The Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians

 Chapter I.—Cautions against error.

 Chapter II.—The true doctrine respecting God and Christ.

 Chapter III.—The same continued.

 Chapter IV.—Continuation.

 Chapter V.—Denunciation of false teachers.

 Chapter VI.—Renewed cautions.

 Chapter VII.—Exhortation to consistency of conduct.

 Chapter VIII.—Exhortations to the presbyters and others.

 Chapter IX.—Duties of husbands, wives, parents, and children.

 Chapter X.—Duties of masters and servants.

 Chapter XI.—Inculcation of various moral duties.

 Chapter XII.—Salutations.

 Chapter XIII.—Salutations continued.

 Chapter XIV.—Conclusion.

Chapter IX.—Duties of husbands, wives, parents, and children.

Let the husbands love their wives, remembering that, at the creation, one woman, and not many, was given to one man. Let the wives honour their husbands, as their own flesh; and let them not presume to address them by their names.36 Comp. 1 Pet. iii. 6. Let them also be chaste, reckoning their husbands as their only partners, to whom indeed they have been united according to the will of God. Ye parents, impart a holy training to your children. Ye children, “honour your parents, that it may be well with you.”37 Eph. vi. 1, 3.