# Epistle of Barnabas 6.2

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:358; 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/6/2/

Summary: Christ is the chosen cornerstone of Zion.

## Greek text

οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὑμεῖς πάντες ὡς ἱμάτιον παλαιωθήσεσθε, καὶ σὴς καταφάγεται ὑμᾶς. καὶ πάλιν λέγει ὁ προφήτης, ἐπεὶ ὡς λίθος ἰσχυρὸς ἐτέθη εἰς συντριβήν· Ἰδού, ἐμβαλῶ εἰς τὰ θεμέλια Σιὼν λίθον πολυτελῆ, ἐκλεκτόν, ἀκρογωνιαῖον, ἔντιμον.

## English translation (Claude)

Woe to you, for you will all grow old like a garment, and the moth will devour you.” And again the prophet says, since he was set as a strong stone for crushing: “Behold, I will lay in the foundations of Zion a precious stone, chosen, a cornerstone, honored.”

## Scripture references

- Isa 50:9: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 28:16: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Pet 2:6: echo, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 6.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/6/2/).