2 Peter 1 in the early church

90 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Peter 1, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

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2 Peter 1 as a whole

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1–2Pet:3	Canon 60 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 343–381
2 Pet 1–2Pet:3	Canon 47 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	397

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:1	Book 1, chapter 23 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 440-450

2 Peter 1:2

Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:2	Commentary on Romans 8.7 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Pet 1:2	Commentary on Romans 9.2 · Origen	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Pet 1:2	Apostolic Constitutions 1.0.1 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380
2 Pet 1:2–3	Chapter 13 · Prosper of Aquitaine	quotation, high confidence	ca. 432-433

2 Peter 1:4

Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:4	Discourse to the Greeks 5 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	2nd–3rd century (disputed)
2 Pet 1:4	On First Principles 4.4.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Pet 1:4	Homilies on Leviticus 4.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Pet 1:4	Commentary on Romans 4.9 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Pet 1:4	On the Incarnation 54.3 · Athanasius of Alexandria	echo, low confidence	ca. 318–325
2 Pet 1:4	Oration I Against the Arians 16 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Pet 1:4	Oration II Against the Arians 70 · Athanasius of Alexandria	echo, low confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Pet 1:4	Oration III Against the Arians 40 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Pet 1:4	Catechetical Lecture 22.3 · Cyril of Jerusalem	quotation, high confidence	ca. 350
2 Pet 1:4	Life of Antony 74 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 357–360
2 Pet 1:4	On the Trinity 1.18 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Pet 1:4	On the Trinity 1.36 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, low confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Pet 1:4	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 8:9 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Pet 1:4	Commentary on Philippians 1:5 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Pet 1:4	Letter to Adelphius 4 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370
2 Pet 1:4	On the Christian Faith 1.19 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 378–380
2 Pet 1:4	On the Christian Faith 5.14 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 378–380
2 Pet 1:4	Eleven Tractates 6.93 · Priscillian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380–385
2 Pet 1:4	Eleven Tractates 10.124 · Priscillian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380–385
2 Pet 1:4	Letter 140.10 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, medium confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Pet 1:4	Against Jovinianus 1.39 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	393
2 Pet 1:4	Against Jovinianus 2.19 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	393
2 Pet 1:4	Against Jovinianus 2.29 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	393
2 Pet 1:4	On the Trinity 4.2 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 399–419
2 Pet 1:4	The Harmony of the Gospels 2.6 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, medium confidence	ca. 399–400
2 Pet 1:4	City of God 21.16 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, medium confidence	413–426
2 Pet 1:4	On the Proceedings of Pelagius 42 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	417
2 Pet 1:4	On the Proceedings of Pelagius 65 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	417

2 Peter 1:5

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:5	Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 9.15.2 (92.2) · Hermas	echo, low confidence	ca. 100–150
2 Pet 1:5	Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 3.8.7 (16.7) · Hermas	echo, medium confidence	ca. 100–150

2 Peter 1:7

and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:7	Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 3.8.7 (16.7) · Hermas	echo, medium confidence	ca. 100–150

2 Peter 1:8

For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:8	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 59.6.7 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, medium confidence	374-377

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:10	Miscellanies 7.11.66 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Pet 1:10	On the Christian Faith 3.12 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 378–380

2 Peter 1:11

and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:11	On Pascha 68 · text not on this site · Melito of Sardis	echo, low confidence	ca. 160-180
2 Pet 1:11	Tractates 2.6.3 · Zeno of Verona	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362-380
2 Pet 1:11	On the Christian Faith 3.12 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 378–380

2 Peter 1:13

I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:13–14	Martyrs of Palestine (shorter recension) 11.25 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, low confidence	ca. 311–314

2 Peter 1:14

because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:14	Sentences of Sextus 320 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	2nd-early 3rd cent.
2 Pet 1:14	Sentence 320 (Greek) · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	2nd-early 3rd cent.

2 Peter 1:16

For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:16	Dialogue with Trypho 9.1 · Justin Martyr	echo, medium confidence	ca. 155–160
2 Pet 1:16–18	Acts of Peter (Vercelli) 20 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 180–200

2 Peter 1:17

For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:17	Oration III Against the Arians 40 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Pet 1:17–19	Sermon 43.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Pet 1:17	Tractates on the Gospel of John 35.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420

2 Peter 1:18

And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:18	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 48.12.5 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, medium confidence	374-377
2 Pet 1:18	Tractates on the Gospel of John 35.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Pet 1:18	Part 3, chapter 11 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Peter 1:19

We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:19	Commentary on the Song of Songs, Armenian fragment (Song 1:5-5:1) · Hippolytus of Rome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 202-235
2 Pet 1:19	Commentary on Matthew 10.9 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Pet 1:19	Commentary on Romans 9.32 · Origen	allusion, low confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Pet 1:19	Theological Oration 5 (Or. 31), On the Holy Spirit 28 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, low confidence	380
2 Pet 1:19	Exposition of Psalm 118 8.52.2 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Pet 1:19	Letter 130.5 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Pet 1:19	Sermon 37.7 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Pet 1:19	Sermon 49.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Pet 1:19	Sermon 126.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Pet 1:19	Sermon 210.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Pet 1:19	Poem 19, lines 192–224 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, medium confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Pet 1:19	Literal Commentary on Genesis 4.23 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 401–415
2 Pet 1:19	Tractates on the Gospel of John 23.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Pet 1:19	Tractates on the Gospel of John 35.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Pet 1:19	Apologetic Book 17.12 · Orosius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 415–416
2 Pet 1:19	Part 4, chapter 12 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Peter 1:20

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:20	Homilies on Numbers 18.4 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Pet 1:20	Recognitions 10.42 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407
2 Pet 1:20	Commentary on 1 Timothy 2:1–4 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Pet 1:20	Eleven Tractates 8.119 · Priscillian	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 380–385

2 Peter 1:21

For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Pet 1:21	Dialogue with Trypho 7.1 · Justin Martyr	echo, medium confidence	ca. 155–160
2 Pet 1:21	To Autolycus 2.9 · Theophilus of Antioch	allusion, high confidence	ca. 180–185
2 Pet 1:21	Hortatory Address to the Greeks 8 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	2nd–3rd century (disputed)
2 Pet 1:21	On Christ and Antichrist 2 · Hippolytus of Rome	echo, low confidence	ca. 200–215
2 Pet 1:21	On the Witch of Endor 4 · Origen	echo, low confidence	ca. 240
2 Pet 1:21	Symposium 8.10 · Methodius of Olympus	echo, medium confidence	late 3rd century
2 Pet 1:21	On the Incarnation 56.2 · Athanasius of Alexandria	echo, medium confidence	ca. 318–325
2 Pet 1:21	Catechetical Lecture 17.37 · Cyril of Jerusalem	allusion, low confidence	ca. 350
2 Pet 1:21	Oration 41.13 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Pet 1:21	Question 112, section 18 · Ambrosiaster	echo, low confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Pet 1:21	Creed · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ascribed to 381; first attested 451
2 Pet 1:21	Letter 143.3 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Pet 1:21	The Harmony of the Gospels 3.30 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, medium confidence	ca. 399–400
2 Pet 1:21	City of God 10.30 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, medium confidence	413–426
2 Pet 1:21	Part 3, chapter 10 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450