[a concealed Scripture found in Codex Sinaiticus] ← Revelation [Shepherd of Hermas] → Barnabas 1:1
I bid you greeting, sons and
daughters, in the name of the
Lord who loved us, in peace. Barnabas 1:2
Seeing that the ordinances of
God are great and rich to you,
I rejoice with an exceedingly
great and overflowing joy at
your blessed and glorious spirits; so innate is the grace
of the spiritual gift that you
have received. Barnabas 1:3
Therefore I also the more
congratulate myself hoping to
be saved, for I truly see the
Spirit poured out among you
from the riches of the fount of the Lord. So greatly did the
much desired sight of you
astonish me respecting you. Barnabas 1:4
Being therefore persuaded of
this, and being conscious with
myself that having said much
among you, I know that the
Lord journeyed with me on the way of righteousness, and am
wholly constrained also myself
to this, to love you more than
my own soul (for great faith
and love dwells in you through
the hope of the li