Chapter 1
Greeting
Ignatius, who is also called God-bearer, to Polycarp, bishop of the Church of the Smyrnaeans, and one who is overseen by God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, greetings in abundance.
Χαιρετισμός
Ἰγνάτιος, ὁ καὶ Θεοφόρος, Πολυκάρπῳ ἐπισκόπῳ ἐκκλησίας Σμυρναίων, μᾶλλον ἐπισκοπημένῳ ὑπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, πλεῖστα χαίρειν.