# To Diognetus 5.9

- 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/5/9/

Summary: On earth, but citizens of heaven.

## Greek text

ἐπὶ γῆς διατρίβουσιν, ἀλλʼ ἐν οὐρανῷ πολιτεύονται.

## English translation (Claude)

They pass their time on earth, but they are citizens of heaven.

## Scripture references

- Phil 3:20: allusion, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Diogn. 5.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/5/9/).