1
The closing salutation wishes the brothers and sisters well as they walk according to the teaching of the Besorah.
2
Later manuscript colophons trace the copying of the text through Gaius from a copy associated with Irenaeus, then through Socrates at Qorinthos.
3
A still later colophon attributes another recovery-copy to Pionius, who says he found the text after it had nearly faded from use.
4
These colophons belong to the manuscript transmission history and are preserved as such rather than treated as part of the original Smyrnaean circular letter.