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The Epistle of Barnabas

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    The Codex Sinaiticus has simply “Epistle of Barnabas” for title; Dressel gives, “Epistle of Barnabas the Apostle,” from the Vatican ms. of the Latin text.

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Chapter I.—After the salutation, the writer declares that he would communicate to his brethren something of that which he had himself received.

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Chapter II.—The Jewish sacrifices are now abolished.

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Chapter III.—The fasts of the Jews are not true fasts, nor acceptable to God.

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Chapter IV.—Antichrist is at hand: let us therefore avoid Jewish errors.

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Chapter V.—The new covenant, founded on the sufferings of Christ, tends to our salvation, but to the Jews’ destruction.

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Chapter VI.—The sufferings of Christ, and the new covenant, were announced by the prophets.

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Chapter VII.—Fasting, and the goat sent away, were types of Christ.

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Chapter VIII.—The red heifer a type of Christ.

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Chapter IX.—The spiritual meaning of circumcision.

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Chapter X.—Spiritual significance of the precepts of Moses respecting different kinds of food.

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Chapter XI.—Baptism and the cross prefigured in the Old Testament.

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Chapter XII.—The cross of Christ frequently announced in the Old Testament.

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Chapter XIII.—Christians, and not Jews, the heirs of the covenant.

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Chapter XIV.—The Lord hath given us the testament which Moses received and broke.

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Chapter XV.—The false and the true Sabbath.

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Chapter XVI.—The spiritual temple of God.

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Chapter XVII.—Conclusion of the first part of the epistle.

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Chapter XVIII.—Second part of the epistle. The two ways.

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Chapter XIX.—The way of light.

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Chapter XX.—The way of darkness.

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Chapter XXI.—Conclusion.

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