2 Corinthians 2 in the early church

289 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Corinthians 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.

Verses: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17

2 Corinthians 2:1

So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:1	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:1 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:1	The Conferences 17.25 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429

2 Corinthians 2:2

For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:2	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 8.7 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 2:2	Homilies on Jeremiah 20.6 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Cor 2:2	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:2 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:2	Exposition of Psalm 118 7.18.4 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:2	Homilies on Matthew 6.8 · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390
2 Cor 2:2	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 37.32.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 2:2	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 38.16.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 2:2	Sermon 254.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 2:2	Sermon 86 · Peter Chrysologus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 425-450

2 Corinthians 2:3

I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be grieved by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:3	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:3 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384

2 Corinthians 2:4

For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:4	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:4 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:4	Exposition of Psalm 118 7.18.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:4	Exposition of Psalm 118 7.18.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:4	Homilies on Matthew 58.5 · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390
2 Cor 2:4–11	Against the Letter of Parmenian 3.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400

2 Corinthians 2:5

Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:5	On Modesty 13 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210–220
2 Cor 2:5–7	Moral Rules (Moralia) 52 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Cor 2:5	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:5 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384

2 Corinthians 2:6

The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:6	On Modesty 13 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210–220
2 Cor 2:6	On Modesty 14 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210–220
2 Cor 2:6–8	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 6.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 2:6	Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.18 · Pacian of Barcelona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Cor 2:6	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:6–7 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:6–8	Book of Heresies 82.8 · Philastrius of Brescia	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380s
2 Cor 2:6	Against the Letter of Parmenian 3.14 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400

2 Corinthians 2:7

So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:7	On Modesty 13 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210–220
2 Cor 2:7	PG 12:1313 (Ps 34–35 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 2:7	Commentary on John 28.26 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 2:7	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 9.7 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 2:7	Homilies on Jeremiah 20.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Cor 2:7	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 117 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 2:7	Commentary on Romans 0.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 2:7	Letter 127 · Basil of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Cor 2:7	Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.18 · Pacian of Barcelona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Cor 2:7	Oration 39.18 · Gregory of Nazianzus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 2:7	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:6–7 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:7	Letter 49.4 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 2:7	Letter 122.3 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 2:7	Letter 125.13 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 2:7	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 59.4.11 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374-377
2 Cor 2:7	Homily 7 · Gregory of Nyssa	quotation, high confidence	ca. 379–394
2 Cor 2:7	On the Beatitudes 1221 · Gregory of Nyssa	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–394
2 Cor 2:7	Exposition of Psalm 118 9.13.3 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:7	Exposition of Psalm 118 9.14.2 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:7	Exposition of Psalm 118 12.18.2 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:7	Exposition of Psalm 118 17.5.1 · Ambrose	echo, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:7	Letter 83.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 2:7	Letter 95.3 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 2:7	Homilies on Matthew 86.3 · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390
2 Cor 2:7	Against Jovinianus 1.8 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	393
2 Cor 2:7	Letters 13.10 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 2:7	Literal Commentary on Genesis 12.33 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 401–415
2 Cor 2:7	The Conferences 14.17 · John Cassian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 426–429

2 Corinthians 2:8

Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:8	On Modesty 13 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210–220
2 Cor 2:8	Homilies on Jeremiah 20.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Cor 2:8	Letters to Serapion 4.13 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 357–360
2 Cor 2:8	Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.18 · Pacian of Barcelona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Cor 2:8	Oration 39.18 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 2:8	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:8–9 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:8	Letter 122.3 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 2:8	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 59.4.11 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374-377

2 Corinthians 2:9

My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:9	On Modesty 13 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210–220
2 Cor 2:9	Three Letters to Sympronianus 1.4 · Pacian of Barcelona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Cor 2:9	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:8–9 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384

2 Corinthians 2:10

If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:10	On Modesty 13 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210–220
2 Cor 2:10	Three Letters to Sympronianus 1.7 · Pacian of Barcelona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Cor 2:10	Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.18 · Pacian of Barcelona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Cor 2:10	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:10 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:10	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 7:12 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:10	Letter 49.4 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 2:10	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 59.4.12 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374-377
2 Cor 2:10	Against Jovinianus 1.8 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	393
2 Cor 2:10–11	Against Jovinianus 2.3 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	393
2 Cor 2:10	On the Trinity 7.4 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, low confidence	ca. 399–419
2 Cor 2:10	Letter 17, chapter 7 · Innocent I, bishop of Rome	allusion, high confidence	401–417
2 Cor 2:10–11	Letter 15, chapter 6 · Boniface I, bishop of Rome	quotation, high confidence	418–422

2 Corinthians 2:11

in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:11	On Modesty 13 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210–220
2 Cor 2:11	Fragments on Proverbs, column 151 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 2:11	PG 12:1601 (Ps 118 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 2:11	Homilies on Joshua 3.1 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 2:11	Homilies on Joshua 14.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 2:11	On the Singleness of Clerics 19 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Cor 2:11	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 42 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 2:11	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 117 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 2:11	Oration I Against the Arians 51 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Cor 2:11	To the Bishops of Egypt 3 · Athanasius of Alexandria	echo, medium confidence	ca. 356
2 Cor 2:11	Life of Antony 22 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–360
2 Cor 2:11	Three Letters to Sympronianus 1.7 · Pacian of Barcelona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Cor 2:11	Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.18 · Pacian of Barcelona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Cor 2:11	Homilies 13.6 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 363-378
2 Cor 2:11	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:11 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:11	Letter to Adelphius 1 · Athanasius of Alexandria	echo, medium confidence	ca. 370
2 Cor 2:11	Letter 22.29 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 2:11	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 59.4.12 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374-377
2 Cor 2:11	Letter 63.3 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 2:11	Letter 83.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 2:11	Letter 95.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 2:11	Homilies on Matthew 86.3 · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390
2 Cor 2:11	On Genesis against the Manichaeans 2.14 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 388–390
2 Cor 2:11	Sermon 210.9 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 2:11	Tractates 18 · Gaudentius of Brescia	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397-410
2 Cor 2:11	Commentary on Jeremiah 3.3 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419
2 Cor 2:11	Sermon 149 · Peter Chrysologus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 425-450

2 Corinthians 2:12

Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:12	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:12–13 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:12–17	Letter 120.11 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 2:12	On the Predestination of the Saints 20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 428/429

2 Corinthians 2:13

I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:13	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:12–13 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:13	On the Predestination of the Saints 20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 428/429

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:14	To the Ephesians 17.1 · Ignatius of Antioch	echo, low confidence	ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)
2 Cor 2:14	The Instructor 2.8.63 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 190–200
2 Cor 2:14	Miscellanies 4.16.100 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Cor 2:14	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.177 · Origen	echo, medium confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 2:14	Church History 6.41.23 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	ca. 300–325
2 Cor 2:14–15	Demonstration 14.38 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345
2 Cor 2:14–15	Demonstration 20.14 · Aphrahat	quotation, high confidence	337-345
2 Cor 2:14	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:14 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:14	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:15 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:14–15	Apostolic Constitutions 7.44.2 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Cor 2:14	Liber Orsiesii 49 · Orsiesius	echo, low confidence	ca. 380-390
2 Cor 2:14	Canons on the Letters of Paul 43 · Priscillian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380–400
2 Cor 2:14	Exposition of Psalm 118 12.43.2 · Ambrose	echo, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:14–16	Homily 3 · Gregory of Nyssa	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 2:14–16	Sermon 4.28 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 2:14	Letters 33.1 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 2:14	Letters 40.10 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 2:14	On the Predestination of the Saints 20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 428/429

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:15	Martyrdom of Polycarp 15.2 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	ca. 156–160
2 Cor 2:15	The Instructor 1.12.98 · Clement of Alexandria	echo, low confidence	ca. 190–200
2 Cor 2:15	The Instructor 2.8.63 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 190–200
2 Cor 2:15	The Instructor 2.8.65 · Clement of Alexandria	echo, medium confidence	ca. 190–200
2 Cor 2:15	Against Heresies 4.28.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons	quotation, high confidence	ca. 180–190
2 Cor 2:15	To the Martyrs 2 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 197
2 Cor 2:15	Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 2:15	Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 3 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 2:15	Fragments on Genesis, column 123 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 2:15	Fragments on Luke, column 357 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 2:15	PG 12:1659 (Ps 139–141 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 2:15–16	Commentary on John 20.415 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 2:15	Homilies on Exodus 3.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 2:15	Homilies on Exodus 9.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 2:15	Homilies on Exodus 13.7 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 2:15	Homilies on Judges 3.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 2:15	Homilies on Leviticus 2.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 2:15	Homilies on Leviticus 3.7 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 2:15	Instructions 2.19 · Commodian	echo, low confidence	3rd century (disputed)
2 Cor 2:15	Commentary on the Song of Songs 1.101 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 2:15	Commentary on the Song of Songs 1.106 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 2:15	Commentary on the Song of Songs 1.107 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 2:15	Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.166 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 2:15	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.221 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 2:15	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.225 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 2:15	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.227 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 2:15	Homily on the Song of Songs 1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–250
2 Cor 2:15	Homily on the Song of Songs 2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–250
2 Cor 2:15	Against Celsus 1.48 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Cor 2:15	Commentary on Romans 4.5 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 2:15	Church History 5.1.35 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	ca. 300–325
2 Cor 2:15	Demonstration of the Gospel 4.15.9 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, low confidence	ca. 314–324
2 Cor 2:15	Demonstration of the Gospel 5.1.23 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–324
2 Cor 2:15	Letter to Amun 1 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	before 356
2 Cor 2:15	Catechetical Lecture 21.4 · Cyril of Jerusalem	quotation, high confidence	ca. 350
2 Cor 2:15	Letters to Serapion 3.3 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–360
2 Cor 2:15–16	Moral Rules (Moralia) 31 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Cor 2:15	Tractates on the Psalms 65.24 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Cor 2:15	Tractates on the Psalms 132.4 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Cor 2:15	Oration 32.31 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 2:15	Oration 40.37 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 2:15	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:15 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:15	On Virginity 24 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–371
2 Cor 2:15	Letter 65.14 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 2:15	On Cain and Abel 1.14 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 375-378
2 Cor 2:15	Homily 8 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 379–394
2 Cor 2:15	Exposition of Psalm 118 5.7.1 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:15	Exposition of Psalm 118 5.7.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:15	Exposition of Psalm 118 5.16.2 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:15	Exposition of Psalm 118 5.34.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:15	Exposition of Psalm 118 15.14.1 · Ambrose	echo, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:15	Exposition of Psalm 118 16.8.2 · Ambrose	echo, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:15	Exposition of Psalm 118 22.17.1 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:15	Exposition of Psalm 118 22.44.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 2:15	Letter 27.2 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 2:15	Letter 48.4 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 2:15	Letter 83.5 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 2:15	Letter 140.55 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 2:15	Letter 186.39 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 2:15	Letter 211.16 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 2:15	On Joseph 75 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-390
2 Cor 2:15	On the Mysteries 1 · Ambrose	echo, low confidence	ca. 387–391
2 Cor 2:15	On the Blessings of the Patriarchs 19 · Ambrose	allusion, low confidence	ca. 387-392
2 Cor 2:15	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 40.39.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 2:15	Homily 1 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 2:15	Homily 4 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 2:15	Homily 5 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 2:15	Homily 9 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 2:15	Homily 10 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 2:15	Homily 14 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 2:15	Sermon 28.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 2:15	Sermon 159.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 2:15	Sermon 273.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 2:15–16	Sermon 312.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 2:15	Against Jovinianus 1.30 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	393
2 Cor 2:15	Poem 21, lines 60–96 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, low confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 2:15	Poem 25, lines 32–64 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, medium confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 2:15	Poem 25, lines 193–224 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, low confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 2:15	Poem 27, lines 167–197 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, low confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 2:15	Poem 31, lines 507–538 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 2:15	Letters 11.7 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 2:15	Letters 22.2 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 2:15	Letters 23.35 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 2:15	Letters 26.1 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, medium confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 2:15	Letters 40.9 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 2:15	Letters 44.2 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 2:15	Letters 49.14 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 2:15–16	On Baptism, against the Donatists 3.18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Cor 2:15–16	On Baptism, against the Donatists 6.78 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Cor 2:15–16	On Baptism, against the Donatists 7.77 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Cor 2:15	Against the Letter of Parmenian 2.22 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400
2 Cor 2:15	On the Work of Monks 36 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Cor 2:15	Tractates on the Gospel of John 50.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Cor 2:15	City of God 16.37 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, low confidence	413–426
2 Cor 2:15	Commentary on Jeremiah 3.81 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419
2 Cor 2:15	Against Lying 36 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420
2 Cor 2:15	On the Predestination of the Saints 20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 428/429
2 Cor 2:15	Celestine, ACO I.2, letter 25.5 · Celestine I, bishop of Rome	allusion, high confidence	430-432
2 Cor 2:15	Sermon on the Life of Honoratus 12 · Hilary of Arles	allusion, high confidence	ca. 430
2 Cor 2:15	Homily at Ephesus · Acacius of Melitene	allusion, high confidence	431
2 Cor 2:15–16	Objection and reply 5 · Prosper of Aquitaine	quotation, high confidence	ca. 431-432

2 Corinthians 2:16

To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:16	The Instructor 2.8.63 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 190–200
2 Cor 2:16	Against Heresies 4.28.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons	quotation, high confidence	ca. 180–190
2 Cor 2:16	Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 2:16	Commentary on John 20.416 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 2:16	Homilies on Exodus 3.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 2:16	Commentary on the Song of Songs 1.101 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 2:16	Commentary on the Song of Songs 1.106 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 2:16	Commentary on the Song of Songs 1.107 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 2:16	Letter 4.1 · Antony the Great	quotation, high confidence	before 356
2 Cor 2:16	Against Arius 1.44 · Marius Victorinus	allusion, low confidence	ca. 357–362
2 Cor 2:16	On the Orthodox Faith against the Arians 8 · Gregory of Elvira	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-392
2 Cor 2:16	Tractates on the Psalms 132.4 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Cor 2:16	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:16 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:16	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:17 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:16	Commentary on Romans 8:1–2 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:16	Eleven Tractates 1.19 · Priscillian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380–385
2 Cor 2:16	On Jacob and the Happy Life 1.14 · Ambrose	allusion, low confidence	ca. 386-390
2 Cor 2:16	Homilies on Matthew 15.9 · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390
2 Cor 2:16	Hexameron (Exameron) 1.30 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-390
2 Cor 2:16	Sermon 273.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 2:16	Poem 31, lines 507–538 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 2:16	Letters 1.2 · Paulinus of Nola	quotation, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 2:16	Letters 11.7 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 2:16	Letters 22.2 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 2:16	On Lying 42 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 395
2 Cor 2:16	Confessions 3.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397–401
2 Cor 2:16	Tractates 0 · Gaudentius of Brescia	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397-410
2 Cor 2:16	The Harmony of the Gospels 3.48 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 399–400
2 Cor 2:16	Tractates on the Gospel of John 50.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Cor 2:16	Tractates on the Gospel of John 50.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Cor 2:16	Tractates on the Gospel of John 89.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Cor 2:16	Apologetic Book 1.6 · Orosius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 415–416
2 Cor 2:16	Against Lying 36 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420
2 Cor 2:16	Sermon 89 · Peter Chrysologus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 425-450
2 Cor 2:16	Book 1, lines 17–42 · Sedulius	echo, low confidence	ca. 425-450
2 Cor 2:16	In Praise of the Desert 43 · Eucherius of Lyon	echo, medium confidence	ca. 427-428
2 Cor 2:16	On the Predestination of the Saints 20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 428/429
2 Cor 2:16	Book 2, chapter 4 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 440-450

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 2:17	Against Heresies 4.26.4 · Irenaeus of Lyons	quotation, high confidence	ca. 180–190
2 Cor 2:17	PG 12:1415 (Ps 41–42 LXX) · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 2:17	PG 12:1613 (Ps 118 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 2:17	On the Singleness of Clerics 1 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Cor 2:17	Church History 5.28.15 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	ca. 300–325
2 Cor 2:17	Defence against the Arians 49 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 349–357
2 Cor 2:17	Long recension, Magnesians 9 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	later 4th century (probable)
2 Cor 2:17	Long recension, Trallians 6 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	later 4th century (probable)
2 Cor 2:17	History of the Arians 66 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 357
2 Cor 2:17	Letter 92 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Cor 2:17	Letter 103 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Cor 2:17	Letter 244 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Cor 2:17	Letter 290 · Basil of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Cor 2:17	Homilies on the Psalms 14.1 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 360-378
2 Cor 2:17	Moral Rules (Moralia) 70 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Cor 2:17	On the Holy Spirit 23 · Didymus the Blind	allusion, medium confidence	Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391
2 Cor 2:17	Oration 18.15 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 2:17	Oration 40.10 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 2:17	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:17 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:17	Commentary on Romans 2:22 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 2:17	On the Holy Spirit 26.62 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Cor 2:17	Exposition of Psalm 118 11.20.4 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397