Deuteronomy 6 in the early church
297 passages quote, allude to, or echo Deuteronomy 6, 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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Deuteronomy 6:1
These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 6:1 | Homilies on Numbers 11.1 · Origen | allusion, low confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 6:1 | Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 91–92 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | 5th century (disputed) |
Deuteronomy 6:3
Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 6:3 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXII (on Deut 5) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
Deuteronomy 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 6:5 | Didache 1.2 · Anonymous | echo, medium confidence | ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) |
| Deut 6:5 | Epistle of Barnabas 19.2 · Anonymous | echo, medium confidence | ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) |
| Deut 6:5 | Sibylline Oracles 8.481ff. · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | 2nd-3rd cent. |
| Deut 6:5 | The Instructor 1.7.59 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Deut 6:5 | Exhortation to the Greeks 10.108 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Deut 6:5 | Exhortation to the Greeks 12.122 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Deut 6:5 | Against Heresies 4.12.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons | allusion, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Deut 6:5 | Against Heresies 5.22.1 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Deut 6:5 | Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 27.3 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 190–210 |
| Deut 6:5 | Miscellanies 3.4.37 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Deut 6:5 | Against the Jews 2 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 197–207 |
| Deut 6:5 | Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 4 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 211–213 |
| Deut 6:5 | Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 6 · Tertullian | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 211–213 |
| Deut 6:5 | Against Marcion 2.13 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 6:5 | Against Marcion 4.25 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 6:5 | Against Marcion 4.27 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 6:5 | Against Marcion 5.4 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 6:5 | Against Marcion 5.8 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 6:5 | Homily on Luke 34 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–250 |
| Deut 6:5 | Homilies on Exodus 8.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 6:5 | Homilies on Exodus 12.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 6:5 | Homilies on Judges 2.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 6:5 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 0.70 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| Deut 6:5 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 0.71 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| Deut 6:5 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.137 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| Deut 6:5 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| Deut 6:5 | Commentary on Romans 5.10 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Deut 6:5 | To Quirinus 3.18 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| Deut 6:5 | On the Lapsed 1 · Cyprian of Carthage | allusion, medium confidence | 251 |
| Deut 6:5 | Symposium 8.13 · Methodius of Olympus | quotation, high confidence | late 3rd century |
| Deut 6:5 | Cib. 10 · Methodius of Olympus | quotation, high confidence | late 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| Deut 6:5 | Apostolic Church Order 4 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 300 |
| Deut 6:5 | Homilies 17.12 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
| Deut 6:5 | Acts of Phileas and Philoromus 1.9 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 306-311 |
| Deut 6:5 | Against the Heathen 46 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 318–325 |
| Deut 6:5 | Book 4, lines 26–50 · Juvencus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 330 |
| Deut 6:5 | Demonstration 2.7 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Deut 6:5 | Demonstration 14.19 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Deut 6:5 | Letter 2 · Ammonas | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 340-360 |
| Deut 6:5 | Commentary on Matthew 23 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 353–355 |
| Deut 6:5 | On the Trinity 9.24 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–360 |
| Deut 6:5 | Homilies on the Psalms 7.6 · Basil of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 360-378 |
| Deut 6:5 | Homilies on the Psalms 44.1 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360-378 |
| Deut 6:5 | On the Holy Spirit 39 · Didymus the Blind | quotation, medium confidence | Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391 |
| Deut 6:5 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.3.9 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Deut 6:5 | Against the Manichees, Greek continuation of book 3, Lagarde p. 87 · Titus of Bostra | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360s |
| Deut 6:5 | Commentary on Galatians 4:10 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Deut 6:5 | Commentary on Romans 1:18 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Deut 6:5 | Question 118, section 7 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Deut 6:5 | On Virginity 9 · Gregory of Nyssa | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–371 |
| Deut 6:5 | Apostolic Constitutions 2.36.1 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Deut 6:5 | Apostolic Constitutions 7.2.1 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Deut 6:5 | On Virgins 2.6 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 377 |
| Deut 6:5 | Homily 8 · Gregory of Nyssa | quotation, high confidence | ca. 379–394 |
| Deut 6:5 | On the Duties of the Clergy 1.50 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| Deut 6:5 | Exposition of Psalm 118 5.46.2 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Deut 6:5 | Exposition of Psalm 118 22.21.1 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Deut 6:5 | Letter 189.2 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Deut 6:5 | Letter 233.1 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Deut 6:5 | Homilies on Matthew 71.1 · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| Deut 6:5 | On Fleeing the World 11 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-391 |
| Deut 6:5 | On Fleeing the World 36 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-391 |
| Deut 6:5 | Hexameron (Exameron) 3.70 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-390 |
| Deut 6:5 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.30.3 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Deut 6:5 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.31.2 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Deut 6:5 | On the Catholic Way of Life and the Manichaean Way of Life 1.9 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387–389 |
| Deut 6:5 | On the Catholic Way of Life and the Manichaean Way of Life 1.28 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387–389 |
| Deut 6:5 | On the Catholic Way of Life and the Manichaean Way of Life 1.30 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387–389 |
| Deut 6:5 | Homily 1 · Gregory of Nyssa | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390–394 |
| Deut 6:5 | Letters 24.6 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| Deut 6:5 | On the Faith against the Manichaeans 39 · Evodius of Uzalis | allusion, high confidence | ca. 400-424 |
| Deut 6:5 | On Christian Doctrine 1.22 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, medium confidence | Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427 |
| Deut 6:5 | On the Trinity 10.7 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–419 |
| Deut 6:5 | On the Trinity 14.14 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–419 |
| Deut 6:5 | The Harmony of the Gospels 2.141 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
| Deut 6:5 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 65.2 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 406–420 |
| Deut 6:5 | On the Christian Life 8 · Fastidius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 411-430 |
| Deut 6:5 | On the Spirit and the Letter 65 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 412 |
| Deut 6:5 | City of God 10.3 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 413–426 |
| Deut 6:5 | Apologetic Book 31.4 · Orosius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 415–416 |
| Deut 6:5 | Commonitorium 1.91–120 · Orientius of Auch | quotation, high confidence | ca. 420-450 |
| Deut 6:5 | Sermon 147 · Peter Chrysologus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
| Deut 6:5 | The Conferences 8.3 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
| Deut 6:5 | Letter to Valerian, paragraph 17 · Eucherius of Lyon | echo, medium confidence | ca. 432 |
Deuteronomy 6:6
These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 6:6 | Preparation for the Gospel 12.17.3 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Deut 6:6–7 | Apostolic Constitutions 6.23.6 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Deut 6:6–9 | Liber Orsiesii 51 · Orsiesius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
| Deut 6:6 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.30.3 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
Deuteronomy 6:7
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 6:8
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 6:8 | Dialogue with Trypho 46.5 · Justin Martyr | allusion, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Deut 6:8 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 9 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| Deut 6:8 | Preparation for the Gospel 8.9.27 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Deut 6:8 | Homilies on Matthew 72.2 · John Chrysostom | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 390 |
| Deut 6:8 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.30.3 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
Deuteronomy 6:9
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 6:9 | Preparation for the Gospel 8.9.27 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Deut 6:9 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.30.3 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Deut 6:9 | The Conferences 10.10 · John Cassian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Deuteronomy 6:10
And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 6:10–11 | Demonstration 20.7 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Deut 6:10 | Ancoratus 111.4 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, high confidence | 374 |
Deuteronomy 6:11
with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 6:11 | Ancoratus 111.4 · Epiphanius of Salamis | quotation, high confidence | 374 |
Deuteronomy 6:12
be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 6:12 | Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 2 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 211–213 |
| Deut 6:12 | Homilies on Matthew 55.5 · John Chrysostom | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 390 |
Deuteronomy 6:13
Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 6:13 | Dialogue with Trypho 103.6 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Deut 6:13 | Dialogue with Trypho 125.4 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Deut 6:13 | The Instructor 1.7.59 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Deut 6:13 | Exhortation to the Greeks 8.80 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Deut 6:13 | Against Heresies 5.21.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Deut 6:13 | Against Heresies 5.22.1 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Deut 6:13 | Against Heresies 5.22.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons | allusion, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Deut 6:13 | Miscellanies 5.14.115 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Deut 6:13 | Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 4 · Tertullian | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 211–213 |
| Deut 6:13 | Against Marcion 2.13 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 6:13 | Fragments on Job, column 103 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Deut 6:13 | Homily on Luke 30 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–250 |
| Deut 6:13 | Exhortation to Martyrdom 7 · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | 235 |
| Deut 6:13 | Against Celsus 5.11 · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 248 |
| Deut 6:13 | Against Celsus 7.64 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Deut 6:13 | To Quirinus 3.10 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| Deut 6:13 | On the Lapsed 7 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 251 |
| Deut 6:13 | To Demetrian 6 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 252–253 |
| Deut 6:13 | To Fortunatus 2 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 253 or 257 |
| Deut 6:13 | Canons of Hippolytus, canon 30 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 4th century |
| Deut 6:13 | Homilies 8.21 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
| Deut 6:13 | Homilies 10.5 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
| Deut 6:13 | Homilies 16.7 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
| Deut 6:13 | Homilies 17.7 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
| Deut 6:13 | Homilies 17.12 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
| Deut 6:13 | Recognitions 2.44 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407 |
| Deut 6:13 | Recognitions 4.34 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407 |
| Deut 6:13 | Recognitions 5.13 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407 |
| Deut 6:13 | Preparation for the Gospel 13.13.42 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Deut 6:13 | Against the Heathen 46 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 318–325 |
| Deut 6:13 | On the Witch of Endor 10 · Eustathius of Antioch | quotation, high confidence | ca. 324–337 |
| Deut 6:13 | Book 1, lines 400–424 · Juvencus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 330 |
| Deut 6:13 | On Ecclesiastical Theology 2.19.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 337–339 |
| Deut 6:13 | Long recension, Philippians 12 · Anonymous | quotation, medium confidence | later 4th century (probable) |
| Deut 6:13 | Commentary on Matthew 4 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 353–355 |
| Deut 6:13 | To the Bishops of Egypt 3 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 356 |
| Deut 6:13 | Commentary on Romans 5:12 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Deut 6:13 | Commentary on Romans 9:5 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Deut 6:13 | Question 27, section 3 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Deut 6:13 | Question 91, section 6 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Deut 6:13 | On Cain and Abel 1.16 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 375-378 |
| Deut 6:13 | On Paradise 72 · Ambrose | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 375-378 |
| Deut 6:13 | On the Christian Faith 2.10 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378–380 |
| Deut 6:13 | On the Christian Faith 5.3 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378–380 |
| Deut 6:13 | On the Christian Faith 5.8 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378–380 |
| Deut 6:13 | On Jacob and the Happy Life 2.27 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| Deut 6:13 | Letter 170.2 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Deut 6:13 | Letter 170.3 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Deut 6:13 | Homilies on Matthew 13.3 · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| Deut 6:13 | Homilies on Matthew 17.6 · John Chrysostom | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 390 |
| Deut 6:13 | On Fleeing the World 11 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-391 |
| Deut 6:13 | On the Catholic Way of Life and the Manichaean Way of Life 1.24 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387–389 |
| Deut 6:13 | On the Greatness of the Soul 34 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 387–388 |
| Deut 6:13 | Letters 12.7 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| Deut 6:13 | On the Trinity 1.6 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–419 |
| Deut 6:13 | On the Trinity 2.10 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–419 |
| Deut 6:13 | Homilies on the First Epistle of John 2.14 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 407 |
| Deut 6:13 | Sermon 13 · Peter Chrysologus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
| Deut 6:13 | Sermon 33 · Peter Chrysologus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
| Deut 6:13 | Book 2, lines 175–200 · Sedulius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
| Deut 6:13 | Book 2, section 14 · Sedulius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
Deuteronomy 6:14
Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 6:14 | Against Heresies 3.6.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Deut 6:14 | Against Parmenian the Donatist 1.21 · Optatus of Milevis | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–385 |
Deuteronomy 6:16
Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
Deuteronomy 6:17
You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 6:17–18 | On Saint Athanasius 1.6 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–361 |