# To Diognetus 6.3

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [To Diognetus](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/) (*Epistula ad Diognetum*)
- Date: ca. 150–200 (disputed) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 25:360–362; 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/6/3/

Summary: In the world but not of it.

## Greek text

οἰκεῖ μὲν ἐν τῷ σώματι ψυχή, οὐκ ἔστι δὲ ἐκ τοῦ σώματος· καὶ Χριστιανοὶ ἐν κόσμῳ οἰκοῦσιν, οὐκ εἰσὶ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου.

## English translation (Claude)

The soul dwells in the body, but is not of the body; and Christians dwell in the world, but are not of the world.

## Scripture references

- John 17:11: allusion, medium confidence
- John 17:14: allusion, medium confidence
- John 17:16: allusion, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Diogn. 6.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/6/3/).