Dialogue with Trypho 82.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Prophetic gifts continue in the church, as do false teachers, as Christ foretold.

Greek text · Archambault 2:42–44

Παρὰ γὰρ ἡμῖν καὶ μέχρι νῦν προφητικὰ χαρίσματά ἐστιν, ἐξ οὗ καὶ αὐτοὶ συνιέναι ὀφείλετε, ὅτι τὰ πάλαι ἐν τῷ γένει ὑμῶν ὄντα εἰς ἡμᾶς μετετέθη. Ὅνπερ δὲ τρόπον καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐπὶ τῶν παρʼ ὑμῖν γενομένων ἁγίων προφητῶν ἦσαν, καὶ παρʼ ἡμῖν νῦν πολλοί εἰσι καὶ ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι, οὓς φυλάσσεσθαι προεῖπεν ἡμῖν ὁ ἡμέτερος κύριος, ὡς ἐν μηδενὶ ὑστερεῖσθαι ἡμᾶς, ἐπισταμένους ὅτι προγνώστης ἦν τῶν μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν καὶ ἄνοδον τὴν εἰς οὐρανὸν μελλόντων γίνεσθαι ἡμῖν.

English · Claude translation

“For among us even until now there are prophetic gifts, from which you yourselves ought to understand that the gifts formerly in your race have been transferred to us. And just as there were false prophets in the time of the holy prophets among you, so among us too there are now many false teachers, of whom our Lord warned us beforehand to beware, so that we are in no respect lacking, knowing that he foreknew what would happen to us after his resurrection from the dead and his ascent into heaven.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:42–44 · 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

2 Pet 2:1 · echo, high confidence
Matt 7:15 · allusion, medium confidence
1 Cor 1:7 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Heresy

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 82.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/82/1/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 82.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/82/1/).