# To Diognetus 5.12

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [To Diognetus](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/) (*Epistula ad Diognetum*)
- Date: ca. 150–200 (disputed) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 25:360; 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/5/12/

Summary: Condemned and killed, yet made alive.

## Greek text

ἀγνοοῦνται, καὶ κατακρίνονται· θανατοῦνται, καὶ ζωοποιοῦνται.

## English translation (Claude)

They are unknown, and they are condemned; they are put to death, and they are made alive.

## Scripture references

- 2 Cor 6:9: allusion, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Diogn. 5.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/5/12/).