Epistle of Barnabas 14.1

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

Summary: God gave the covenant, but Israel was unworthy to receive it.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:390

Ναί. ἀλλὰ ἴδωμεν, εἰ ἡ διαθήκη, ἣν ὤμοσεν τοῖς πατράσιν δοῦναι τῷ λαῷ, εἰ δέδωκεν. δέδωκεν· αὐτοὶ δὲ οὐκ ἐγένοντο ἄξιοι λαβεῖν διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν.

English · Claude translation

Yes. But let us see whether he has given the covenant that he swore to the fathers to give to the people. He has given it; but they were not worthy to receive it because of their sins.

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Source: Lake, LCL 24:390 · 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. 14.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/14/1/).

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Barn. 14.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/14/1/).

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