# To Diognetus 3.4

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [To Diognetus](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/) (*Epistula ad Diognetum*)
- Date: ca. 150–200 (disputed) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 25:356; 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/3/4/

Summary: The Creator needs nothing from us.

## Greek text

ὁ γὰρ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ πᾶσιν ἡμῖν χορηγῶν, ὧν προσδεόμεθα, οὐδενὸς ἂν αὐτὸς προσδέοιτο τούτων ὧν τοῖς οἰομένοις διδόναι παρέχει αὐτός.

## English translation (Claude)

For he who made heaven and earth and all that is in them, and who supplies all of us with what we need, would himself need none of the things that he himself provides to those who think they are giving them.

## Scripture references

- Acts 17:24: allusion, medium confidence
- Acts 17:25: allusion, medium confidence
- Exod 20:11: echo, medium confidence
- Ps 146:6 (145:6 LXX): echo, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Diogn. 3.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/3/4/).