1 So far as it was possible with all simplicity to declare it unto you, my soul hopeth that I have not omitted anything [of the matters pertaining unto salvation and so failed in my desire]. (BRN) 2 For if I should write to you concerning things immediate or future, ye would not understand them, because they are put in parables. So much then for this. (BRN)
Epistle of Barnabas 17:1–2
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