Sophia Scriptura

To Diognetus 12.6

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

Summary: True knowledge is shown by life; the one who seeks life plants in hope.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:378

ὁ γὰρ νομίζων εἰδέναι τι ἄνευ γνώσεως ἀληθοῦς καὶ μαρτυρουμένης ὑπὸ τῆς ζωῆς οὐκ ἔγνω, ὑπὸ τοῦ ὄφεως πλανᾶται, μὴ ἀγαπήσας τὸ ζῆν. ὁ δὲ μετὰ φόβου ἐπιγνοὺς καὶ ζωὴν ἐπιζητῶν ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι φυτεύει, καρπὸν προσδοκῶν.

English · Claude translation

For whoever thinks he knows anything without true knowledge that is attested by life does not know; he is led astray by the serpent, not having loved life. But whoever has come to know with fear and seeks life plants in hope, expecting fruit.

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Source
Lake, LCL 25:378 · 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.
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Diogn. 12.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/12/6/).

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Diogn. 12.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/12/6/).

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