{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg1216.tlg001.local002","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1216.tlg001.local002","title":"Βαρνάβα ἐπιστολή","titleGreek":"Βαρνάβα ἐπιστολή","alternateTitles":[],"author":"Barnabas","authorityName":"BARNABAE EPISTULA","authorUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg1216-barnabae-epistula/","authorityUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg1216-barnabae-epistula/","editors":["Kirsopp Lake"],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Trustees of Tufts University","sourceTitle":"The Apostolic Fathers","edition":null,"publisher":"Harvard University Press","place":"Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA","date":"1912","volume":"1","series":null,"citation":null,"citationShort":null},"rights":{"text":null,"url":null},"provenance":{"authority":"Perseus Project","sponsors":["Perseus Project, Tufts University"],"funders":["Google Digital Humanities Awards Program"],"principal":"Gregory Crane","responsibilities":[{"role":"Prepared under the supervision of","names":["Bridget Almas","Lisa Cerrato"]}]},"corpus":{"version":"2.2.0","date":"2026-08-29"},"revisionDate":"2026-08-15","sourceUrl":"https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.232411/page/n345/mode/2up","sourceLinkType":null,"sourceRights":null,"citation":"Barnabas. Βαρνάβα ἐπιστολή. ed. Kirsopp Lake. The Apostolic Fathers, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Harvard University Press, 1912. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1216.tlg001.local002","excerpt":"Χαίρετε, υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες, ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς, ἐν εἰρήνῃ. Μεγάλων μὲν ὄντων καὶ πλουσίων τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ δικαιωμάτων εἰς ὑμᾶς, ὑπέρ τι καὶ καθ’ ὑπερβολὴν ὑπερευφραίνομαι ἐπὶ τοῖς μακαρίοις καὶ ἐνδόξοις ὑμῶν πνεύμασιν· οὕτως οὕτω L, ουτο ℵ, οὗ τό C. ἔμφυτον τῆς δωρεᾶς πνευματικῆς χάριν εἰλήφατε. διὸ καὶ μᾶλλον συγχαίρω ἐμαυτῷ ἐλπίζων σωθῆναι. ὅτι ἀληθῶς βλέπω ἐν ὑμῖν ἐκκεχυμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ πλουσίου τῆς πηγῆς κυρίου πνεῦμα ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς. οὕτω με ἐξέπληξεν ἐπὶ ὑμῶν ἡ ἐμοὶ ἐπιποθήτη ὄψις ὑμῶν. πεπεισμένος οὖν τοῦτο καὶ συνειδὼς ἐμαυτῷ, ὅτι ἐν ὑμῖν λαλήσας πολλὰ ἐπίσταμαι, ὅτι ἐμοὶ συνώδευσεν ἐν ὁδῷ δικαιοσύνης κύριος, καὶ πάντως ἀναγκάζομαι κἀγὼ εἰς τοῦτο, ἀγαπᾶν ὑμᾶς ὑπὲρ τὴν ψυχήν μου, ὅτι μεγάλη πίστις καὶ Tit. 1, 2; 3, 7 ἀγάπη ἐγκατοικεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι ζωῆς αὐτοῦ. λογισάμενος οὖν τοῦτο, ὅτι ἐὰν μελήσῃ μοι περὶ ὑμῶν τοῦ μέρος τι μεταδοῦναι ἀφ’ οὗ ἔλαβον, ὅτι ἔσται μοι…","divisions":[{"label":"Chapter 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-1"},{"label":"Chapter 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-2"},{"label":"Chapter 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-3"},{"label":"Chapter 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-4"},{"label":"Chapter 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-5"},{"label":"Chapter 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-6"},{"label":"Chapter 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-7"},{"label":"Chapter 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-8"},{"label":"Chapter 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-9"},{"label":"Chapter 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-10"},{"label":"Chapter 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-11"},{"label":"Chapter 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-12"},{"label":"Chapter 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-13"},{"label":"Chapter 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-14"},{"label":"Chapter 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-15"},{"label":"Chapter 16","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-16"},{"label":"Chapter 17","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-17"},{"label":"Chapter 18","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-18"},{"label":"Chapter 19","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-19"},{"label":"Chapter 20","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-20"},{"label":"Chapter 21","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/#tlg1216-tlg001-local002-21"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg1216.tlg001.local002.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1216/tlg001/local002.json.gz"}}