# Epistle of Barnabas 9.1

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:370; 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/9/1/

Summary: God circumcised our hearts and ears to hear.

## Greek text

Λέγει γὰρ πάλιν περὶ τῶν ὠτίων, πῶς περιέτεμεν ἡμῶν τὴν καρδίαν. λέγει κύριος ἐν τῷ προφήτῃ· Εἰς ἀκοὴν ὠτίου ὑπήκουσάν μου. καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Ἀκοῇ ἀκούσονται οἱ πόρρωθεν, ἃ ἐποίησα γνώσονται. καί· Περιτμήθητε, λέγει κύριος, τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν.

## English translation (Claude)

For he speaks again about the ears, how he circumcised our heart. The Lord says in the prophet, “At the hearing of the ear they obeyed me.” And again he says, “Those far off will hear with their hearing; they will know what I have done.” And, “Circumcise your hearts, says the Lord.”

## Scripture references

- Ps 18:44 (17:45 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Isa 33:13: quotation, high confidence
- Jer 4:4: quotation, high confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 9.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/9/1/).