἰδόντες πιςτεήετε χδρᾷ dNEKAa- λήτῳ Kal δεδοξδομένη εἰς ἣν πολλοὶ ἐπιθυμοῦσιν εἰσελθεῖν, , εἰδότες ὅτι χάριτί ἐστε σεοωομένοι, οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἀλλὰ θελήματι 9 Θεοῦ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.