Ignatius — Epistle to the Philadelphians 7
For even if some wished to deceive me according to the flesh, the Spirit is not deceived, for it is from God. It knows where it comes from and where it is going (John 3:8), and it lays bare what is hidden. While I was with you I cried out; I spoke with a loud voice, God's own voice: "Pay attention to the bishop, to the presbytery, and to the deacons."
Some suspected that I said this because I already knew of the split among certain people. But the One in whom I am bound is my witness that I did not learn it from human flesh. The Spirit was preaching, saying this: "Do nothing without the bishop. Guard your flesh as God's temple. Love unity. Run from divisions. Become imitators of Jesus Christ, as he is of his Father (1 Corinthians 11:1)."
Greek
Εἰ γὰρ καὶ κατὰ σάρκα μέ τινες ἠθέλησαν πλανῆσαι, ἀλλὰ τὸ πνεῦμα οὐ πλανᾶται ἀπὸ θεοῦ ὄν. οἶδεν γάρ, πόθεν ἔρχεται καὶ ποῦ ὑπάγει, καὶ τὰ κρυπτὰ ἐλέγχει. ἐκραύγασα μεταξὺ ὤν, ἐλάλουν μεγάλῃ φωνῇ, θεοῦ φωνῇ: Τῷ ἐπισκοπῳ προσέχετε καὶ τῷ πρεσβυτερίῳ καὶ διακόνοις.
οἱ δὲ ὑποπτεύσαντές με ὡς προειδότα τὸν μερισμόν τινων λέγειν ταῦτα: μάρτυς δέ μοι, ἐν ᾧ δέδεμαι, ὅτι ἀπὸ σαρκὸς ἀνθρωπίνης οὐκ ἔγνων. τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ἐκήρυσσεν λέγον τάδε: Χωρὶς τοῦ ἐπισκόπου μηδὲν ποιεῖτε, τὴν σάρκα ὑμῶν ὡς ναὸν θεοῦ τηρεῖτε, τὴν ἕνωσιν ἀγαπᾶτε, τοὺς μερισμοὺς φεύγετε, μιμηταὶ γίνεσθε Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὡς καὶ αὐτὸς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ.