# To Diognetus 10.3

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [To Diognetus](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/) (*Epistula ad Diognetum*)
- Date: ca. 150–200 (disputed) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 25:370–372; 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/10/3/

Summary: How can we not love the God who first loved us?

## Greek text

ἐπιγνοὺς δὲ τίνος οἴει πληρωθήσεσθαι χαρᾶς; ἢ πῶς ἀγαπήσεις τὸ οὕτως προαγαπήσαντά σε;

## English translation (Claude)

And when you have come to know him, with what joy do you think you will be filled? Or how will you love him who so loved you first?

## Scripture references

- 1 John 4:19: echo, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Diogn. 10.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/10/3/).