Dialogue with Trypho 19.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Adam, Abel, and Enoch pleased God without circumcision.

Greek text · Archambault 1:84–86

Καὶ ὑμεῖς μέν, οἱ τὴν σάρκα περιτετμημένοι, χρῄζετε τῆς ἡμετέρας περιτομῆς, ἡμεῖς δέ, ταύτην ἔχοντες, οὐδὲν ἐκείνης δεόμεθα. Εἰ γὰρ ἦν ἀναγκαία, ὡς δοκεῖτε, οὐκ ἂν ἀκρόβυστον ὁ θεὸς ἔπλασε τὸν Ἀδάμ, οὐδὲ ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τοῖς δώροις τοῦ ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ σαρκὸς προσενέγκαντος θυσίας Ἄβελ, οὐδʼ ἂν εὐηρέστησεν ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ Ἐνώχ, καὶ οὐκ εὑρίσκετο, διότι μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεός.

English · Claude translation

“And you, who are circumcised in the flesh, need our circumcision; but we, having this one, have no need of that. For if it were necessary, as you think, God would not have made Adam uncircumcised, nor would he have looked on the gifts of Abel, who offered sacrifices while uncircumcised in the flesh, nor would Enoch have pleased him in uncircumcision, and was not found, because God translated him.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:84–86 · 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

Gen 4:4 · allusion, high confidence
Gen 5:24 · allusion, high confidence
Heb 11:5 · echo, high confidence

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 19.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/19/3/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 19.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/19/3/).