Ignatius to the Romans

Remember in your prayers the church which is in Syria, which hath God for its shepherd in my stead. Jesus Christ alone shall be its bishop-He and your love.

Μνημονεύετε ἐν τῇ προσευχῇ ὑμῶν τῆς ἐν Συρίᾳ ἐκκλησίας, ἥτις ἀντὶ ἐμοῦ ποιμένι τῷ θεῷ χρῆται. μόνος αὐτὴν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐπισκοπήσει καὶ ἡ ὑμῶν ἀγάπη.

But for myself I am ashamed to be called one of them; for neither am I worthy, being the very last of them and an untimely birth: but I have found mercy that I should be some one, if so be I shall attain unto God.

ἐγὼ δὲ αἰσχύνομαι ἐξ αὐτῶν λέγεσθαι: οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄξιός εἰμι, ὣν ἔσχατος αὐτῶν καὶ ἔκτρωμα: ἀλλ̓ ἠλέημαί τις εἶναι, ἐὰν θεοῦ ἐπιτύχω.