# To Diognetus 10.2

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [To Diognetus](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/) (*Epistula ad Diognetum*)
- Date: ca. 150–200 (disputed) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 25:370; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 350–379 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), 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)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/10/2/

Summary: God loved mankind, made the world for them, and sent his only Son.

## Greek text

ὁ γὰρ θεὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἠγάπησε, διʼ οὓς ἐποίησε τὸν κόσμον, οἷς ὑπέταξε πάντα τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ, οἷς λόγον ἔδωκεν, οἷς νοῦν, οἷς μόνοις ἄνω πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁρᾶν ἐπέτρεψεν, οὓς ἐκ τῆς ἰδίας εἰκόνος ἔπλασε, πρὸς οὓς ἀπέστειλε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ, οἷς τὴν ἐν οὐρανῷ βασιλείαν ἐπηγγείλατο, καὶ δώσει τοῖς ἀγαπήσασιν αὐτόν.

## English translation (Claude)

For God loved mankind, for whose sake he made the world, to whom he subjected everything on earth, to whom he gave reason, to whom he gave mind, whom alone he allowed to look up to him, whom he formed from his own image, to whom he sent his only-begotten Son, to whom he promised the kingdom in heaven, and will give it to those who have loved him.

## Scripture references

- John 3:16: allusion, medium confidence
- Gen 1:26: echo, medium confidence
- Gen 1:28: echo, medium confidence
- Jas 2:5: echo, low confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Diogn. 10.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/10/2/).