Dialogue with Trypho 115.6 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 2:194

Κἂν γὰρ μυρία τις εἴπῃ καλῶς, ἓν δὲ μικρὸν ὁτιοῦν εἴη μὴ εὐάρεστον ὑμῖν ἢ μὴ νοούμενον ἢ μὴ πρὸς τὸ ἀκριβές, τῶν μὲν πολλῶν καλῶν οὐ πεφροντίκατε, τοῦ δὲ μικροῦ ῥηματίου ἐπιλαμβάνεσθε καὶ κατασκευάζειν αὐτὸ ὡς ἀσέβημα καὶ ἀδίκημα σπουδάζετε, ἵνα τῇ αὐτῇ ὁμοίᾳ κρίσει ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κρινόμενοι πολὺ μᾶλλον ὑπὲρ τῶν μεγάλων τολμημάτων, εἴτε κακῶν πράξεων εἴτε φαύλων ἐξηγήσεων, ἃς παραποιοῦντες ἐξηγεῖσθε, λόγον δώσετε. Ὃ γὰρ κρίμα κρίνετε, δίκαιόν ἐστιν ὑμᾶς κριθῆναι.

English · Claude translation

“For even if someone says ten thousand things well, but one small thing is not pleasing to you or not understood or not exact, you pay no attention to the many good things, but take hold of the little word and are eager to make it out to be an impiety and a crime; so that, judged by God with the same judgment, you will render account much more for your great daring, whether of evil deeds or of the bad interpretations which you give by falsifying. For with the judgment you judge, it is just that you be judged.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:194 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

As printed in Archambault. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.

Compare

Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)

Scripture

Matt 7:2 · allusion, high confidence

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): ἕν δὲ μικρὸν → ἓν δὲ μικρὸν; ἅς παραποιοῦντες → ἃς παραποιοῦντες.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 115.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/115/6/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 115.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/115/6/).