Revelation 2 in the early church

[Vulgate: Apocalypse]

203 passages quote, allude to, or echo Revelation 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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Revelation 2:1

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:1	On First Principles 1.8.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
Rev 2:1	Homily on Luke 12 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 233–250
Rev 2:1	Homily on Luke 23 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–250
Rev 2:1	Homilies on Numbers 11.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Rev 2:1	Homilies on Numbers 20.3 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Rev 2:1	Commentary on Romans 10.19 · Origen	allusion, low confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
Rev 2:1	Commentary on the Apocalypse 1.8 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, medium confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:1–3:22	Against Parmenian the Donatist 2.6 · Optatus of Milevis	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 366–385
Rev 2:1	Commentary on 1 Corinthians 11:8–10 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 366–384
Rev 2:1	Book of Rules 2 · Tyconius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380
Rev 2:1	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 48.10.1 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, low confidence	374-377
Rev 2:1	Letter 43.22 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Rev 2:1	Letters 37.4 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413

Revelation 2:2

I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:2	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:2	Letter 43.22 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Rev 2:2	Letter 43.23 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Rev 2:2–5	Against Jovinianus 2.3 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	393

Revelation 2:3

Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:3	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:3	Letter 43.22 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430

Revelation 2:4

But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:4	On Repentance 8 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–206
Rev 2:4	Homily on Luke 23 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–250
Rev 2:4	Homilies on Numbers 20.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Rev 2:4	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:4	Three Letters to Sympronianus 1.5 · Pacian of Barcelona	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360-390
Rev 2:4	Letter 43.22 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430

Revelation 2:5

Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:5	Letter 19.1 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	249/250–258
Rev 2:5	Letter 34.1 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	249/250–258
Rev 2:5	Letter 55.22 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	249/250–258
Rev 2:5	On the Lapsed 16 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	251
Rev 2:5	Against Novatian 13 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	after 251 (disputed)
Rev 2:5	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:5	Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.8 · Pacian of Barcelona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-390
Rev 2:5	Paraenesis, or Exhortation to Penitence 12 · Pacian of Barcelona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-390
Rev 2:5	Letter 14.9 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Rev 2:5	Letter 43.22 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430

Revelation 2:6

But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:6	Against Heresies 1.26.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons	quotation, high confidence	ca. 180–190
Rev 2:6	Miscellanies 2.20.118 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
Rev 2:6	On the resurrection, to the Empress Mammaea, Syriac fragment I · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 200-235
Rev 2:6	Against All Heresies 1 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	early 3rd cent. (disputed)
Rev 2:6	Against Marcion 1.29 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Rev 2:6	On Modesty 19 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 210–220
Rev 2:6	Refutation of All Heresies 7.36.3 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 222–235
Rev 2:6	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:6	Church History 3.29.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 300–325
Rev 2:6	Long recension, Trallians 11 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	later 4th century (probable)
Rev 2:6	Long recension, Philadelphians 6 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	later 4th century (probable)
Rev 2:6	Commentary on Matthew 25 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, low confidence	ca. 353–355
Rev 2:6	Letter 14.9 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Rev 2:6	Letter 133.4 · Jerome	allusion, low confidence	ca. 370–419
Rev 2:6	Letter 147.4 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
Rev 2:6	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 25.3.1 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374-377
Rev 2:6	Apostolic Constitutions 6.8.2 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380
Rev 2:6	Eleven Tractates 1.6 · Priscillian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380–385
Rev 2:6	On Baptism, against the Donatists 4.15 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 400–401

Revelation 2:7

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:7	On Proverbs, fragment 18 · Hippolytus of Rome	echo, medium confidence	ca. 200–235
Rev 2:7	Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 12 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 211–213
Rev 2:7	Against Marcion 2.10 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Rev 2:7	On Flight in Persecution 1 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 208–213
Rev 2:7	On the Resurrection of the Flesh 35 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 208–212
Rev 2:7	Homilies on Exodus 11.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Rev 2:7	Homilies on Joshua 8.6 · Origen	allusion, low confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Rev 2:7	To Quirinus 3.16 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
Rev 2:7	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:7	Oration II Against the Arians 37 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 339–346
Rev 2:7	Homilies 9.10 · Basil of Caesarea	echo, low confidence	ca. 363-378
Rev 2:7	On the Making of Man 21 · Gregory of Nyssa	echo, medium confidence	379
Rev 2:7	Letter 43.22 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Rev 2:7	Poem 33, lines 63–96 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, medium confidence	ca. 393–431

Revelation 2:8

To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:8	On First Principles 1.8.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
Rev 2:8	Homilies on Numbers 11.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)

Revelation 2:9

I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:9	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 40 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
Rev 2:9	Commentary on Romans 2.11 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
Rev 2:9	Opinions of the Bishops 60 · Cyprian of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	1 September 256
Rev 2:9	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.2 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:9	Letter 84.3 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Rev 2:9	Letter 112.13 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Rev 2:9	Letter 123.11 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Rev 2:9	Eleven Tractates 10.135 · Priscillian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380–385
Rev 2:9	Letter 75.13 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, medium confidence	ca. 386–430
Rev 2:9	On Baptism, against the Donatists 7.46 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 400–401
Rev 2:9	Apology against Jerome 2.12 · Rufinus of Aquileia	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 401
Rev 2:9	Apology against Jerome 2.30 · Rufinus of Aquileia	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 401
Rev 2:9	Commentary on Jeremiah 4.6 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 414-419

Revelation 2:10

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:10	On Christ and Antichrist 31 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 200–215
Rev 2:10	Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 12 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 211–213
Rev 2:10	On the Crown 15 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	211
Rev 2:10	Homilies on Jeremiah 4.3 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 240
Rev 2:10	To Quirinus 3.16 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
Rev 2:10	Letter 12.1 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	249/250–258
Rev 2:10	Letter 14.2 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	249/250–258
Rev 2:10	To Fortunatus 10 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	253 or 257
Rev 2:10	Passion of Montanus and Lucius 20 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	259
Rev 2:10	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.2 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:10	Acts of Julius the Veteran 2 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	ca. 304 (27 May)
Rev 2:10	Oration to the Assembly of the Saints 12.3 · Constantine the Great	echo, low confidence	ca. 325 (dated variously 317–325)
Rev 2:10	Book of Rules 5 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
Rev 2:10	Against Jovinianus 2.3 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	393
Rev 2:10	Consolatory Letter to Arcadius 1 · Antoninus Honoratus	echo, low confidence	ca. 437-440

Revelation 2:11

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:11	On Mortality 14 · Cyprian of Carthage	allusion, medium confidence	252–253
Rev 2:11	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.2 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:11	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:6–7 · Ambrosiaster	echo, low confidence	ca. 366–384
Rev 2:11	Sermon 306.5 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Rev 2:11	Enchiridion (Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love) 92 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 421–423
Rev 2:11	Sermon 83 · Peter Chrysologus	allusion, low confidence	ca. 425-450

Revelation 2:12

To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:12	Homily on Luke 23 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–250
Rev 2:12	Question 102, section 18 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384

Revelation 2:13

I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:13	Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 12 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 211–213
Rev 2:13	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.3 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:13	Question 102, section 18 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:13	Against Jovinianus 2.3 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	393

Revelation 2:14

But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:14–15	Against Heresies 1.26.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 180–190
Rev 2:14	On Repentance 8 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–206
Rev 2:14	Prescription against Heretics 33 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 203
Rev 2:14–15	Refutation of All Heresies 7.36.3 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 222–235
Rev 2:14	Homily on Luke 23 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–250
Rev 2:14	Homilies on Numbers 15.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Rev 2:14	Homilies on Numbers 18.3 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Rev 2:14	Homilies on Numbers 20.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Rev 2:14	Homilies on Numbers 20.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Rev 2:14	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.3 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:14	Three Letters to Sympronianus 1.5 · Pacian of Barcelona	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360-390
Rev 2:14	Question 102, section 18 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:14	Sermon 27 · Peter Chrysologus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 425-450
Rev 2:14	Part 2, chapter 12 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

Revelation 2:15

In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:15	Miscellanies 2.20.118 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
Rev 2:15	Against All Heresies 1 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	early 3rd cent. (disputed)
Rev 2:15	Prescription against Heretics 33 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 203
Rev 2:15	Homily on Luke 13 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–250
Rev 2:15	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.3 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:15	Church History 3.29.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 300–325
Rev 2:15	Question 102, section 18 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384

Revelation 2:16

Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:16	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.3 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:16	Question 102, section 18 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:16	Exposition of Psalm 118 19.30.1 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397

Revelation 2:17

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:17	Commentary on Daniel 4.9 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 202-204
Rev 2:17	Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 12 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 211–213
Rev 2:17	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.3 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:17	Canons of Hippolytus, canon 30 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	4th century
Rev 2:17	Question 102, section 18 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:17	Question 102, section 19 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:17	Letter 69.7 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Rev 2:17	Eleven Tractates 1.30 · Priscillian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–385
Rev 2:17	Letters 49.2 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, medium confidence	ca. 394–413
Rev 2:17	Reminder concerning the Error of the Priscillianists and Origenists 1 · Orosius	allusion, high confidence	414
Rev 2:17	Part 5, chapter 14 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

Revelation 2:18

To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:18	Question 102, section 19 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:18	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 51.33.1 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374-377
Rev 2:18	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 51.33.6 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374-377

Revelation 2:19

I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latest deeds are greater than your first.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:19	Homilies on Numbers 20.4 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Rev 2:19	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.191 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
Rev 2:19	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.4 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:19	Question 102, section 19 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:19	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 51.33.6 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374-377

Revelation 2:20

But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:20	On Repentance 8 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–206
Rev 2:20	On Modesty 19 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210–220
Rev 2:20	Homilies on Numbers 20.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Rev 2:20–22	Letter 55.22 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	249/250–258
Rev 2:20	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.4 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, medium confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:20	Three Letters to Sympronianus 1.5 · Pacian of Barcelona	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360-390
Rev 2:20	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 11:2 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 366–384
Rev 2:20	Question 102, section 19 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:20	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 51.33.7 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374-377

Revelation 2:21

Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:21	On Modesty 19 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210–220
Rev 2:21	Question 102, section 19 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:21	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 51.33.7 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374-377
Rev 2:21	Part 2, chapter 33 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

Revelation 2:22

Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:22	On Modesty 19 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210–220
Rev 2:22	Question 102, section 19 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384

Revelation 2:23

Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:23	Acts of Peter (Vercelli) 3 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	ca. 180–200
Rev 2:23	On Prayer 8.2 · Origen	allusion, low confidence	ca. 233–234
Rev 2:23	On the Trinity 13 · Novatian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 240–250
Rev 2:23	To Quirinus 3.56 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
Rev 2:23	Letter 10.4 · Cyprian of Carthage	allusion, medium confidence	249/250–258
Rev 2:23	Letter 55.26 · Cyprian of Carthage	echo, medium confidence	249/250–258
Rev 2:23	On the Lord's Prayer 4 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 252
Rev 2:23	On the Lapsed 27 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	251
Rev 2:23	On Mortality 17 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	252–253
Rev 2:23	On the Trinity 9.66 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 356–360
Rev 2:23	Question 102, section 19 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:23	On the Duties of the Clergy 1.14 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–390

Revelation 2:24

But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:24	Refutation of All Heresies 5.6.4 · Hippolytus of Rome	echo, low confidence	ca. 222–235
Rev 2:24	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.4 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:24	Commentary on Romans 8:38 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
Rev 2:24	Question 27, section 2 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:24	Question 31, section 1 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:24	Question 102, section 19 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:24	Question 102, section 20 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:24	Eleven Tractates 1.14 · Priscillian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–385

Revelation 2:25

than to hold fast to what you have until I come.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:25	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.4 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:25	Question 102, section 19 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 2:25	Question 102, section 20 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384

Revelation 2:26

And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:26	Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 12 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 211–213
Rev 2:26	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.4 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:26	Question 102, section 19 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384

Revelation 2:27

He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:27	Sibylline Oracles 8.241ff. · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	2nd-3rd cent.
Rev 2:27	Refutation of All Heresies 5.7.32 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 222–235
Rev 2:27	Letter 54.3 · Cyprian of Carthage	allusion, medium confidence	249/250–258
Rev 2:27	Letter 55.25 · Cyprian of Carthage	allusion, medium confidence	249/250–258
Rev 2:27	Oration to the Assembly of the Saints 18.4 · Constantine the Great	echo, low confidence	ca. 325 (dated variously 317–325)
Rev 2:27	Letter 108.11 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386–430

Revelation 2:28

And I will give him the morning star.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:28	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.4 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 2:28	Book of Rules 7 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380

Revelation 2:29

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 2:29	Question 102, section 20 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384