# To Diognetus 9.5

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [To Diognetus](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/) (*Epistula ad Diognetum*)
- Date: ca. 150–200 (disputed) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 25:370; 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/9/5/

Summary: The sweet exchange: our sin hidden in him, his righteousness justifying us.

## Greek text

ὢ τῆς γλυκείας ἀνταλλαγῆς, ὢ τῆς ἀνεξιχνιάστου δημιουργίας, ὢ τῶν ἀπροσδοκήτων εὐεργεσιῶν· ἵνα ἀνομία μὲν πολλῶν ἐν δικαίῳ ἑνὶ κρυβῇ, δικαιοσύνη δὲ ἑνὸς πολλοὺς ἀνόμους δικαιώσῃ.

## English translation (Claude)

O the sweet exchange, O the inscrutable work, O the unexpected benefits: that the lawlessness of many should be hidden in one righteous man, and the righteousness of one should justify many lawless people!

## Scripture references

- Rom 5:18: allusion, medium confidence
- Rom 5:19: allusion, medium confidence
- 2 Cor 5:21: echo, medium confidence
- Isa 53:11: echo, medium confidence
- Rom 11:33: echo, low confidence

## Translation notes

- “Exchange” (ἀνταλλαγή): the exchange of our sin for Christ's righteousness.

## Citation (SBL)

Diogn. 9.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/9/5/).