# Epistle of Barnabas 6.13

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:360–362; 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/6/13/

Summary: In the last days God makes a new creation like the first.

## Greek text

πάλιν σοι ἐπιδείξω, πῶς πρὸς ἡμᾶς λέγει. δευτέραν πλάσιν ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων ἐποίησεν. λέγει δὲ κύριος· Ἰδού, ποιῶ τὰ ἔσχατα ὡς τὰ πρῶτα. εἰς τοῦτο οὖν ἐκήρυξεν ὁ προφήτης· Εἰσέλθατε εἰς γῆν ῥέουσαν γάλα καὶ μέλι καὶ κατακυριεύσατε αὐτῆς.

## English translation (Claude)

Again I will show you how he speaks to us. He made a second creation in the last days. And the Lord says, “Behold, I make the last things like the first.” For this reason, then, the prophet proclaimed, “Enter into a land flowing with milk and honey and rule over it.”

## Scripture references

- Exod 33:3: allusion, medium confidence
- Rev 21:5: echo, low confidence

## Translation notes

- “I make the last things like the first” is not found in scripture in this form.

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 6.13 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/6/13/).