Epistle of Barnabas 4.11 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:352

λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· Οὐαὶ οἱ συνετοὶ ἑαυτοῖς καὶ ἐνώπιον ἑαυτῶν ἐπιστήμονες. γενώμεθα πνευματικοί, γενώμεθα ναὸς τέλειος τῷ θεῷ. ἐφʼ ὅσον ἐστὶν ἐν ἡμῖν, μελετῶμεν τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ φυλάσσειν ἀγωνιζώμεθα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασιν αὐτοῦ εὐφρανθῶμεν.

English · Claude translation

For the scripture says, “Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.” Let us become spiritual; let us become a perfect temple for God. As far as it lies with us, let us practice the fear of God and strive to keep his commandments, so that we may rejoice in his righteous decrees.

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 24:352 · 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 translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Isa 5:21 · quotation, high confidence
1 Cor 3:16 · echo, medium confidence

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong vowel)): ἐνώπιαν ἑαυτῶν → ἐνώπιον ἑαυτῶν.

Cite this passage

Barn. 4.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/4/11/).

Plain text

Barn. 4.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/4/11/).