2 Corinthians 3 in the early church

692 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Corinthians 3, 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 · 18

2 Corinthians 3:1

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:1	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:1 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384

2 Corinthians 3:2

You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:2	Commentary on Romans 4.5 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:2	Letter 205 · Basil of Caesarea	echo, low confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Cor 3:2	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:2 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:2	Letter to Rufinianus 1 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–373
2 Cor 3:2	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.52.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 3:2	Poem 24, lines 1–30 (XXIIII. MEROPIVS PAVLINVS CVTHERIO FRATRI IN CHRISTO SALVTEM) · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 3:2	Letters 34.10 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, medium confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 3:2–3	On Christian Doctrine 3.34 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427
2 Cor 3:2	On Grace and Free Will 14 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426

2 Corinthians 3:3

It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:3	The Instructor 3.12.94 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 190–200
2 Cor 3:3	Exhortation to the Greeks 10.107 · Clement of Alexandria	echo, medium confidence	ca. 190–200
2 Cor 3:3	Against Heresies 3.4.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons	allusion, high confidence	ca. 180–190
2 Cor 3:3	Against Heresies 5.13.4 · Irenaeus of Lyons	quotation, high confidence	ca. 180–190
2 Cor 3:3	Miscellanies 6.15.131 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Cor 3:3	On First Principles 2.11.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Cor 3:3	PG 12:1667 (Ps 144–145 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 3:3	Homilies on Exodus 9.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:3	Homilies on Joshua 9.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:3	Homilies on Numbers 10.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:3	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 9.5 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:3	Commentary on Matthew 10.15 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:3	Commentary on Matthew 12.20 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:3	Commentary on Matthew 14.12 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:3	Commentary on Romans 1.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:3	Commentary on Romans 2.9 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:3	Commentary on Romans 2.12 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:3	Commentary on Romans 4.5 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:3	Commentary on Romans 5.6 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:3	Commentary on Romans 6.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:3	Cib. 10 · Methodius of Olympus	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Cor 3:3	Acts of the Abitinian Martyrs 11 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	304 (12 February)
2 Cor 3:3	Acts of the Abitinian Martyrs 13 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	304 (12 February)
2 Cor 3:3	Acts of the Abitinian Martyrs 14 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	304 (12 February)
2 Cor 3:3	Martyrs of Palestine (shorter recension) 13.7 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 311–314
2 Cor 3:3	Demonstration of the Gospel 1.7.23 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, high confidence	ca. 314–324
2 Cor 3:3	Homilies on the Psalms 44.1 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-378
2 Cor 3:3	Tractates on the Psalms 118.17.5 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Cor 3:3	Paraenesis, or Exhortation to Penitence 5 · Pacian of Barcelona	allusion, low confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Cor 3:3	Oration 1.6 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:3	Oration 40.45 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:3	Against Parmenian the Donatist 7.1 · Optatus of Milevis	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–385
2 Cor 3:3	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:3 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:3	Commentary on Romans 7:5 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:3	Letter 9.2 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:3	Letter 65.7 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:3	On Paradise 39 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 375-378
2 Cor 3:3	On Noah 45 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 378-384
2 Cor 3:3	Second Apology of David 66 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 384-397
2 Cor 3:3	On the Life of Moses 397 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 385–395
2 Cor 3:3	On Naboth 45 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-390
2 Cor 3:3	Exposition of Psalm 118 18.37.3 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:3	Letter 29.4 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:3	Homilies on Matthew 1.1 · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390
2 Cor 3:3	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.52.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 3:3	On Genesis against the Manichaeans 2.12 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 388–390
2 Cor 3:3	Homily 14 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 3:3	Sermon 155.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:3	Sermon 155.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:3	Sermon 169.7 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:3	Poem 24, lines 1–30 (XXIIII. MEROPIVS PAVLINVS CVTHERIO FRATRI IN CHRISTO SALVTEM) · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 3:3	Poem 24, lines 415–446 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 3:3	Letters 5.2 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 3:3	Letters 30.6 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 3:3	Against Faustus the Manichaean 15.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Cor 3:3	Against Faustus the Manichaean 18.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Cor 3:3	On the Spirit and the Letter 24 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:3	On the Spirit and the Letter 30 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:3	On the Spirit and the Letter 35 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:3	On the Spirit and the Letter 42 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:3	On the Spirit and the Letter 46 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:3	Commentary on Jeremiah 6.25 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 414-419
2 Cor 3:3	Commonitorium 1.91–120 · Orientius of Auch	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 420-450
2 Cor 3:3	Sermon 58 · Peter Chrysologus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 425-450
2 Cor 3:3	On Grace and Free Will 14 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426
2 Cor 3:3	Chapter 10 · Prosper of Aquitaine	echo, medium confidence	ca. 432-433
2 Cor 3:3	Part 2, chapter 1 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Corinthians 3:4

Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:4–6	Moral Rules (Moralia) 70 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Cor 3:4	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:4 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:4	Letter 65.19 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:4	On the Spirit and the Letter 24 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:4	On the Spirit and the Letter 30 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:4–6	Book 1, chapter 24 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 440-450

2 Corinthians 3:5

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:5–6	Against Celsus 6.70 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Cor 3:5	Commentary on Romans 5.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:5–6	Preparation for the Gospel 1.3.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 313–324
2 Cor 3:5	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:5–6 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:5	On the Holy Spirit 26.63 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Cor 3:5	Eleven Tractates 1.27 · Priscillian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–385
2 Cor 3:5	Letter 175.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:5	Letter 186.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:5	Letter 194.19 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:5	Sermon 71.1 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:5	On Continence 11 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 395
2 Cor 3:5	Against Faustus the Manichaean 15.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Cor 3:5	On the Spirit and the Letter 24 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:5	On the Spirit and the Letter 30 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:5	On the Grace of Christ and On Original Sin 1.26 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	418
2 Cor 3:5	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 2.18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Cor 3:5	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 2.19 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Cor 3:5	On Grace and Free Will 7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426
2 Cor 3:5	The Conferences 3.15 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429
2 Cor 3:5	On the Predestination of the Saints 1 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 428/429
2 Cor 3:5	On the Predestination of the Saints 2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 428/429
2 Cor 3:5	On the Gift of Perseverance 8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 428/429
2 Cor 3:5	On the Gift of Perseverance 13 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 428/429
2 Cor 3:5	Chapter 4 · Prosper of Aquitaine	quotation, high confidence	ca. 432-433
2 Cor 3:5	Chapter 8 · Prosper of Aquitaine	quotation, high confidence	ca. 432-433
2 Cor 3:5	Chapter 19 · Prosper of Aquitaine	allusion, high confidence	ca. 432-433

2 Corinthians 3:6

And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:6–16	On Pascha 3 · text not on this site · Melito of Sardis	echo, low confidence	ca. 160-180
2 Cor 3:6	On Idolatry 23 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 196–211
2 Cor 3:6	Against Marcion 5.11 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
2 Cor 3:6	On First Principles 1.1.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Cor 3:6	PG 12:1237 (Ps 17 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 3:6	PG 12:1515 (Ps 70 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 3:6	PG 12:1517 (Ps 70–71 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on John 1.36 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on John 1.64 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on John 4.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on John 5.3 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on John 5.8 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on John 10.140 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on John 13.110 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on John 13.140 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on John 13.146 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on John 13.361 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on John 13.379 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on John 32.263 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:6	Homily on Isaiah 6 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 235–250
2 Cor 3:6	Homilies on Exodus 7.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:6	Homilies on Joshua 9.8 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:6	Homilies on Joshua 20.5 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:6	Homilies on Joshua 20.6 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:6	Homilies on Leviticus 1.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:6	Homilies on Leviticus 7.5 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:6	Homilies on Numbers 9.7 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:6	Homilies on Numbers 11.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:6	Homilies on Numbers 17.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:6	Homilies on Numbers 27.12 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:6	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 5.5 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.195 · Origen	echo, medium confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.226 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 3:6–8	Against Celsus 7.20 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Cor 3:6	Against Celsus 7.21 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 26 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 105 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 115 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 118 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Matthew 11.14 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Matthew 15.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Matthew 15.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Matthew 16.15 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Romans 1.10 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Romans 2.12 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Romans 2.13 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Romans 3.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Romans 3.9 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Romans 5.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Romans 6.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Romans 6.11 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Romans 6.12 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Romans 7.5 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:6	Church History 6.25.7 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 300–325
2 Cor 3:6	Acta Archelai (Latin) 32 · Hegemonius	quotation, high confidence	early to mid 4th century (Greek original)
2 Cor 3:6–11	Acta Archelai (Latin) 45 · Hegemonius	quotation, high confidence	early to mid 4th century (Greek original)
2 Cor 3:6	Letters to Serapion 1.8 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–360
2 Cor 3:6	Against Arius 1.19 · Marius Victorinus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–362
2 Cor 3:6	On the Synods 63 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 358–359
2 Cor 3:6	On the Holy Spirit 33 · Didymus the Blind	allusion, high confidence	Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391
2 Cor 3:6	On the Holy Spirit 57 · Didymus the Blind	quotation, high confidence	Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391
2 Cor 3:6	To Constantius 9.2 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	360
2 Cor 3:6	Oration 2.40 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:6	Oration 6.11 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:6	Oration 17.7 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:6	Oration 20.2 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:6	Oration 38.1 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:6	Oration 41.1 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:6	Oration 42.11 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:6	Oration 42.15 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:6	Oration 45.20 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:6	Tractates 1.1.1 · Zeno of Verona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 362-380
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:5–6 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Romans 7:5 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 52.2 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 64.20 · Jerome	echo, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 72.5 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 78.7 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 108.11 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 109.1 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 121.9 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 121.10 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 123.12 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 129.6 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 148.14 · Jerome	echo, low confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:6	Book of Rules 3 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Cor 3:6	On the Holy Spirit 24.56 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Cor 3:6	Creed · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	ascribed to 381; first attested 451
2 Cor 3:6	Ancoratus 22.5 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374
2 Cor 3:6	On the Christian Faith 3.5 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 378–380
2 Cor 3:6	Theological Oration 5 (Or. 31), On the Holy Spirit 24 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, low confidence	380
2 Cor 3:6	On the Complaints of Job and David 1.12 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 383-390
2 Cor 3:6	On Jacob and the Happy Life 2.13 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386-390
2 Cor 3:6	Exposition of Psalm 118 6.34.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:6	Exposition of Psalm 118 13.26.3 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:6	Exposition of Psalm 118 14.11.3 · Ambrose	echo, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:6	Exposition of Psalm 118 18.36.2 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 140.11 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 140.46 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 145.3 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 157.9 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 157.15 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 157.26 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 186.9 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:6	Letter 217.12 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:6	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.80.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 3:6	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 39.24.1 · Ambrose	echo, low confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 3:6	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.57.3 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 3:6	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.66.1 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 3:6	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.68.1 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 3:6	Homily 0 · Gregory of Nyssa	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 3:6	Sermon 136.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:6	Sermon 152.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:6	Sermon 163.10 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:6	Sermon 249.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:6	Sermon 250.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:6	Sermon 251.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:6	Sermon 270.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:6	On the Profit of Believing 9 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391–392
2 Cor 3:6	Letters 5.2 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, medium confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 3:6	Letters 23.27 · Paulinus of Nola	quotation, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 3:6	Letters 23.42 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, medium confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 3:6	On Christian Doctrine 3.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427
2 Cor 3:6	Confessions 5.24 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 397–401
2 Cor 3:6	Confessions 6.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397–401
2 Cor 3:6	Against Faustus the Manichaean 15.1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Cor 3:6	Against Faustus the Manichaean 15.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Cor 3:6	Against Faustus the Manichaean 19.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Cor 3:6	Tractates 8 · Gaudentius of Brescia	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397-410
2 Cor 3:6	Apology against Jerome 2.12 · Rufinus of Aquileia	allusion, high confidence	ca. 401
2 Cor 3:6	Apology against Jerome 2.36 · Rufinus of Aquileia	allusion, high confidence	ca. 401
2 Cor 3:6	Tractates on the Gospel of John 17.2 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Cor 3:6	Tractates on the Gospel of John 49.22 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Cor 3:6	Tractates on the Gospel of John 122.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Cor 3:6	On the Spirit and the Letter 6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:6	On the Spirit and the Letter 7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:6	On the Spirit and the Letter 8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:6	On the Spirit and the Letter 20 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:6	On the Spirit and the Letter 23 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:6	On the Spirit and the Letter 24 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:6	On the Spirit and the Letter 30 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:6	On the Spirit and the Letter 32 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:6	On the Spirit and the Letter 34 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:6	On the Spirit and the Letter 35 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:6	City of God 17.4 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	413–426
2 Cor 3:6	On Faith and Works 39 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 413
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Jeremiah 1.70 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 414-419
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Jeremiah 2.24 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 414-419
2 Cor 3:6	Commentary on Jeremiah 3.18 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 414-419
2 Cor 3:6	Apologetic Book 30.9 · Orosius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 415–416
2 Cor 3:6	On the Proceedings of Pelagius 14 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	417
2 Cor 3:6	On the Proceedings of Pelagius 20 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	417
2 Cor 3:6	On the Proceedings of Pelagius 21 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	417
2 Cor 3:6	On the Grace of Christ and On Original Sin 1.9 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	418
2 Cor 3:6	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 3.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Cor 3:6	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 3.11 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Cor 3:6	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 3.12 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Cor 3:6	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 3.20 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Cor 3:6	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 3.25 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Cor 3:6	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 4.10 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Cor 3:6	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 4.11 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Cor 3:6	Formulae of Spiritual Understanding 0 · Eucherius of Lyon	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420-430
2 Cor 3:6	On Grace and Free Will 11 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426
2 Cor 3:6	On Grace and Free Will 12 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 426
2 Cor 3:6	On Grace and Free Will 18 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 426
2 Cor 3:6	Retractations 1.13 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	426-427
2 Cor 3:6	Retractations 2.37 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	426-427
2 Cor 3:6	The Conferences 3.15 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429
2 Cor 3:6	On Rebuke and Grace 1 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 427
2 Cor 3:6	Chapter 3 · Prosper of Aquitaine	allusion, high confidence	ca. 432-433
2 Cor 3:6	Chapter 11 · Prosper of Aquitaine	allusion, high confidence	ca. 432-433
2 Cor 3:6	Book 1, chapter 8 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 440-450
2 Cor 3:6	Book 2, chapter 4 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 440-450
2 Cor 3:6	To the Church 2.23 · Salvian of Marseilles	allusion, high confidence	ca. 435-440
2 Cor 3:6	Part 2, chapter 31 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Corinthians 3:7

Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:7	Excerpts from Theodotus 58.1 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 200
2 Cor 3:7	Miscellanies 4.18.117 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Cor 3:7	Miscellanies 6.15.132 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Cor 3:7	Commentary on Daniel 3.7 · Hippolytus of Rome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 202-204
2 Cor 3:7	Against Marcion 4.22 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
2 Cor 3:7	Against Marcion 5.11 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
2 Cor 3:7–11	Commentary on John 32.336 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:7	Homilies on Exodus 12.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:7	Homilies on Joshua 1.2 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:7	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 50 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 3:7	Commentary on Matthew 10.9 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:7	Commentary on Matthew 10.15 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:7	Commentary on Matthew 11.14 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:7	Commentary on Romans 2.5 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:7	Commentary on Romans 3.11 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:7	Commentary on Romans 4.8 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:7	Commentary on Romans 6.11 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:7	Acta Archelai (Latin) 15 · Hegemonius	allusion, high confidence	early to mid 4th century (Greek original)
2 Cor 3:7	Acta Archelai (Latin) 32 · Hegemonius	quotation, high confidence	early to mid 4th century (Greek original)
2 Cor 3:7	Acta Archelai (Latin) 33 · Hegemonius	allusion, high confidence	early to mid 4th century (Greek original)
2 Cor 3:7	Acta Archelai (Latin) 34 · Hegemonius	quotation, high confidence	early to mid 4th century (Greek original)
2 Cor 3:7	Acta Archelai (Latin) 49 · Hegemonius	quotation, high confidence	early to mid 4th century (Greek original)
2 Cor 3:7	Tractates on the Psalms 118.8.7 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Cor 3:7	Tractates on the Psalms 118.17.12 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Cor 3:7	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:7–8 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:7	Commentary on Romans 8:1–2 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:7	Question 111, section 7 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Cor 3:7–11	Letter 65.7 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:7	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 64.69.4 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, high confidence	374-377
2 Cor 3:7	To a Young Widow, section 3 · John Chrysostom	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380-386
2 Cor 3:7	On the Spirit and the Letter 24 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:7	On the Spirit and the Letter 31 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	412

2 Corinthians 3:8

will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:8	Homilies on Exodus 12.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:8	Commentary on Romans 2.5 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:8	Commentary on Romans 3.11 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:8	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:7–8 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:8	On the Holy Spirit 24.55 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Cor 3:8	On the Spirit and the Letter 24 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:9	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 115 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 3:9	Commentary on Romans 2.5 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:9	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:9 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:9	On the Holy Spirit 24.55 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Cor 3:9	On the Spirit and the Letter 24 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:9	On the Spirit and the Letter 31 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	412

2 Corinthians 3:10

Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:10	Commentary on John 32.341 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:10–11	Commentary on John 32.343 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:10	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 113 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 3:10	Commentary on Matthew 10.9 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:10	Commentary on Matthew 17.32 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:10	Commentary on Romans 3.11 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:10	Oration 21.10 · Gregory of Nazianzus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:10	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:10 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:10	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:11 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:10	The Conferences 23.4 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429

2 Corinthians 3:11

For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:11	Against Marcion 5.11 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
2 Cor 3:11	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 50 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 3:11	Commentary on Romans 3.11 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:11	Commentary on Romans 7.13 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:11	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:11 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:11	Sermon 50.10 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:11	On the Spirit and the Letter 31 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	412

2 Corinthians 3:12

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:12	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:12 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:12	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4:1 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:12	Sermon 157.4 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430

2 Corinthians 3:13

We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:13	PG 12:1165 (Ps 4 LXX) · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 3:13	Commentary on John 28.62 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:13	Homily on Isaiah 7 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 235–250
2 Cor 3:13	Homilies on Exodus 12.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:13	Homilies on Numbers 4.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:13	Commentary on the Apocalypse 5.2 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
2 Cor 3:13	Acta Archelai (Latin) 15 · Hegemonius	allusion, medium confidence	early to mid 4th century (Greek original)
2 Cor 3:13	Prophetic Extracts 1.12 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
2 Cor 3:13	Oration 32.12 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:13	Oration 39.7 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:13	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:13 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:13–16	Letter 58.9 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:13	Letter 149.1 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:13–16	To Theodosius on the Witch of Endor, part 2 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380–394
2 Cor 3:13	Altercatio, chapter 2, speech 22 · Evagrius of Gaul	allusion, high confidence	ca. 400
2 Cor 3:13	Exposition of Psalm 118 17.27.2 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:13	Sermon 74.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:13–16	Sermon 352.6 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:13–18	Against Jovinianus 1.30 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	393
2 Cor 3:13	On the Spirit and the Letter 30 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:13–16	Against Five Heresies 4 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 437-450

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:14	Dialogue with Trypho 29.2 · Justin Martyr	echo, medium confidence	ca. 155–160
2 Cor 3:14	Against Heresies 4.26.1 · Irenaeus of Lyons	echo, medium confidence	ca. 180–190
2 Cor 3:14	Miscellanies 4.16.100 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Cor 3:14	Against Marcion 5.11 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
2 Cor 3:14–16	On First Principles 4.1.6 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Cor 3:14–16	Commentary on John 1.34 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:14–15	Commentary on John 10.185 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:14–16	Commentary on John 13.61 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:14–18	Homily on 1 Samuel 1.3 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:14	Homilies on Exodus 2.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:14	Homilies on Exodus 12.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:14	Homilies on Ezekiel 14.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s)
2 Cor 3:14	Homilies on Joshua 2.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:14	Homilies on Numbers 4.2 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:14–16	Homilies on Numbers 17.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:14	Homilies on Numbers 24.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:14–16	Homilies on Numbers 26.3 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:14	Homilies on Jeremiah 5.8 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Cor 3:14	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.204 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 3:14	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 9 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 3:14	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 139 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 3:14	Commentary on Matthew 11.14 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:14–16	To Quirinus 1.4 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
2 Cor 3:14–16	Symposium 5.7 · Methodius of Olympus	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
2 Cor 3:14	Cib. 8 · Methodius of Olympus	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Cor 3:14–17	Acta Archelai (Latin) 49 · Hegemonius	quotation, high confidence	early to mid 4th century (Greek original)
2 Cor 3:14	Prophetic Extracts 3.6 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
2 Cor 3:14	Divine Institutes 5.3.17 · Lactantius	echo, low confidence	ca. 303–311
2 Cor 3:14–15	Against the Manichees, Greek continuation of book 3, Lagarde p. 81 · Titus of Bostra	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 360s
2 Cor 3:14	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:14 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:14	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4:3 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:14	Commentary on Romans 10:1–2 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:14	Question 72, section 1 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Cor 3:14–17	Letter 64.1 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:14	Book of Rules 3 · Tyconius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380
2 Cor 3:14–16	On the Holy Spirit 21.52 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Cor 3:14–16	Apostolic Constitutions 8.2.1 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380
2 Cor 3:14–16	Book of Heresies 155.4 · Philastrius of Brescia	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380s
2 Cor 3:14	Second Apology of David 45 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 384-397
2 Cor 3:14	Exposition of Psalm 118 3.22.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:14	Exposition of Psalm 118 14.9.2 · Ambrose	echo, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:14	Exposition of Psalm 118 17.28.1 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:14	Letter 140.26 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:14	Letter 148.8 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:14	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 47.2.3 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 3:14–16	Sermon 300.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:14	On the Profit of Believing 9 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391–392
2 Cor 3:14	Poem 24, lines 633–664 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 3:14	Poem 31, lines 347–376 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 3:14	Letters 23.23 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 3:14	Confessions 6.6 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 397–401
2 Cor 3:14–16	Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.11 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Cor 3:14	Against Faustus the Manichaean 16.21 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, low confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Cor 3:14	Tractates on the Gospel of John 9.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Cor 3:14	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 1.53 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	411–412
2 Cor 3:14	On the Spirit and the Letter 30 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:14–16	City of God 17.7 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426
2 Cor 3:14	The Institutes 5.34 · John Cassian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 419–426
2 Cor 3:14	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 3.12 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Cor 3:14–16	Sermon 176 · Peter Chrysologus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 425-450
2 Cor 3:14–16	Book 5, lines 252–275 · Sedulius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 425-450
2 Cor 3:14–16	Book 5, section 23 · Sedulius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 425-450

2 Corinthians 3:15

And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:15	Against Marcion 5.11 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
2 Cor 3:15	On First Principles 1.1.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Cor 3:15	Refutation of All Heresies 6.35.2 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 222–235
2 Cor 3:15	Homilies on Exodus 12.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:15	Homilies on Ezekiel 14.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s)
2 Cor 3:15	Homilies on Joshua 9.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:15	Homilies on Numbers 17.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:15	Homilies on Jeremiah 5.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Cor 3:15	Against Celsus 4.50 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Cor 3:15–18	Against Celsus 5.60 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Cor 3:15–17	Against Celsus 6.70 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Cor 3:15	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 139 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 3:15	Commentary on Matthew 12.9 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:15	Commentary on Romans 6.7 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:15	Sang. 9 · Methodius of Olympus	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Cor 3:15	Catechetical Lecture 15.32 · Cyril of Jerusalem	quotation, high confidence	ca. 350
2 Cor 3:15	On the Holy Spirit 50 · Didymus the Blind	quotation, high confidence	Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391
2 Cor 3:15	Against Eunomius 2.18 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 364
2 Cor 3:15	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:15 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:15	Letter 149.1 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:15	Second Apology of David 45 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 384-397
2 Cor 3:15	Exposition of Psalm 118 17.27.2 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:15	Letter 147.51 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:15	Letter 148.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:15	On Joseph 64 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-390
2 Cor 3:15	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.14.3 · Ambrose	echo, low confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 3:15	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 37.41.3 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 3:15	Sermon 74.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:15–16	Sermon 137.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:15–16	Sermon 160.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:15	Poem 31, lines 347–376 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 3:15–16	Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Cor 3:15	Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 134–135 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	5th century (disputed)
2 Cor 3:15	Tractates on the Gospel of John 9.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Cor 3:15	Tractates on the Gospel of John 24.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Cor 3:15	Tractates on the Gospel of John 48.3 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 406–420

2 Corinthians 3:16

But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:16	Miscellanies 4.16.100 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Cor 3:16	Against Marcion 5.11 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
2 Cor 3:16	On First Principles 1.1.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Cor 3:16	Refutation of All Heresies 6.35.3 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 222–235
2 Cor 3:16	Homily on Luke 26 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–250
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Exodus 2.4 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Exodus 12.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Exodus 12.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Ezekiel 14.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Joshua 2.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Joshua 3.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Joshua 9.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Joshua 9.8 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Leviticus 1.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Leviticus 4.7 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Leviticus 6.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Leviticus 8.5 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Leviticus 13.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Numbers 7.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16–17	Homilies on Numbers 17.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Jeremiah 5.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Cor 3:16	Homilies on Jeremiah 5.9 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Cor 3:16	Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.160 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 3:16	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.204 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 3:16	Against Celsus 4.50 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Cor 3:16	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 139 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 3:16	Commentary on Matthew 10.14 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:16	Commentary on Matthew 11.14 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:16	Commentary on Matthew 12.10 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:16	Commentary on Matthew 12.11 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:16	Commentary on Romans 6.7 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:16	Commentary on Romans 7.3 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:16	Cib. 8 · Methodius of Olympus	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Cor 3:16	Lepr. 15 · Methodius of Olympus	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Cor 3:16	Acta Archelai (Latin) 50 · Hegemonius	allusion, high confidence	early to mid 4th century (Greek original)
2 Cor 3:16	Prophetic Extracts 3.6 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
2 Cor 3:16	Oration I Against the Arians 11 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Cor 3:16	Oration II Against the Arians 77 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Cor 3:16	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:16 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:16	Commentary on Romans 2:28–29 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:16	Question 8, section 2 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Cor 3:16	Second Apology of David 45 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 384-397
2 Cor 3:16	Altercatio, chapter 2, speech 22 · Evagrius of Gaul	allusion, high confidence	ca. 400
2 Cor 3:16	Exposition of Psalm 118 3.22.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:16	Exposition of Psalm 118 3.23.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:16	Exposition of Psalm 118 17.27.3 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:16	Letter 140.26 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:16	Letter 147.51 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:16	On Joseph 64 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-390
2 Cor 3:16	On Genesis against the Manichaeans 1.22 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 388–390
2 Cor 3:16	Homily 0 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 3:16	Homily 11 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 3:16–17	Homily 12 · Gregory of Nyssa	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 3:16	Sermon 51.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:16	Sermon 74.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:16	On the Profit of Believing 9 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391–392
2 Cor 3:16	Poem 24, lines 665–696 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 3:16	Letters 23.23 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 3:16	Letters 31.1 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 3:16	Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.39 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Cor 3:16	On the Work of Monks 39 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Cor 3:16	Tractates on the Gospel of John 9.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Cor 3:16	On the Spirit and the Letter 27 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:16	On the Spirit and the Letter 30 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:16	Part 3, chapter 26 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:17	On First Principles 1.1.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Cor 3:17	PG 12:1191 (Ps 9 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 3:17	PG 12:1215 (Ps 15–16 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 3:17	Commentary on John 13.361 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:17	Homily on Luke 26 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–250
2 Cor 3:17	Homilies on Exodus 12.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:17	Homilies on Joshua 9.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:17	Homilies on Joshua 9.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:17	Homilies on Leviticus 1.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:17	Homilies on Leviticus 4.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:17	Homilies on Numbers 27.12 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:17	On the Trinity 29 · Novatian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–250
2 Cor 3:17	Commentary on Matthew 10.14 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:17	Commentary on Matthew 11.14 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:17	Commentary on Romans 6.7 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:17	Letter of the six bishops to Paul 6 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 264–269
2 Cor 3:17	Prophetic Extracts 3.6 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
2 Cor 3:17	On Ecclesiastical Theology 1.20.75 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 337–339
2 Cor 3:17	On Ecclesiastical Theology 3.5.20 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 337–339
2 Cor 3:17	Oration I Against the Arians 11 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Cor 3:17	Historical Fragments 2.1.5.1 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 343–367
2 Cor 3:17	On the Trinity 2.32 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Cor 3:17	On the Trinity 8.48 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Cor 3:17	Letters to Serapion 1.6 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–360
2 Cor 3:17	Letters 156, 157, 158, 159 · Basil of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Cor 3:17	Against Arius 1.19 · Marius Victorinus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–362
2 Cor 3:17	Against Arius 3.15 · Marius Victorinus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–362
2 Cor 3:17	On the Holy Spirit 54 · Didymus the Blind	quotation, high confidence	Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391
2 Cor 3:17	On the Holy Spirit 58 · Didymus the Blind	quotation, high confidence	Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391
2 Cor 3:17	Oration 41.11 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 3:17	Against Eunomius 3.1 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 364
2 Cor 3:17	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:17 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:17	Question 20, section 2 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Cor 3:17	On the Holy Spirit 21.52 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Cor 3:17	On the Holy Spirit 24.55 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Cor 3:17	On the Christian Faith 1.14 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 378–380
2 Cor 3:17	Homily 5, part 6.3 · Asterius of Amasea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380-410
2 Cor 3:17	Theological Oration 5 (Or. 31), On the Holy Spirit 29 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	380
2 Cor 3:17	On the Lord's Prayer 1159 · Gregory of Nyssa	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–394
2 Cor 3:17	Chapter 4 · Nicetas, bishop of Remesiana	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–414
2 Cor 3:17	Eleven Tractates 3.71 · Priscillian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380–385
2 Cor 3:17	Exposition of Psalm 118 18.28.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:17	Exposition of Psalm 118 19.36.2 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:17	Letter 147.37 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:17	Letters 23.23 · Paulinus of Nola	quotation, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 3:17	On the Trinity 2.10 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 399–419
2 Cor 3:17	On the Spirit and the Letter 28 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:17	On the Spirit and the Letter 31 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:17	On the Spirit and the Letter 52 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
2 Cor 3:17	The Conferences 21.34 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429

2 Corinthians 3:18

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 3:18	1 Clement 36.2 · Clement of Rome	echo, medium confidence	ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100)
2 Cor 3:18	Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 15 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	ca. 150-200 (the Acts); the Martyrdom text is later
2 Cor 3:18	Sentences of Sextus 447 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	2nd-early 3rd cent.
2 Cor 3:18	Sentence 450 (Greek) · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	2nd-early 3rd cent.
2 Cor 3:18	Against Marcion 5.11 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
2 Cor 3:18	On First Principles 1.1.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Cor 3:18	On First Principles 1.4.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Cor 3:18	Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 2 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 3:18	PG 12:1281 (Ps 26 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 3:18	PG 12:1413 (Ps 41 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 3:18	PG 12:1417 (Ps 42–43 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 3:18	PG 12:1675 (Ps 149–150 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on John 13.280 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on John 32.64 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on John 32.336 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on John 32.340 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on John 32.357 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on John 32.358 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 3:18	On Prayer 9.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 233–234
2 Cor 3:18	Address of Thanksgiving 11 · Gregory Thaumaturgus	echo, medium confidence	ca. 238–245
2 Cor 3:18	Homilies on Exodus 12.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:18	Homilies on Ezekiel 3.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s)
2 Cor 3:18	Homilies on Ezekiel 14.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s)
2 Cor 3:18	Homilies on Joshua 3.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:18	Homilies on Joshua 4.1 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:18	Homilies on Leviticus 10.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:18	Homilies on Numbers 4.3 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:18	Homilies on Numbers 17.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:18	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 9.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 3:18	Homilies on Jeremiah 5.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Cor 3:18	Homilies on Jeremiah 16.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.141 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.200 · Origen	echo, medium confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.230 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.231 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.232 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 3:18	Homily on the Song of Songs 2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240–250
2 Cor 3:18	Against Celsus 7.38 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 16 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on Matthew 12.11 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on Romans 2.5 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on Romans 4.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on Romans 5.8 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on Romans 7.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on Romans 9.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 3:18	3 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	259
2 Cor 3:18	Cib. 8 · Methodius of Olympus	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Cor 3:18	Lepr. 12 · Methodius of Olympus	echo, low confidence	late 3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Cor 3:18	Church History 7.32.19 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 300–325
2 Cor 3:18	Acta Archelai (Latin) 46 · Hegemonius	allusion, medium confidence	early to mid 4th century (Greek original)
2 Cor 3:18	Prophetic Extracts 3.6 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
2 Cor 3:18	Against the Heathen 34 · Athanasius of Alexandria	echo, medium confidence	ca. 318–325
2 Cor 3:18	Catechetical Lecture 21.4 · Cyril of Jerusalem	quotation, high confidence	ca. 350
2 Cor 3:18	Catechetical Lecture 22.9 · Cyril of Jerusalem	allusion, high confidence	ca. 350
2 Cor 3:18	Homilies on the Psalms 29.6 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-378
2 Cor 3:18	Tractates on the Psalms 118.3.9 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Cor 3:18	Tractates on the Psalms 118.8.8 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Cor 3:18	Tractates on the Psalms 118.17.12 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:18 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 3:18	Letter 38.4 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:18	Letter 51.7 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:18	Letter 53.4 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:18	Letter 65.4 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:18	Letter 75.1 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:18	Letter 100.5 · Jerome	echo, low confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:18	Letter 119.5 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:18	Letter 140.2 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 3:18	Book of Rules 3 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Cor 3:18	On the Holy Spirit 15.36 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Cor 3:18	On the Holy Spirit 21.52 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Cor 3:18	Ancoratus 69.2 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374
2 Cor 3:18	Ancoratus 73.8 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, medium confidence	374
2 Cor 3:18	Theological Oration 5 (Or. 31), On the Holy Spirit 26 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	380
2 Cor 3:18	Book of Heresies 152.3 · Philastrius of Brescia	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380s
2 Cor 3:18	On the Complaints of Job and David 4.12 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 383-390
2 Cor 3:18	Second Apology of David 45 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 384-397
2 Cor 3:18	Exposition of Psalm 118 3.21.3 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:18	Exposition of Psalm 118 3.30.2 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:18	Exposition of Psalm 118 5.35.1 · Ambrose	allusion, low confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:18	Exposition of Psalm 118 17.27.3 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 3:18	Letter 119.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:18	Letter 147.51 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:18	Letter 148.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:18	Letter 148.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 3:18	On Elijah and Fasting 80 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-390
2 Cor 3:18	Hexameron (Exameron) 6.45 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-390
2 Cor 3:18	On Joseph 64 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-390
2 Cor 3:18	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 37.41.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 3:18	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 38.26.1 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 3:18	Homily 4 · Gregory of Nyssa	echo, medium confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 3:18	Homily 5 · Gregory of Nyssa	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 3:18	Homily 6 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 3:18	Homily 15 · Gregory of Nyssa	echo, medium confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 3:18	Sermon 160.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:18	Sermon 362.31 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 3:18	The Lord's Sermon on the Mount 2.12 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 393–396
2 Cor 3:18	Poem 24, lines 665–696 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 3:18	Poem 31, lines 347–376 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Cor 3:18	Letters 23.23 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 3:18	Letters 31.1 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 3:18	On the Trinity 14.17 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 399–419
2 Cor 3:18	On the Trinity 15.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 399–419
2 Cor 3:18	On the Trinity 15.11 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 399–419
2 Cor 3:18	Against the Letter of Parmenian 2.9 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 400
2 Cor 3:18	City of God 11.26 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, low confidence	413–426
2 Cor 3:18	City of God 22.29 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
2 Cor 3:18	Commentary on Jeremiah 3.27 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419
2 Cor 3:18	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 4.31 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Cor 3:18	Retractations 1.25 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	426-427
2 Cor 3:18	Part 5, chapter 9 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450