J. B. Lightfoot

Epistle of Barnabas 17

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1 So far as it was possible with all simplicity to declare it unto you, my soul hopeth that I have not omitted anything [of the matters pertaining unto salvation and so failed in my desire].

2 For if I should write to you concerning things immediate or future, ye would not understand them, because they are put in parables. So much then for this.

Text: J. B. Lightfoot. Public-domain translation by J. B. Lightfoot (1828–1889), transcribed by CCEL. Chapter divisions and paragraph order are retained; prologues are presented separately. Translation details.