# To Diognetus 12.1

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [To Diognetus](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/) (*Epistula ad Diognetum*)
- Date: ca. 150–200 (disputed) (disputed)
- 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/12/1/

Summary: Those who love God become a paradise bearing every fruit.

## Greek text

Οἷς ἐντυχόντες καὶ ἀκούσαντες μετὰ σπουδῆς εἴσεσθε, ὅσα παρέχει ὁ θεὸς τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν ὀρθῶς, οἱ γενόμενοι παράδεισος τρυφῆς, πάγκαρπον ξύλον εὐθαλοῦν ἀνατείλαντες ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, ποικίλοις καρποῖς κεκοσμημένοι.

## English translation (Claude)

When you have read and listened to these things with eagerness, you will know what God provides for those who love him rightly, who become a paradise of delight, raising up within themselves a flourishing tree bearing every fruit, adorned with various fruits.

## Scripture references

- Gen 2:8: echo, medium confidence
- Gen 2:9: echo, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Diogn. 12.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/12/1/).