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Polycarp of Smyrna

Epistle to the Philippians

c. AD 110-135 · 14 chapters

A pastoral letter from Polycarp to the church at Philippi, which had asked him to forward the letters of Ignatius (chapter 13). It leans heavily on the New Testament writings.

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  1. Salutation
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5
  7. 6
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. 9
  11. 10
  12. 11
  13. 12
  14. 13
  15. 14

Translation by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and Frederick Crombie: The Ante-Nicene Christian Library, vol. 1: The Apostolic Fathers (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1870).
Text from Project Gutenberg eBook #77576, proofread by Distributed Proofreaders from Internet Archive scans.