May my life be given for you and for those whom you sent to Smyrna for the honor of God, from where I am writing to you, giving thanks to the Lord and loving Polycarp as I love you. Remember me, as Jesus Christ also remembers you.
Pray for the Church in Syria, from which I am being led in chains to Rome, though I am the least of the faithful there, just as I was counted worthy to be found for the honor of God. Farewell in God the Father and in Jesus Christ, our common hope.