Ignatius of Antioch, To the Ephesians 9
I have heard that some people passed your way from there, carrying bad teaching. You would not let them sow it among you. You stopped your ears so as not to take in what they were sowing. For you are stones of the Father's temple, made ready for the building of God the Father (1 Corinthians 3:9). You are lifted to the heights by the crane of Jesus Christ, which is the cross, and you use the Holy Spirit as your rope. Your faith is the winch that raises you, and love is the road that climbs to God.
So you are all companions in one procession: God-bearers and temple-bearers, Christ-bearers, bearers of holy things, dressed at every point in the commandments of Jesus Christ. Rejoicing in all this, I have been counted worthy to talk with you through what I write and to share your joy, because in this human life you love nothing but God alone.
Greek
Ἔγνων δὲ παροδεύσαντάς τινας ἐκεῖθεν, ἔχοντας κακὴν διδαχήν: οὓς οὐκ εἰάσατε σπεῖραι εἰς ὑμᾶς, βύσαντες τὰ ὦτα, εἰς τὸ μὴ παραδέξασθαι τὰ σπειρόμενα ὑπ’ αὐτῶν, ὡς ὄντες λίθοι ναοῦ πατρός, ἡτοιμασμένοι εἰς οἰκοδομὴν θεοῦ πατρός, ἀναφερόμενοι εἰς τὰ ὕψη διὰ τῆς μηχανῆς Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὅς ἐστιν σταυρός, σχοινίῳ χρώμενοι τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ: ἡ δὲ πίστις ὑμῶν ἀναγωγεὺς ὑμῶν, ἡ δὲ ἀγάπη ὁδὸς ἡ ἀναφέρουσα εἰς θεόν.
ἐστὲ οὖν καὶ σύνοδοι πάντες, θεοφόροι καὶ ναοφόροι, χριστοφόροι, ἁγιοφόροι, κατὰ πάντα κεκοσμημένοι ἐντολαῖς Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ: οἶς καὶ ἀγαλλιώμενος ἠξιώθην δἰ ὦν γράφω προσομιλῆσαι ὑμῖν καὶ συγχαρῆναι, ὅτι κατ’ ἀνθρώπων βίον οὐδὲν ἀγαπᾶτε εἰ μὴ μόνον τὸν θεόν.