Sophia Scriptura

Epistle of Barnabas 13.7

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

Summary: Abraham is father of the uncircumcised who believe.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:388–390

εἰ οὖν ἔτι καὶ διὰ τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ἐμνήσθη, ἀπέχομεν τὸ τέλειον τῆς γνώσεως ἡμῶν. τί οὖν λέγει τῷ Ἀβραάμ, ὅτε μόνος πιστεύσας ἐτέθη εἰς δικαιοσύνην; Ἰδού, τέθεικά σε, Ἀβραάμ, πατέρα ἐθνῶν τῶν πιστευόντων διʼ ἀκροβυστίας τῷ θεῷ.

English · Claude translation

If, then, it was also mentioned through Abraham, we have the completion of our knowledge. What, then, does he say to Abraham, when he alone believed and was set for righteousness? “Behold, I have made you, Abraham, the father of the nations who believe in God in uncircumcision.”

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Lake, LCL 24:388–390 · 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. 13.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/13/7/).

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Barn. 13.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/13/7/).

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