Epistle of Barnabas 1.5

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

Summary: He writes so that they may have perfect knowledge along with their faith.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:340–342

λογισάμενος οὖν τοῦτο, ὅτι ἐὰν μελήσῃ μοι περὶ ὑμῶν τοῦ μέρος τι μεταδοῦναι ἀφʼ οὗ ἔλαβον, ὅτι ἔσται μοι τοιούτοις πνεύμασιν ὑπηρετήσαντι εἰς μισθόν, ἐσπούδασα κατὰ μικρὸν ὑμῖν πέμπειν, ἵνα μετὰ τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν τελείαν ἔχητε τὴν γνῶσιν.

English · Claude translation

Considering this, then, that if I take care to share with you some part of what I have received, it will bring me a reward for having served such spirits, I have hastened to send you a short letter, so that along with your faith you may have perfect knowledge.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:340–342 · 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.

Notes

Translation notes

“Knowledge” (γνῶσις): a key word of the letter, meaning the deeper, largely allegorical understanding of scripture that the author offers.

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Barn. 1.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/1/5/).

Plain text

Barn. 1.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/1/5/).

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