“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame (phloga | φλόγα | acc sg fem) of fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze, has this to say:

His head and his hair were white, like white wool, like snow, and his eyes were like a flame (phlox | φλόξ | nom sg fem) of fire.

Regarding the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame (phloga | φλόγα | acc sg fem) of fire.”

in flaming (phlogos | φλογός | gen sg fem) fire, inflicting punishment on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

“Now when forty years had passed, there appeared to him in the desert near Mount Sinai an angel in the flame (phlogi | φλογί | dat sg fem) of a burning bush.

And calling out he said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ (phlogi | φλογί | dat sg fem)

And the tongue is a fire! The tongue is a world of iniquity among our members; it defiles the whole body, sets on fire (phlogizousa | φλογίζουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) the course of our life, and is set on fire (phlogizomenē | φλογιζομένη | pres pass ptcp nom sg fem) by hell.

Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon (Phlegonta | Φλέγοντα | acc sg masc), Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren with them.

For this is the will of God: by doing good to silence (phimoun | φιμοῦν | pres act inf ) the ignorance of foolish men.

For Scripture says, “Do (phimōseis | φιμώσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) not muzzle (phimōseis | φιμώσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) an ox that is treading out the grain,” and, “Worthy is the worker of his wage.”