Dialogue with Trypho 11.4
Summary: The conversion and steadfastness of the Gentiles show that Christ is the new covenant.
Greek text · Archambault 1:54
Εἰ οὖν ὁ θεὸς διαθήκην καινὴν ἐκήρυξε μέλλουσαν διαταχθήσεσθαι καὶ ταύτην εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν, ὁρῶμεν δὲ καὶ πεπείσμεθα διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ τοῦ σταυρωθέντος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων καὶ τῆς ἄλλης ἀδικίας προσελθόντας τῷ θεῷ καὶ μέχρι θανάτου ὑπομένοντας τὴν ὁμολογίαν καὶ εὐσέβειαν ποιεῖσθαι, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἔργων καὶ ἐκ τῆς παρακολουθούσης δυνάμεως συνιέναι πᾶσι δυνατὸν ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ καινὸς νόμος καὶ ἡ καινὴ διαθήκη καὶ ἡ προσδοκία τῶν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν ἀναμενόντων τὰ παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀγαθά.
English · Claude translation
“If, then, God proclaimed a new covenant that was to be established, and this for a light to the nations, and we see and are persuaded that through the name of this crucified Jesus Christ people come to God from idols and other wickedness, and hold fast their confession and piety even to death, then all can understand, both from the deeds and from the power that goes with them, that he is the new law and the new covenant and the expectation of those from all the nations who wait for the good things from God.
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Justin, Dial. 11.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/11/4/).
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Justin, Dial. 11.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/11/4/).
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