The Two Ways

Barnabas, Epistle 18.1-2

Barnabas · fl. c. 100 AD

There are two ways of teaching and of authority: the way of light and the way of darkness. And the difference between the two ways is great. Over the one stand light-bearing angels of God; over the other, angels of Satan. The one is Lord from ages to ages; the other is the ruler of the present age of lawlessness.

Greek

Ὁδοὶ δύο εἰσὶν διδαχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας, ἥ τε τοῦ φωτὸς καὶ ἡ τοῦ σκότους. διαφορὰ δὲ πολλὴ τῶν δύο ὁδῶν. ἐφ’ ἧς μὲν γάρ εἰσιν τεταγμένοι φωταγωγοὶ ἄγγελοι τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐφ’ ἧς δὲ ἄγγελοι τοῦ σατανᾶ. καὶ ὁ μέν ἐστιν κύριος ἀπὸ αἰώνων καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, ὁ δὲ ἄρχων καιροῦ τοῦ νῦν τῆς ἀνομίας.

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