Epistle of Barnabas 1.2

Anonymous · Epistle of Barnabas · ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) · place unknown · Read in context

Summary: The author rejoices in the spiritual gifts of his readers.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:340

Μεγάλων μὲν ὄντων καὶ πλουσίων τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ δικαιωμάτων εἰς ὑμᾶς, ὑπέρ τι καὶ καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ὑπερευφραίνομαι ἐπὶ τοῖς μακαρίοις καὶ ἐνδόξοις ὑμῶν πνεύμασιν· οὕτως ἔμφυτον τῆς δωρεᾶς πνευματικῆς χάριν εἰλήφατε.

English · Claude translation

Since God's righteous decrees toward you are great and rich, I rejoice above all and beyond measure in your blessed and glorious spirits; so implanted is the grace of the spiritual gift that you have received.

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Source: Lake, LCL 24:340 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 340–407 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

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Barn. 1.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/1/2/).

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Barn. 1.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/1/2/).

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