Dialogue with Trypho 102.7 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: If even the sinless Son relies on God, how can others hope to be saved without him?

Greek text · Archambault 2:132–134

Εἰ γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ φαίνεται μήτε διὰ τὸ εἶναι υἱὸς μήτε κατὰ τὸ εἶναι ἰσχυρὸς μήτε διὰ τὸ σοφὸς λέγων δύνασθαι σώζεσθαι, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸ ἀναμάρτητος εἶναι, ὡς Ἡσαίας φησίν, μηδὲ μέχρι φωνῆς ἡμαρτηκέναι αὐτόν, ἀνομίαν γὰρ οὐκ ἐποίησεν οὐδὲ δόλον τῷ στόματι, ἄνευ τοῦ θεοῦ σωθήσεσθαι μὴ δύνασθαι, πῶς ὑμεῖς ἢ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι οἱ ἄνευ τῆς ἐλπίδος ταύτης σωθήσεσθαι προσδοκῶντες οὐχ ἑαυτοὺς ἀπατᾶν λογίζεσθε.

English · Claude translation

“For if the Son of God is seen to say that he cannot be saved either by being Son, or by being strong, or by being wise, but that, though he was sinless, as Isaiah says, and did not sin even in word (for he did no lawlessness, nor deceit with his mouth), he cannot be saved without God, how do you, or the others who expect to be saved without this hope, not reckon that you are deceiving yourselves?

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:132–134 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), 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 Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Isa 53:9 · quotation, high confidence
1 Pet 2:22 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Christology

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 102.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/102/7/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 102.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/102/7/).