Dialogue with Trypho 131.2
Summary: Christians, called through the despised cross, endure death rather than deny Christ,
Greek text · Archambault 2:266–268
Καὶ ὑμεῖς δʼ, εἰ βούλεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν ὁμολογῆσαι, ὅτι πιστότεροι πρὸς τὸν θεόν ἐσμεν, οἵτινες διὰ τοῦ ἐξουθενημένου καὶ ὀνείδους μεστοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ σταυροῦ κληθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὧν καὶ τῇ ὁμολογίᾳ καὶ τῇ ὑπακοῇ καὶ τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ κολάσεις μέχρι θανάτου ὑπὸ τῶν δαιμονίων καὶ τῆς στρατιᾶς τοῦ διαβόλου, διὰ τῆς ὑφʼ ὑμῶν ἐκείνοις γεγενημένης ὑπηρεσίας, προστετίμηνται, πάνθʼ ὑπομένομεν ὑπὲρ τοῦ μηδὲ μέχρι φωνῆς ἀρνεῖσθαι τὸν Χριστόν, διʼ οὗ ἐκλήθημεν εἰς σωτηρίαν τὴν προητοιμασμένην παρὰ τοῦ πατρός,
English · Claude translation
“And you, if you are willing to confess the truth, must admit that we are more faithful to God, who were called by God through the despised and reproachful mystery of the cross, and on whose confession and obedience and piety punishments even to death have been imposed by the demons and the army of the devil, through the help given them by you, and we endure all things rather than deny Christ even in word, through whom we were called to the salvation prepared by the Father,
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- Digital text corrected (a word is repeated in the digital text (dittography)): παρὰ παρὰ τοῦ πατρός → παρὰ τοῦ πατρός.
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Justin, Dial. 131.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/131/2/).
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Justin, Dial. 131.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/131/2/).
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