# Epistle of Barnabas 21.9

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:408; 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/21/9/

Summary: Farewell and blessing.

## Greek text

διὸ μᾶλλον ἐσπούδασα γράψαι ἀφʼ ὧν ἠδυνήθην, εἰς τὸ εὐφρᾶναι ὑμᾶς. σώζεσθε, ἀγάπης τέκνα καὶ εἰρήνης. ὁ κύριος τῆς δόξης καὶ πάσης χάριτος μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν. Ἐπιστολὴ Βαρνάβα

## English translation (Claude)

For this reason I have been all the more eager to write, as far as I was able, to gladden you. Farewell, children of love and peace. The Lord of glory and of all grace be with your spirit. [The Epistle of Barnabas.]

## Scripture references

- Gal 6:18: echo, medium confidence
- Phlm 1:25: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- The last line is the manuscript's title for the work.

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 21.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/21/9/).