Let me have joy of you in all things, if I be but worthy. For even though I am in bonds I am not to be compared to one of you that have been set free. I know that you are not puffed up; for you have Jesus Christ in yourselves. And I know that when I praise you your modesty increases the more, as it is written, “The righteous man is his own accuser.”
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
Chapter 12
1 section
Ignatius of Antioch
Transcribed from a dated scan; artifacts may remain. Edition notes
Trans. Kirsopp Lake, The Apostolic Fathers, Volume I (Loeb Classical Library), 1912. Public domain.