Dialogue with Trypho 47.4
Summary: Apostates to the law and unbelieving Jews who curse Christians will not be saved without repentance.
Greek text · Archambault 1:210–212
Τοὺς δὲ πειθομένους αὐτοῖς ἐπὶ τὴν ἔννομον πολιτείαν μετὰ τοῦ φυλάσσειν τὴν εἰς τὸν Χριστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ὁμολογίαν καὶ σωθήσεσθαι ἴσως ὑπολαμβάνω. Τοὺς δὲ ὁμολογήσαντας καὶ ἐπιγνόντας τοῦτον εἶναι τὸν Χριστὸν καὶ ᾑτινιοῦν αἰτίᾳ μεταβάντας ἐπὶ τὴν ἔννομον πολιτείαν, ἀρνησαμένους ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός, καὶ πρὶν τελευτῆς μὴ μεταγνόντας, οὐδʼ ὅλως σωθήσεσθαι ἀποφαίνομαι. Καὶ τοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ σπέρματος τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ζῶντας κατὰ τὸν νόμον καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦτον τὸν Χριστὸν μὴ πιστεύοντας πρὶν τελευτῆς τοῦ βίου οὐ σωθήσεσθαι ὁμοίως ἀποφαίνομαι, καὶ μάλιστα τοὺς ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καταναθεματίσαντας καὶ καταναθεματίζοντας τοὺς ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τοῦτον τὸν Χριστὸν πιστεύοντας ὅπως τύχωσι τῆς σωτηρίας καὶ τῆς τιμωρίας τῆς ἐν τῷ πυρὶ ἀπαλλαγῶσιν.
English · Claude translation
“But those who are persuaded by them to the life under the law, while keeping their confession of the Christ of God, I suppose will perhaps be saved. But those who have confessed and recognized that this is the Christ, and for whatever reason have passed over to the life under the law, denying that this is the Christ, and do not repent before death, I declare will not be saved at all. And likewise I declare that those of the seed of Abraham who live according to the law and do not believe in this Christ before the end of life will not be saved, and especially those who in the synagogues have anathematized and anathematize those who believe in this very Christ, that they may obtain salvation and be delivered from the punishment in the fire.
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- “Perhaps” (ἴσως): Justin is hesitant about Gentiles persuaded to adopt the law.
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Justin, Dial. 47.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/47/4/).
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Justin, Dial. 47.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/47/4/).
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