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Barnabas, The Epistle of Barnabas
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Chapter II.—The Jewish sacrifices are now abolished.
Chapter III.—The fasts of the Jews are not true fasts, nor acceptable to God.
Chapter IV.—Antichrist is at hand: let us therefore avoid Jewish errors.
Chapter VI.—The sufferings of Christ, and the new covenant, were announced by the prophets.
Chapter VII.—Fasting, and the goat sent away, were types of Christ.
Chapter VIII.—The red heifer a type of Christ.
Chapter IX.—The spiritual meaning of circumcision.
Chapter X.—Spiritual significance of the precepts of Moses respecting different kinds of food.
Chapter XI.—Baptism and the cross prefigured in the Old Testament.
Chapter XII.—The cross of Christ frequently announced in the Old Testament.
Chapter XIII.—Christians, and not Jews, the heirs of the covenant.
Chapter XIV.—The Lord hath given us the testament which Moses received and broke.
Chapter XV.—The false and the true Sabbath.
Chapter XVI.—The spiritual temple of God.
Chapter XVII.—Conclusion of the first part of the epistle.
Chapter XVIII.—Second part of the epistle. The two ways.
Chapter XIX.—The way of light.
But the way of darkness270 Literally, “of the Black One.” is crooked, and full of cursing; for it is the way of eternal271 Cod. Sin. joins “eternal” with way, instead of death. death with punishment, in which way are the things that destroy the soul, viz., idolatry, over-confidence, the arrogance of power, hypocrisy, double-heartedness, adultery, murder, rapine, haughtiness, transgression,272 Cod. Sin. reads “transgressions.” deceit, malice, self-sufficiency, poisoning, magic, avarice,273 Cod. Sin. omits “magic, avarice.” want of the fear of God. [In this way, too,] are those who persecute the good, those who hate truth, those who love falsehood, those who know not the reward of righteousness, those who cleave not to that which is good, those who attend not with just judgment to the widow and orphan, those who watch not to the fear of God, [but incline] to wickedness, from whom meekness and patience are far off; persons who love vanity, follow after a reward, pity not the needy, labour not in aid of him who is overcome with toil; who are prone to evil-speaking, who know not Him that made them, who are murderers of children, destroyers of the workmanship of God; who turn away him that is in want, who oppress the afflicted, who are advocates of the rich, who are unjust judges of the poor, and who are in every respect transgressors.
XX 1. Ἧ δὲ τοῦ μέλαος ὁδός ἐστιν σκολιὰ καὶ κατάρας μεστή. ὁδὸς ἐστιν θανάτου αἰωνίου μετὰ τιμωρίας, ἐν ᾗ ἐστιν τὰ ἀπολλύντα τὴ ψυχὴν αὐτῶν· εἰδωλολατρεία, θρασύτης, ὕψος δυνάμεως, ὑπόκρισις, διπλοκαρδία, μοιχεία, φόνος, ἁρπαγή, ὑπερηφανία, μαγεία, πλεονεξία, ἀφοβία θεοῦ· 2. διῶκται τῶν ἀγαθῶν, μισοῦντες ἀλήθειαν, ἀγαπῶντες ψεῦδος, οὐ γινώσκοντες μισθὸν δικαιοσύνης, οὐ κολλώμενοι ἀγαθῷ, οὐ κρίσει δικαίᾳ, χήρᾳ καὶ ὀρφανῷ οὐ προσέχοντες, ἀγρυπνοῦντες μάταια, διώκοντες ἀνταπόδομα, οὐκ ἐλεῶντες πτωχόν, οὐ πονοῦντες ἐπὶ καταπονουμένῳ, εὐχερεῖς ἐν καταφονεῖς τέκνων, φθορεῖς πλάσματος θεοῦ, ἀποστρεφόμενοι τὸν ἐνδέμενον, καταπονοῦντες τὸν θλιβόμενον, πλουσίων παράκλητοι, πενήτων ἄνομοι κριταί, πανθαμάρτητοι.