# To Diognetus 7.5

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [To Diognetus](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/) (*Epistula ad Diognetum*)
- Date: ca. 150–200 (disputed) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 25:364; 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/7/5/

Summary: He sent him to call and to love, not to judge.

## Greek text

ἔπεμψεν ὡς καλῶν, οὐ διώκων· ἔπεμψεν ὡς ἀγαπῶν, οὐ κρίνων.

## English translation (Claude)

He sent him as calling, not pursuing; he sent him as loving, not judging.

## Scripture references

- John 3:17: echo, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Diogn. 7.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/7/5/).