# To Diognetus 7.6

- 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/7/6/

Summary: He will send him again as judge.

## Greek text

πέμψει γὰρ αὐτὸν κρίνοντα· καὶ τίς αὐτοῦ τὴν παρουσίαν ὑποστήσεται;...

## English translation (Claude)

For he will send him as judge; and who will endure his coming? …

## Scripture references

- Mal 3:2: allusion, high confidence

## Translation notes

- The manuscript has a gap here; some words are lost between 7.6 and 7.7.

## Citation (SBL)

Diogn. 7.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/7/6/).