Dialogue with Trypho 92.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Abraham was justified by faith before circumcision.

Greek text · Archambault 2:92

Οὐδαμόθεν γὰρ ἀλλαχόθεν ἐστὲ γνωριζόμενοι, ὡς προέφην, εἰ μὴ ἀπὸ τῆς περὶ τὴν σάρκα περιτομῆς. Οὐδὲ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ διὰ τὴν περιτομὴν δίκαιος εἶναι ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐμαρτυρήθη, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν πίστιν· πρὸ τοῦ γὰρ περιτμηθῆναι αὐτὸν εἴρηται περὶ αὐτοῦ οὕτως· Ἐπίστευσε δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.

English · Claude translation

“For you are recognizable from nowhere else, as I said before, except from circumcision in the flesh. For Abraham was not attested by God as righteous because of circumcision, but because of faith; for before he was circumcised it is said of him thus: ‘And Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:92 · 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 15:6 · quotation, high confidence
Rom 4:3 · echo, high confidence
Rom 4:10 · echo, high confidence

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 92.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/92/3/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 92.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/92/3/).