Dialogue with Trypho 116.2
Summary: Christians are brands plucked from the fire and promised new garments and an eternal kingdom.
Greek text · Archambault 2:196
Καὶ ὥσπερ ἀπὸ πυρὸς ἐξεσπασμένοι ἐσμέν, ἀπὸ μὲν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν προτέρων καθαρισθέντες, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς θλίψεως καὶ τῆς πυρώσεως, ἣν πυροῦσιν ἡμᾶς ὅ τε διάβολος καὶ οἱ αὐτοῦ ὑπηρέται πάντες, ἐξ ὧν καὶ πάλιν ἀποσπᾷ ἡμᾶς Ἰησοῦς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ· ἐνδῦσαι ἡμᾶς τὰ ἡτοιμασμένα ἐνδύματα, ἐὰν πράξωμεν αὐτοῦ τὰς ἐντολάς, ὑπέσχετο, καὶ αἰώνιον βασιλείαν προνοῆσαι ἐπήγγελται.
English · Claude translation
“And we are like brands plucked from the fire, cleansed from our former sins, and plucked from the affliction and burning with which the devil and all his servants burn us, from which Jesus the Son of God again plucks us; he has promised to clothe us with the garments prepared for us if we do his commandments, and has promised to provide an eternal kingdom.
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- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): ὃ τε διάβολος → ὅ τε διάβολος.
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Justin, Dial. 116.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/116/2/).
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Justin, Dial. 116.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/116/2/).
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