# Epistle of Barnabas 18.1

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:400; 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/18/1/

Summary: The Two Ways: light and darkness, with their angels.

## Greek text

Μεταβῶμεν δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ ἑτέραν γνῶσιν καὶ διδαχήν. Ὁδοὶ δύο εἰσὶν διδαχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας, ἥ τε τοῦ φωτὸς καὶ ἡ τοῦ σκότους. διαφορὰ δὲ πολλὴ τῶν δύο ὁδῶν. ἐφʼ ἧς μὲν γάρ εἰσιν τεταγμένοι φωταγωγοὶ ἄγγελοι τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐφʼ ἧς δὲ ἄγγελοι τοῦ σατανᾶ.

## English translation (Claude)

But let us pass on also to another knowledge and teaching. There are two ways of teaching and of power, the one of light and the other of darkness. And there is a great difference between the two ways. For over the one are set light-bearing angels of God, and over the other angels of Satan.

## Translation notes

- Chapters 18–20 contain a form of the “Two Ways” teaching also found in the Didache (1–5). Both probably draw on a common earlier source.

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 18.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/18/1/).