Sophia Scriptura

Epistle of Barnabas 19.9

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

Summary: Be generous; cherish those who teach you God's word.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:404

μὴ γίνου πρὸς μὲν τὸ λαβεῖν ἐκτείνων τὰς χεῖρας, πρὸς δὲ τὸ δοῦναι συσπῶν. ἀγαπήσεις ὡς κόρην τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σου πάντα τὸν λαλοῦντά σοι τὸν λόγον κυρίου.

English · Claude translation

Do not be one who stretches out his hands to receive, but draws them back when it comes to giving. You shall love as the apple of your eye everyone who speaks to you the word of the Lord.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:404 · 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.
Scripture
Extrabiblical texts
  • Sir 4:31 (Sirach) · allusion, medium confidence
Topics
Ethics

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Barn. 19.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/19/9/).

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Barn. 19.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/19/9/).

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