2 Corinthians 5 in the early church
925 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Corinthians 5, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
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2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
2 Corinthians 5:2
For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
2 Corinthians 5:3
because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.
2 Corinthians 5:4
For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
2 Corinthians 5:5
And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
2 Corinthians 5:6
Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:7
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:8
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Martyrdom of Polycarp 2.2 · Anonymous | echo, low confidence | ca. 156–160 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Miscellanies 4.26.166 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Miscellanies 6.9.75 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | On Patience 9 · Tertullian | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 198–206 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Against Marcion 5.12 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | On the Resurrection of the Flesh 43 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 208–212 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 4 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on John 32.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Exhortation to Martyrdom 4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | 235 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Against Celsus 7.50 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 65 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on Romans 7.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on Romans 7.12 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Res. 1.12 · Methodius of Olympus | quotation, high confidence | late 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Res. 2.16 · Methodius of Olympus | quotation, high confidence | late 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Preparation for the Gospel 13.10.13 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.3.8 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Oration 7.20 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Oration 18.3 · Gregory of Nazianzus | echo, medium confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:8 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | On the Destruction of Jerusalem 5.53 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Letter 119.7 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | On the Holy Spirit 28.69 · Basil of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 374–375 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | On the Complaints of Job and David 4.6 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 383-390 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Exposition of Psalm 118 12.17.2 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Exposition of Psalm 118 15.31.4 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | On Fleeing the World 45 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-391 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 38.36.3 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.77.2 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| 2 Cor 5:8–9 | Against Jovinianus 1.37 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | 393 |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 75 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 5th century (disputed) |
| 2 Cor 5:8 | The Conferences 1.14 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
2 Corinthians 5:9
So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Cor 5:9 | Miscellanies 4.26.167 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| 2 Cor 5:9 | On the Resurrection of the Flesh 43 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 208–212 |
| 2 Cor 5:9 | Commentary on Matthew 15.35 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| 2 Cor 5:9 | Commentary on Romans 7.12 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 2 Cor 5:9 | Commentary on Romans 9.41 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 2 Cor 5:9 | Homilies on the Psalms 114.2 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360-378 |
| 2 Cor 5:9 | Letter 55 · Gregory of Nazianzus | echo, low confidence | ca. 360–390 |
| 2 Cor 5:9 | Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:9 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 2 Cor 5:9 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 38.36.3 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| 2 Cor 5:9 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 38.36.4 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| 2 Cor 5:9–10 | Apologetic Book 18.7 · Orosius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 415–416 |
| 2 Cor 5:9 | The Conferences 1.14 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
2 Corinthians 5:11
Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Cor 5:11 | Letters to Virgins 2.3.2 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | 3rd century |
| 2 Cor 5:11 | Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:10 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 2 Cor 5:11 | Homily 4 · Gregory of Nyssa | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390–394 |
2 Corinthians 5:12
We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Cor 5:12 | The Instructor 3.2.10 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| 2 Cor 5:12 | Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:12 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
2 Corinthians 5:13
If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Cor 5:13 | Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:13 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 2 Cor 5:13 | Homily 10 · Gregory of Nyssa | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390–394 |
| 2 Cor 5:13–15 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.26 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| 2 Cor 5:13 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.42 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| 2 Cor 5:13 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 22.54 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| 2 Cor 5:13 | On Catechizing the Uninstructed 10 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–405 |
| 2 Cor 5:13 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 7.23 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 406–420 |
| 2 Cor 5:13 | Commonitorium 14 · Marius Mercator | quotation, high confidence | 429-431 |
| 2 Cor 5:13 | Letters 2 · Capreolus of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 431-433 |
2 Corinthians 5:14
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
2 Corinthians 5:15
And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
2 Corinthians 5:16
So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Fragment 9 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | late 2nd–early 3rd century |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Fragment 17 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | late 2nd–early 3rd century |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Fragment 2 (Hypotyposes 4; on 2 Cor 5:16) · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | late 2nd-early 3rd century |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | On First Principles 2.6.7 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398) |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 6 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Fragments on Luke, column 343 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | PG 12:1229 (Ps 17 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Fragment 69 on John 9:35 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 226-254 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Commentary on John 2.29 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Homilies on Exodus 12.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Homilies on Leviticus 1.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Homilies on Numbers 24.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Homilies on Jeremiah 15.6 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 0.85 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.162 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Against Celsus 6.68 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Against Celsus 7.39 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 35 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 113 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Commentary on Matthew 11.17 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Commentary on Matthew 12.37 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Commentary on Matthew 15.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Commentary on Romans 1.5 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Demonstration of the Gospel 9.6.9 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| 2 Cor 5:16–17 | Letter 3.1 · Antony the Great | quotation, high confidence | before 356 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Letter 5.1 · Antony the Great | quotation, medium confidence | before 356 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Long recension, Magnesians 5 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | later 4th century (probable) |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Against Eunomius 2.14 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 364 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:16 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | On Virginity 2 · Gregory of Nyssa | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–371 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Letter 59.1 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | On Cain and Abel 1.9 · Ambrose | echo, medium confidence | ca. 375-378 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | On the Christian Faith 3.3 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 378–380 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Theological Oration 4 (Or. 30), On the Son 14 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | 380 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Canons on the Letters of Paul 12 · Priscillian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380–400 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Letter 147.18 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Letter 147.35 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Letter 147.52 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| 2 Cor 5:16–18 | Sermon 5.6 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Sermon 88.14 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Sermon 143.3 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Against Jovinianus 1.36 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | 393 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Letters 44.4 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | On Christian Doctrine 1.34 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427 |
| 2 Cor 5:16–17 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 11.1 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 11.4 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 11.6 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 11.7 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 94.4 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 406–420 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 95.3 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 406–420 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 1.44 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 411–412 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Commentary on Jeremiah 3.72 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Sermon 60 · Peter Chrysologus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | Sermon 75 · Peter Chrysologus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
| 2 Cor 5:16 | The Conferences 10.6 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:18
All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
2 Corinthians 5:19
that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:20
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.