To Diognetus 11.7

Anonymous · To Diognetus · ca. 150–200 (disputed) · place unknown · Read in context

Summary: Do not grieve grace, and the Word will speak to you.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:376

ἣν χάριν μὴ λυπῶν ἐπιγνώσῃ, ἃ λόγος ὁμιλεῖ διʼ ὧν βούλεται, ὅτε θέλει.

If you do not grieve this grace, you will come to know what the Word speaks, through whom he wills, when he wishes.

Source: Lake, LCL 25:376 · 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 translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.

Diogn. 11.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/11/7/).

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Diogn. 11.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/11/7/).