2 Timothy 2 in the early church

582 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Timothy 2, 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 Timothy 2:1

You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:1	Miscellanies 1.1.3 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 2:1	On Christ and Antichrist 1 · Hippolytus of Rome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 200–215
2 Tim 2:1–2	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:1–2 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384

2 Timothy 2:2

And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:2	Fragment 9 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	late 2nd–early 3rd century
2 Tim 2:2	Fragment 21 (Hypotyposes 7; on 2 Tim 2:2) · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	late 2nd-early 3rd century
2 Tim 2:2	Miscellanies 1.1.3 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 2:2	On Christ and Antichrist 1 · Hippolytus of Rome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 200–215
2 Tim 2:2	Prescription against Heretics 25 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 203
2 Tim 2:2	Commentary on John 13.316 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Tim 2:2	Homilies on Joshua 23.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:2	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 68 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Tim 2:2	On the Holy Spirit 13.29 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 374–375

2 Timothy 2:3

Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:3–4	Martyrdom of Paul 3 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	ca. 150–200
2 Tim 2:3	Octavius 37.3 · Minucius Felix	echo, low confidence	ca. 197–250
2 Tim 2:3	To the Martyrs 3 · Tertullian	echo, low confidence	ca. 197
2 Tim 2:3	On Prayer 19 · Tertullian	echo, medium confidence	ca. 198–206
2 Tim 2:3–4	Exhortation to Chastity 12 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 208
2 Tim 2:3	Commentary on John 6.32 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Tim 2:3	Instructions 2.12 · Commodian	echo, medium confidence	3rd century (disputed)
2 Tim 2:3	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 35 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Tim 2:3	On the Deaths of the Persecutors 16.9 · Lactantius	echo, low confidence	ca. 314–315
2 Tim 2:3	Tricennial Oration (In Praise of Constantine) 7.7 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, low confidence	335–336
2 Tim 2:3	Homilies 2.2 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 363-378
2 Tim 2:3	Homilies 13.6 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 363-378
2 Tim 2:3–4	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:3–4 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:3	Question 126, section 14 · Ambrosiaster	echo, low confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Tim 2:3	Not Three Gods, to Ablabius, part 1 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380–385
2 Tim 2:3–6	Liber Orsiesii 34 · Orsiesius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380-390
2 Tim 2:3–4	Letter 10, canons of the Roman synod to the bishops of Gaul, chapter 5 · Siricius, bishop of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	385
2 Tim 2:3	On the Blessings of the Patriarchs 56 · Ambrose	allusion, low confidence	ca. 387-392
2 Tim 2:3	Letters 18.7 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Tim 2:3	On the Work of Monks 16 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:3	The Institutes 1.1 · John Cassian	echo, medium confidence	ca. 419–426

2 Timothy 2:4

A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:4	To Polycarp 6.2 · Ignatius of Antioch	allusion, high confidence	ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)
2 Tim 2:4	On First Principles 4.3.12 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Tim 2:4	Homilies on Exodus 11.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:4	Homilies on Leviticus 5.4 · Origen	allusion, low confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:4	Homilies on Leviticus 11.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:4	Homilies on Numbers 2.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:4	Homilies on Numbers 25.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:4	Homilies on Numbers 26.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:4	Instructions 2.12 · Commodian	echo, medium confidence	3rd century (disputed)
2 Tim 2:4–5	To Quirinus 3.11 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
2 Tim 2:4	Letter 1.1 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	249/250–258
2 Tim 2:4–5	To Fortunatus 8 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	253 or 257
2 Tim 2:4	Acts of Marcellus the Centurion 4 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	298 (30 October)
2 Tim 2:4	Canon 6 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 345–348
2 Tim 2:4	Long recension, Polycarp 4 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	later 4th century (probable)
2 Tim 2:4	Long recension, Hero 1 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	later 4th century (probable)
2 Tim 2:4	Letter 291 · Basil of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:4–5	Moral Rules (Moralia) 26 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Tim 2:4–5	Moral Rules (Moralia) 45 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Tim 2:4	Moral Rules (Moralia) 70 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Tim 2:4	Homilies 3.1 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 363-378
2 Tim 2:4	Letter 22.21 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:4	On the Duties of the Clergy 1.36 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–390
2 Tim 2:4	On the Duties of the Clergy 1.37 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386–390
2 Tim 2:4	Exposition of Psalm 118 22.14.1 · Ambrose	echo, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Tim 2:4	Letter 85.2 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:4	Homilies on Matthew 54.5 · John Chrysostom	allusion, low confidence	ca. 390
2 Tim 2:4	Homilies on Matthew 69.3 · John Chrysostom	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390
2 Tim 2:4	Sermon 351.5 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, low confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:4	Against Jovinianus 1.38 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	393
2 Tim 2:4	Poem 15, lines 95–125 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, low confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Tim 2:4	Letters 25.1 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, low confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Tim 2:4	Letters 25.4 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, low confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Tim 2:4	Confessions 8.11 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, low confidence	ca. 397–401
2 Tim 2:4	Canon 15 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	397
2 Tim 2:4	Against the Letter of Parmenian 2.29 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400
2 Tim 2:4	On the Work of Monks 16 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:4	On the Work of Monks 26 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:4	On the Work of Monks 35 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:4	The Institutes 10.3 · John Cassian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 419–426
2 Tim 2:4	Canon 3 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	451

2 Timothy 2:5

Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:5	Letters to Virgins 1.5.2 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	3rd century
2 Tim 2:5	Exhortation to Martyrdom 2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	235
2 Tim 2:5	Homilies on Numbers 14.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:5	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 4.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:5	Homilies on Jeremiah 14.14 · Origen	echo, low confidence	ca. 240
2 Tim 2:5	On the Singleness of Clerics 17 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Tim 2:5	Against Celsus 6.44 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Tim 2:5	Against Celsus 8.56 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Tim 2:5	Commentary on Romans 10.37 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:5	Letter to Zenas and Serenus 14 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	4th century (disputed)
2 Tim 2:5	Martyrdom of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste 6 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	4th–5th century
2 Tim 2:5	Long recension, Polycarp 3 · Anonymous	allusion, low confidence	later 4th century (probable)
2 Tim 2:5	Long recension, Hero 1 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	later 4th century (probable)
2 Tim 2:5	Letter 240 · Basil of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:5	Moral Rules (Moralia) 18 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Tim 2:5	Tractates on the Psalms 118.11.8 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Tim 2:5	Tractates on the Psalms 128.1 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Tim 2:5	Oration 41.8 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Tim 2:5	Oration 42.13 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Tim 2:5	Oration 43.6 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Tim 2:5	Homilies 2.2 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 363-378
2 Tim 2:5	Homilies 3.1 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 363-378
2 Tim 2:5	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:5 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:5	On Cain and Abel 1.17 · Ambrose	echo, low confidence	ca. 375-378
2 Tim 2:5	On Paradise 9 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 375-378
2 Tim 2:5	Apostolic Constitutions 2.14.6 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Tim 2:5	Liber Orsiesii 46 · Orsiesius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380-390
2 Tim 2:5	On the Complaints of Job and David 2.7 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 383-390
2 Tim 2:5	On the Duties of the Clergy 1.15 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–390
2 Tim 2:5	On the Duties of the Clergy 1.36 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–390
2 Tim 2:5	Exposition of Psalm 118 10.30.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Tim 2:5	Exposition of Psalm 118 18.5.3 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Tim 2:5	Letter 99.2 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:5	On Elijah and Fasting 79 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-390
2 Tim 2:5	Hexameron (Exameron) 6.50 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-390
2 Tim 2:5	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.17.2 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Tim 2:5	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 38.19.2 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Tim 2:5	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.1.1 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Tim 2:5	Sermon 216.5 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:5	Letters 18.8 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Tim 2:5	Letters 24.7 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Tim 2:5	Tractates 13 · Gaudentius of Brescia	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397-410
2 Tim 2:5	On the Work of Monks 16 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:5	City of God 14.9 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	413–426
2 Tim 2:5	The Institutes 5.12 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 419–426
2 Tim 2:5	The Institutes 5.16 · John Cassian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 419–426
2 Tim 2:5	The Institutes 6.5 · John Cassian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 419–426
2 Tim 2:5	The Institutes 7.20 · John Cassian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 419–426
2 Tim 2:5	The Institutes 12.32 · John Cassian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 419–426
2 Tim 2:5	Commonitorium 2.91–120 · Orientius of Auch	allusion, high confidence	ca. 420-450

2 Timothy 2:6

The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:6–7	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:6–7 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:6	Homily 1 · Gregory of Nyssa	quotation, high confidence	ca. 379–394
2 Tim 2:6	Tractates 21 · Gaudentius of Brescia	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397-410
2 Tim 2:6	On the Work of Monks 16 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401

2 Timothy 2:7

Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:7	On the Trinity 11.23 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Tim 2:7	Letter 226 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:7	Letter 58.6 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:7	Letter 130.16 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:7	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 20.2.3 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374-377
2 Tim 2:7	To Theodosius on the Witch of Endor, part 1 · Gregory of Nyssa	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–394
2 Tim 2:7	Letter 217.30 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:7	On Grace and Free Will 24 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 426

2 Timothy 2:8

Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:8	To the Ephesians 18.2 · Ignatius of Antioch	echo, medium confidence	ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)
2 Tim 2:8	Homilies on Exodus 1.5 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:8	Homilies on Judges 2.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:8	Res. 3.13 · Methodius of Olympus	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Tim 2:8	Church History 3.4.7 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 300–325
2 Tim 2:8	Catechetical Lecture 12.23 · Cyril of Jerusalem	quotation, high confidence	ca. 350
2 Tim 2:8	Catechetical Lecture 14.21 · Cyril of Jerusalem	quotation, high confidence	ca. 350
2 Tim 2:8	On the Trinity 11.39 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Tim 2:8–9	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:8–9 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:8	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 29.2.4 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, medium confidence	374-377
2 Tim 2:8	Sermon 92.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:8	Sermon 215.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:8	Sermon 234.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:8	On Continence 24 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 395
2 Tim 2:8	Against Faustus the Manichaean 2.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Tim 2:8	Against Faustus the Manichaean 5.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Tim 2:8	Against Faustus the Manichaean 11.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Tim 2:8	Against Faustus the Manichaean 23.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Tim 2:8	Against Faustus the Manichaean 23.9 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Tim 2:8	Tractates on the Gospel of John 48.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:8	Part 3, chapter 29 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Timothy 2:9

for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:9	On the Trinity 10.4 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Tim 2:9	Letters 46, 47 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:9	On the Synods 8 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 358–359
2 Tim 2:9	City of God 17.4 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	413–426

2 Timothy 2:10

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:10	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:10 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384

2 Timothy 2:11

This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:11	Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 13 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 211–213
2 Tim 2:11	Fragment 77 on John 11:4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 226-254
2 Tim 2:11	Homilies on Numbers 15.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:11	Homilies on Numbers 18.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:11	Against Celsus 2.69 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Tim 2:11	Commentary on Romans 5.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:11	Commentary on Romans 5.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:11	Commentary on Romans 5.10 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:11	Commentary on Romans 6.5 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:11	Commentary on Romans 7.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:11–12	To Fortunatus 5 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	253 or 257
2 Tim 2:11–12	Against Marcellus 2.1.12 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 336–337
2 Tim 2:11	Letter 13 · Ammonas	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 340-360
2 Tim 2:11	Against Constantius 1 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–361
2 Tim 2:11–12	Tractates on the Psalms 118.15.13 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Tim 2:11	Commentary on Philippians 3.10 · Marius Victorinus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 360–363
2 Tim 2:11–12	Oration 16.10 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Tim 2:11	Oration 38.16 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Tim 2:11–12	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:11–12 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:11	Commentary on Romans 4:12 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:11	On Paradise 45 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 375-378
2 Tim 2:11–13	Chapter 7 · Nicetas, bishop of Remesiana	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–414
2 Tim 2:11	Exposition of Psalm 118 15.39.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Tim 2:11	Sermon 206.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:11	Letters 23.42 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413

2 Timothy 2:12

if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:12	To the Smyrnaeans 5.1 · Ignatius of Antioch	echo, medium confidence	ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)
2 Tim 2:12	To the Philippians 5.2 · Polycarp of Smyrna	quotation, high confidence	ca. 110–135
2 Tim 2:12	First Apology 10 · Justin Martyr	echo, medium confidence	ca. 150–155
2 Tim 2:12	Miscellanies 4.7.42 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 2:12	Fragment 104 on John 14:3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 226-254
2 Tim 2:12	Exhortation to Martyrdom 28 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	235
2 Tim 2:12	Homilies on Numbers 15.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:12	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 62 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Tim 2:12	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 111 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Tim 2:12	Commentary on Romans 5.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:12	Commentary on Romans 6.5 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:12	Commentary on Romans 7.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:12	In Praise of Martyrdom 14 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Tim 2:12	Oration II Against the Arians 67 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 2:12	Historical Fragments 1.2.2.1 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 343–367
2 Tim 2:12	Against Constantius 1 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–361
2 Tim 2:12	Oration 38.16 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Tim 2:12	On Virginity 24 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–371
2 Tim 2:12	On the Holy Spirit 28.70 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Tim 2:12	On the Beatitudes 1207 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380–394
2 Tim 2:12	Canons on the Letters of Paul 90 · Priscillian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380–400
2 Tim 2:12	Homilies on Matthew 64.4 · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390
2 Tim 2:12	Sermon 206.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:12	Letters 31.2 · Paulinus of Nola	quotation, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Tim 2:12	Sermon 144 · Peter Chrysologus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 425-450

2 Timothy 2:13

if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:13	Oration II Against the Arians 10 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 2:13	Catechetical Lecture 2.5 · Cyril of Jerusalem	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 350
2 Tim 2:13	Three Letters to Sympronianus 1.2 · Pacian of Barcelona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Tim 2:13	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:13 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:13	Exposition of Psalm 118 20.37.1 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Tim 2:13	Sermon 214.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:13	Against Faustus the Manichaean 22.22 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Tim 2:13	Tractates on the Gospel of John 53.9 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:13	City of God 22.25 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, medium confidence	413–426
2 Tim 2:13	On Nature and Grace 57 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	415
2 Tim 2:13	Part 5 · Eutherius of Tyana	quotation, high confidence	ca. 431-440

2 Timothy 2:14

Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:14	Miscellanies 1.10.49 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 2:14	PG 12:1463 (Ps 54 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Tim 2:14	Homilies on Exodus 10.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:14	On the Singleness of Clerics 37 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Tim 2:14	Life of Constantine 2.71.3 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	ca. 337–339
2 Tim 2:14	Twelve Chapters on the Faith 12 · Gregory Thaumaturgus	allusion, medium confidence	4th–5th century (disputed)
2 Tim 2:14	Moral Rules (Moralia) 25 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Tim 2:14	Tome to the Antiochenes 8 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	362
2 Tim 2:14	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:14 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:14	Letter to Epictetus 1 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370
2 Tim 2:14	Letter 121.2 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:14	Letter 136.1 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:14	Theological Oration 1 (Or. 27), Against the Eunomians 1 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	380
2 Tim 2:14	Canons on the Letters of Paul 27 · Priscillian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380–400
2 Tim 2:14	On Christian Doctrine 4.28 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427
2 Tim 2:14	Confessions 12.27 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397–401
2 Tim 2:14	Letter 34, chapter 1 · Innocent I, bishop of Rome	allusion, low confidence	401–417
2 Tim 2:14	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 2.9 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Tim 2:14	The Conferences 16.8 · John Cassian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 426–429

2 Timothy 2:15

Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:15	Miscellanies 1.1.3 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 2:15	Miscellanies 7.16.104 · Clement of Alexandria	echo, low confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 2:15	Letters to Virgins 1.13.4 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	3rd century
2 Tim 2:15	Homilies on Leviticus 7.3 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:15	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 3.10 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:15	On the Singleness of Clerics 37 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Tim 2:15	Against Celsus 5.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Tim 2:15	Commentary on Matthew 15.32 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Tim 2:15	Commentary on Romans 7.10 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:15	On Ecclesiastical Theology 1.8.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, low confidence	ca. 337–339
2 Tim 2:15	Oration I Against the Arians 5 · Athanasius of Alexandria	echo, medium confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 2:15	Letter 172 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:15	Letters 190, 191 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:15	Homilies on the Psalms 14.1 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360-378
2 Tim 2:15	Moral Rules (Moralia) 80 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Tim 2:15	Oration 2.38 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Tim 2:15	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:15 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:15	Apostolic Constitutions 2.44.1 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Tim 2:15	Apostolic Constitutions 3.19.1 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Tim 2:15	Apostolic Constitutions 7.31.1 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Tim 2:15	Apostolic Constitutions 8.10.6 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Tim 2:15	Apostolic Constitutions 8.12.4 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Tim 2:15	Letters 38.5 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Tim 2:15	Historia monachorum, chapter 1 · Rufinus of Aquileia	allusion, high confidence	Greek original ca. 394-395; Rufinus's Latin ca. 404-406
2 Tim 2:15	On Christian Doctrine 4.16 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427
2 Tim 2:15	Confessions 6.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397–401
2 Tim 2:15	Letter 2 (= Leo, Ep. 26), chapter 1 · Flavian of Constantinople	allusion, high confidence	448-449

2 Timothy 2:16

But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:16	Miscellanies 1.10.49 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 2:16	On the Singleness of Clerics 37 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Tim 2:16–17	On Not Agreeing with Heretics 13 · Lucifer of Cagliari	quotation, high confidence	ca. 356–361
2 Tim 2:16–17	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:16–17 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:16	Canons on the Letters of Paul 53 · Priscillian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380–400
2 Tim 2:16	Sermon 299.12 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:16–18	Against Faustus the Manichaean 4.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Tim 2:16–21	On Baptism, against the Donatists 3.26 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:16	Tractates on the Gospel of John 97.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:16	Commonitory 7 · Vincent of Lérins	quotation, high confidence	434
2 Tim 2:16	Tome to the Armenians 9 · Proclus of Constantinople	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 435-437

2 Timothy 2:17

and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:17	Miscellanies 1.10.49 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 2:17	On the resurrection, to the Empress Mammaea, Syriac fragment I · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 200-235
2 Tim 2:17	Prescription against Heretics 3 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 203
2 Tim 2:17	Prescription against Heretics 7 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 203
2 Tim 2:17	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.237 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Tim 2:17	On the Singleness of Clerics 37 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Tim 2:17	Commentary on Matthew 11.9 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Tim 2:17	To Quirinus 3.78 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
2 Tim 2:17	Letter 59.20 · Cyprian of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	249/250–258
2 Tim 2:17	Letter 73.15 · Cyprian of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	249/250–258
2 Tim 2:17	On the Lapsed 34 · Cyprian of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	251
2 Tim 2:17	On the Unity of the Catholic Church 10 · Cyprian of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	251
2 Tim 2:17	Apostolic Church Order 18 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 300
2 Tim 2:17	Letter 2.3 · Alexander of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 319–324
2 Tim 2:17	Oration I Against the Arians 2 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 2:17	Oration I Against the Arians 54 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 2:17	To the Bishops of Egypt 4 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 356
2 Tim 2:17	On the Trinity 8.1 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Tim 2:17	That One Must Die for the Son of God 11 · Lucifer of Cagliari	allusion, high confidence	ca. 356–361
2 Tim 2:17	On Not Agreeing with Heretics 9 · Lucifer of Cagliari	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 356–361
2 Tim 2:17	Homilies on the Psalms 7.6 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 360-378
2 Tim 2:17	Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.4 · Pacian of Barcelona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Tim 2:17	Against Parmenian the Donatist 4.5 · Optatus of Milevis	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–385
2 Tim 2:17–18	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:18 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:17	Question 102, section 22 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Tim 2:17	Letter 94.1 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:17	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 40.8.5 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, high confidence	374-377
2 Tim 2:17	Letter 7 to various bishops, against Jovinian, chapter 2 · Siricius, bishop of Rome	allusion, high confidence	385
2 Tim 2:17	Letter 55.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:17	Letter 79.1 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:17	Sermon 341.5 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:17	On Baptism, against the Donatists 4.18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:17–20	On Baptism, against the Donatists 4.18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:17	Tractates on the Gospel of John 19.14 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:17	Tractates on the Gospel of John 97.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:17	Commentary on Jeremiah 3.61 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419
2 Tim 2:17	Apologetic Book 23.2 · Orosius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 415–416
2 Tim 2:17	On Rebuke and Grace 7 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 427
2 Tim 2:17	Commonitory 7 · Vincent of Lérins	quotation, high confidence	434
2 Tim 2:17	Part 4, chapter 6 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Timothy 2:18

who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:18	Acts of Paul and Thecla 14 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 150–200
2 Tim 2:18	Miscellanies 3.6.48 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 2:18	On the resurrection, to the Empress Mammaea, Syriac fragment I · Hippolytus of Rome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 200-235
2 Tim 2:18	Prescription against Heretics 33 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 203
2 Tim 2:18	On the Resurrection of the Flesh 19 · Tertullian	echo, low confidence	ca. 208–212
2 Tim 2:18	Against Celsus 3.11 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Tim 2:18	Oration I Against the Arians 54 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 2:18	On the Orthodox Faith against the Arians 3 · Gregory of Elvira	allusion, low confidence	ca. 360-392
2 Tim 2:18	Question 102, section 22 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Tim 2:18	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 40.8.5 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, high confidence	374-377
2 Tim 2:18	Letter 55.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:18	Sermon 362.22 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:18	Sermon 362.24 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:18	Tractates on the Gospel of John 19.14 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:18	Tractates on the Gospel of John 22.12 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:18	On Rebuke and Grace 7 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 427
2 Tim 2:18	On Rebuke and Grace 15 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 427

2 Timothy 2:19

Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:19	Prescription against Heretics 3 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 203
2 Tim 2:19	PG 12:1099 (Ps 1–2 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Tim 2:19	PG 12:1517 (Ps 70–71 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Tim 2:19	Fragment 69 on John 9:35 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 226-254
2 Tim 2:19	Commentary on John 19.24 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Tim 2:19	Commentary on John 19.25 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Tim 2:19	Commentary on John 32.154 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Tim 2:19	Homilies on Exodus 2.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:19	Homilies on Numbers 10.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:19	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 3.9 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:19	Homilies on Jeremiah 1.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Tim 2:19	Homilies on Jeremiah 1.10 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Tim 2:19	Commentary on Romans 7.7 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:19	Commentary on Romans 7.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:19	Letter 28 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:19	Letter 235 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:19	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:19 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:19	Book of Rules 5 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Tim 2:19	Ancoratus 20.9 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374
2 Tim 2:19	On Paradise 30 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 375-378
2 Tim 2:19	Apostolic Constitutions 2.54.2 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380
2 Tim 2:19	On the Making of Man 20 · Gregory of Nyssa	quotation, high confidence	379
2 Tim 2:19	On the Complaints of Job and David 3.22 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 383-390
2 Tim 2:19	On the Complaints of Job and David 4.22 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 383-390
2 Tim 2:19	Exposition of Psalm 118 2.16.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Tim 2:19	On Joseph 10 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-390
2 Tim 2:19	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.57.2 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Tim 2:19	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.31.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Tim 2:19	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.78.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Tim 2:19	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 37.34.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Tim 2:19	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 39.20.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Tim 2:19	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 39.20.4 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Tim 2:19	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.82.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Tim 2:19–20	Sermon 15.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:19	Sermon 15.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:19–20	Sermon 15.6 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:19	Sermon 19.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:19	Sermon 37.15 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:19	Sermon 71.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:19	Sermon 175.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:19	Sermon 216.8 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:19	Sermon 265.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:19	Sermon 301.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:19	Sermon 363.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:19	Letters 1.2 · Paulinus of Nola	quotation, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Tim 2:19	On Catechizing the Uninstructed 11 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 399–405
2 Tim 2:19	On Baptism, against the Donatists 4.19 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:19	On Baptism, against the Donatists 4.21 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:19	On Baptism, against the Donatists 5.38 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:19	On Baptism, against the Donatists 6.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:19	Against the Letter of Parmenian 2.25 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400
2 Tim 2:19	Tractates on the Gospel of John 6.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:19	Tractates on the Gospel of John 10.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:19	Tractates on the Gospel of John 12.12 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:19	Tractates on the Gospel of John 14.8 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, low confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:19	Tractates on the Gospel of John 27.11 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:19	Tractates on the Gospel of John 45.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:19	Tractates on the Gospel of John 45.12 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:19	Tractates on the Gospel of John 48.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:19	City of God 18.51 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
2 Tim 2:19	City of God 20.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
2 Tim 2:19	City of God 20.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
2 Tim 2:19	City of God 21.15 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
2 Tim 2:19	Commentary on Jeremiah 4.12 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419
2 Tim 2:19	On Rebuke and Grace 7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 427
2 Tim 2:19	On Rebuke and Grace 15 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 427
2 Tim 2:19	Chapter 21 · Prosper of Aquitaine	quotation, high confidence	ca. 432-433
2 Tim 2:19	Book 2, chapter 29 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 440-450
2 Tim 2:19	Part 2, chapter 6 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Timothy 2:20

A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:20	On First Principles 2.9.6 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Tim 2:20	On First Principles 2.9.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Tim 2:20–21	On First Principles 3.1.21 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Tim 2:20–21	On First Principles 3.6.6 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Tim 2:20	Homilies on Ezekiel 5.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s)
2 Tim 2:20	Homilies on Ezekiel 14.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s)
2 Tim 2:20	Homilies on Joshua 9.9 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:20	Homilies on Numbers 9.6 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:20	Homilies on Numbers 14.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:20	Homilies on Numbers 25.5 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:20–21	Against Celsus 4.70 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Tim 2:20	Commentary on Romans 7.17 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:20	Letter 54.3 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	249/250–258
2 Tim 2:20	Letter 55.25 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	249/250–258
2 Tim 2:20	Against Novatian 1 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	after 251 (disputed)
2 Tim 2:20	Three Letters to Sympronianus 1.5 · Pacian of Barcelona	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Tim 2:20	Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.2 · Pacian of Barcelona	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Tim 2:20	Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.4 · Pacian of Barcelona	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Tim 2:20	Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.26 · Pacian of Barcelona	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Tim 2:20	Homilies 3.1 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 363-378
2 Tim 2:20	Homilies 9.1 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 363-378
2 Tim 2:20	Commentary on 1 Corinthians 6:4–5 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:20	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:20 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:20	Commentary on Philippians 2:1–4 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:20	Question 102, section 22 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Tim 2:20	Letter 15.1 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:20	Letter 49.2 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:20–21	Letter 49.11 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:20	Letter 78.34 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:20	Letter 116.32 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:20	Letter 119.11 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:20	Letter 123.8 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:20	Letter 124.8 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:20	Book of Rules 7 · Tyconius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Tim 2:20	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 36.3.4 · Epiphanius of Salamis	echo, low confidence	374-377
2 Tim 2:20	On the Complaints of Job and David 4.20 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 383-390
2 Tim 2:20	Exposition of Psalm 118 13.2.4 · Ambrose	echo, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Tim 2:20	Letter 82.32 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:20	Letter 93.50 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:20	Letter 108.11 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:20–21	Homily 7 · Gregory of Nyssa	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Tim 2:20	Homily 14 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Tim 2:20	Sermon 15.3 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:20	Sermon 15.9 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:20	Against Jovinianus 1.3 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	393
2 Tim 2:20–21	Against Jovinianus 1.40 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	393
2 Tim 2:20	Against Jovinianus 2.26 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	393
2 Tim 2:20	On Baptism, against the Donatists 4.18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:20	On Baptism, against the Donatists 4.19 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:20	On Baptism, against the Donatists 7.99 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:20	On Baptism, against the Donatists 7.100 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:20–21	Against the Letter of Parmenian 3.25 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400
2 Tim 2:20–21	Against the Letter of Parmenian 3.26 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 400
2 Tim 2:20	Tractates on the Gospel of John 11.4 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, low confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 2:20	On the Soul and Its Origin 1.35 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 419–420
2 Tim 2:20	Retractations 2.18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	426-427
2 Tim 2:20	In Praise of the Desert 28 · Eucherius of Lyon	echo, low confidence	ca. 427-428
2 Tim 2:20	Book 2, chapter 32 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 440-450

2 Timothy 2:21

So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:21	On First Principles 2.9.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Tim 2:21	On First Principles 3.1.23 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Tim 2:21	On First Principles 3.1.24 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Tim 2:21	Homilies on Numbers 9.6 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:21	Homilies on Numbers 14.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:21	Commentary on Romans 7.17 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:21	Commentary on Romans 7.19 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:21	Commentary on Romans 7.20 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:21	Commentary on Romans 10.9 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 2:21	Catechetical Lecture 1.5 · Cyril of Jerusalem	echo, low confidence	ca. 350
2 Tim 2:21	Letters 81, 82 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:21	Letter 228 · Basil of Caesarea	echo, low confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:21	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:21 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:21	Letter 109.2 · Jerome	allusion, low confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:21	Letter 116.32 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:21	Letter 124.8 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:21	Letter 131.2 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 2:21	On the Holy Spirit 8.18 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Tim 2:21	Letter 82.32 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:21	Letter 166.2 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:21	Sermon 137.11 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:21	Sermon 312.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:21	Letters 43.3 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Tim 2:21	Confessions 8.9 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397–401
2 Tim 2:21	On Baptism, against the Donatists 4.21 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Tim 2:21	Commentary on the Apostles' Creed 43 · Rufinus of Aquileia	allusion, high confidence	ca. 404
2 Tim 2:21	On the Soul and Its Origin 1.35 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 419–420

2 Timothy 2:22

Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:22	Miscellanies 1.11.51 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 2:22	Didascalia 2.1 (Latin) · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	first half of the third century
2 Tim 2:22	Homilies on Leviticus 8.9 · Origen	allusion, low confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:22–24	Moral Rules (Moralia) 71 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Tim 2:22	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:22 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:22	Canons on the Letters of Paul 45 · Priscillian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380–400
2 Tim 2:22	On the Duties of the Clergy 1.36 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–390
2 Tim 2:22	Sermon 177.2 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:22	Sermon 391.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430

2 Timothy 2:23

But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:23	Miscellanies 1.11.51 · Clement of Alexandria	echo, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 2:23	Miscellanies 5.1.5 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 2:23–24	To Quirinus 3.53 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
2 Tim 2:23	Letter to Amun 1 · Athanasius of Alexandria	echo, low confidence	before 356
2 Tim 2:23	Moral Rules (Moralia) 25 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Tim 2:23	On the Orthodox Faith against the Arians 5 · Gregory of Elvira	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360-392
2 Tim 2:23–24	Tractates 1.1.6 · Zeno of Verona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 362-380
2 Tim 2:23	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:23 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:23	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 33.8.3 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, medium confidence	374-377
2 Tim 2:23	On the Christian Faith 2.15 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 378–380
2 Tim 2:23	On the Christian Faith 5.0 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 378–380
2 Tim 2:23	Letter 30, chapter 6 · Innocent I, bishop of Rome	quotation, high confidence	401–417
2 Tim 2:23	Letter 2, chapter 7 · Zosimus, bishop of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	417–418

2 Timothy 2:24

And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:24	Homilies on Exodus 10.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:24	On the Singleness of Clerics 24 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Tim 2:24	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 60 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Tim 2:24	Letter 74.10 · Cyprian of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	249/250–258
2 Tim 2:24	Long recension, Ephesians 8 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	later 4th century (probable)
2 Tim 2:24	Moral Rules (Moralia) 47 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Tim 2:24–26	Moral Rules (Moralia) 70 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Tim 2:24–26	Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:24–96 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:24	Commentary on Ephesians 5:17 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:24	Commentary on Galatians 5:25–26 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 2:24	On the Christian Faith 5.0 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 378–380
2 Tim 2:24	Letter 49.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:24	Letter 53.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:24	Sermon 88.20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:24–26	Sermon 164.15 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:24	The Lord's Sermon on the Mount 2.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 393–396
2 Tim 2:24–25	The Lord's Sermon on the Mount 2.25 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 393–396
2 Tim 2:24	Against the Epistle of Manichaeus Called Fundamental 1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 396–397
2 Tim 2:24	On Baptism, against the Donatists 5.37 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 400–401

2 Timothy 2:25

He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:25	To the Philippians 11.4 · Polycarp of Smyrna	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 110–135
2 Tim 2:25	Homilies on Exodus 10.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 2:25	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 60 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Tim 2:25	Long recension, Ephesians 8 · Anonymous	quotation, medium confidence	later 4th century (probable)
2 Tim 2:25	Letters 81, 82 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:25	Letters 265, 266 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:25	Apology 19 · Eunomius of Cyzicus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360
2 Tim 2:25	Letter 63 (to the church of Vercelli), section 62 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 377
2 Tim 2:25	On the Christian Faith 5.0 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 378–380
2 Tim 2:25	Letter 43.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:25	Letter 49.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:25	Letter 53.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:25–26	Letter 185.31 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:25	Letter 186.33 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:25–26	Letter 262.11 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:25	Homilies on Matthew 29.3 · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390
2 Tim 2:25	On Genesis against the Manichaeans 2.22 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 388–390
2 Tim 2:25	Sermon 71.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:25	Sermon 88.20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:25	Against the Epistle of Manichaeus Called Fundamental 1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 396–397
2 Tim 2:25	On Holy Virginity 42 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	401
2 Tim 2:25	Canon 66 (Bruns) · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	401–424 (collection of 419)
2 Tim 2:25–26	City of God 21.24 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
2 Tim 2:25–26	On the Grace of Christ and On Original Sin 2.18 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	418
2 Tim 2:25	Enchiridion (Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love) 82 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 421–423
2 Tim 2:25	On Rebuke and Grace 5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 427
2 Tim 2:25	On Rebuke and Grace 6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 427
2 Tim 2:25	Preface · Eutherius of Tyana	quotation, high confidence	ca. 431-440
2 Tim 2:25–26	Objection and reply 10 · Prosper of Aquitaine	quotation, high confidence	ca. 431-432

2 Timothy 2:26

Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 2:26	On the Singleness of Clerics 24 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Tim 2:26	Demonstration 14.41 · Aphrahat	allusion, medium confidence	337-345
2 Tim 2:26	Oration III Against the Arians 67 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 2:26	Letter 161 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:26	Letter 217 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:26	Letter 258 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 2:26	Apology 27 · Eunomius of Cyzicus	echo, low confidence	ca. 360
2 Tim 2:26	Homilies 3.1 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 363-378
2 Tim 2:26	On Virginity 8 · Gregory of Nyssa	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–371
2 Tim 2:26	Apostolic Constitutions 8.9.2 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Tim 2:26	Exposition of Psalm 118 14.36.8 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Tim 2:26	Letter 43.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:26	Letter 53.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:26	Letter 182.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 2:26	Sermon 71.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:26	Sermon 88.20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Tim 2:26	Confessions 3.10 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, low confidence	ca. 397–401
2 Tim 2:26	Canon 66 (Bruns) · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	401–424 (collection of 419)
2 Tim 2:26	Letter 30, chapter 6 · Innocent I, bishop of Rome	allusion, high confidence	401–417
2 Tim 2:26	On Rebuke and Grace 5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 427
2 Tim 2:26	On Rebuke and Grace 6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 427