# To Diognetus 2.5

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [To Diognetus](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/) (*Epistula ad Diognetum*)
- Date: ca. 150–200 (disputed) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 25:352; 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/2/5/

Summary: Worshipers become like their idols.

## Greek text

ταῦτα θεοὺς καλεῖτε; τούτοις δουλεύετε; τούτοις προσκυνεῖτε, τέλεον δʼ αὐτοῖς ἐξομοιοῦσθε.

## English translation (Claude)

These you call gods? These you serve? These you worship, and in the end you become like them.

## Scripture references

- Ps 115:8 (113:16 LXX): allusion, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Diogn. 2.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/2/5/).