2 Corinthians 9 in the early church

117 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Corinthians 9, 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 9:1

Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:1	Commentary on Romans 10.14 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 9:1	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:1–2 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:1	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401

2 Corinthians 9:2

For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:2	Commentary on Romans 10.14 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 9:2	Moral Rules (Moralia) 34 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Cor 9:2	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:1–2 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:2	Canons on the Letters of Paul 60 · Priscillian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380–400
2 Cor 9:2	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401

2 Corinthians 9:3

But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:3	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:3 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:3	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401

2 Corinthians 9:4

Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:4	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:4 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:4	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401

2 Corinthians 9:5

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:5	Homilies on Joshua 17.3 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 9:5	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:5 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:5	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401

2 Corinthians 9:6

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:6	Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 31.8 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 190–210
2 Cor 9:6	Commentary on John 13.295 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 9:6	Homilies on Leviticus 4.9 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Cor 9:6–7	To Quirinus 3.1 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
2 Cor 9:6	On Works and Almsgiving 24 · Cyprian of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	ca. 253
2 Cor 9:6	Demonstration 20.17 · Aphrahat	quotation, high confidence	337-345
2 Cor 9:6	Homilies on the Psalms 48.4 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360-378
2 Cor 9:6	Letter 121 · Gregory of Nazianzus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–390
2 Cor 9:6	Homilies 18.4 · Basil of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	ca. 363-378
2 Cor 9:6	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:6–7 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:6	Letter 121.6 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 9:6	On Naboth 37 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386-390
2 Cor 9:6	Letter 268.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 9:6	Homilies on Matthew 5.5 · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390
2 Cor 9:6	Homilies on Matthew 66.2 · John Chrysostom	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390
2 Cor 9:6	Sermon 31.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 9:6	Against Jovinianus 2.23 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	393
2 Cor 9:6	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Cor 9:6–7	Sermon 42 · Peter Chrysologus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 425-450
2 Cor 9:6	To the Church 3.69 · Salvian of Marseilles	quotation, high confidence	ca. 435-440

2 Corinthians 9:7

Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:7	Didache 4.7 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100)
2 Cor 9:7	Sentences of Sextus 330 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	2nd-early 3rd cent.
2 Cor 9:7	Sentences of Sextus 382 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	2nd-early 3rd cent.
2 Cor 9:7	Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 31.8 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 190–210
2 Cor 9:7	Fragments on Proverbs, column 217 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 9:7	PG 12:1145 (Ps 4 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 9:7	PG 12:1289 (Ps 27–28 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Cor 9:7	Homilies on Jeremiah 20.2 · Origen	allusion, low confidence	ca. 240
2 Cor 9:7	Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.144 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410)
2 Cor 9:7	Commentary on Romans 10.14 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Cor 9:7	Fragment Z I (on Acts 5:4) · Dionysius of Alexandria	echo, medium confidence	ca. 248–265
2 Cor 9:7	Tractates on the Psalms 133.5 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Cor 9:7	Oration 14.38 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 9:7	Oration 18.16 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 9:7	Oration 32.12 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 9:7	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:6–7 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:7	Letter 132.20 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Cor 9:7	On the Duties of the Clergy 1.30 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–390
2 Cor 9:7	Exposition of Psalm 118 6.36.1 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 9:7	Letter 167.20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 9:7	Letter 268.2 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 9:7	Homily 5 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Cor 9:7	Sermon 31.1 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 9:7	Sermon 31.3 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 9:7	Sermon 31.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 9:7	Sermon 165.4 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 9:7	Sermon 259.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 9:7	Sermon 337.1 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, low confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 9:7	Sermon 351.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 9:7	Homily 14.2 on 1 Timothy · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 392-397
2 Cor 9:7	The Lord's Sermon on the Mount 1.20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 393–396
2 Cor 9:7	Letters 13.14 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 9:7	Letters 34.4 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 9:7	Letters 38.5 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Cor 9:7	Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.34 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 398–400
2 Cor 9:7	Tractates 0 · Gaudentius of Brescia	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397-410
2 Cor 9:7	On Catechizing the Uninstructed 2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 399–405
2 Cor 9:7	On Catechizing the Uninstructed 10 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 399–405
2 Cor 9:7	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Cor 9:7	City of God 14.9 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
2 Cor 9:7	On Man's Perfection in Righteousness 18 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 415
2 Cor 9:7	On Man's Perfection in Righteousness 21 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 415
2 Cor 9:7	Part 2, chapter 7 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:8	Homilies 21.8 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 363-378
2 Cor 9:8	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:8 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:8	Apostolic Constitutions 7.49.1 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Cor 9:8	Exposition of Psalm 118 12.21.2 · Ambrose	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 9:8	Homilies on Matthew 55.5 · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390
2 Cor 9:8	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Cor 9:8–11	Book 1, chapter 24 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 440-450

2 Corinthians 9:9

As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:9	The Instructor 3.6.35 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 190–200
2 Cor 9:9	Miscellanies 2.19.102 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Cor 9:9	To Quirinus 3.1 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
2 Cor 9:9	Oration 8.10 · Gregory of Nazianzus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Cor 9:9	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:9 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:9	Exposition of Psalm 118 8.23.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Cor 9:9	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 37.24.3 · Ambrose	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Cor 9:9	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401

2 Corinthians 9:10

Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:10	Against Heresies 4.25.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 180–190
2 Cor 9:10	Commentary on John 13.308 · Origen	echo, medium confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Cor 9:10	To Quirinus 3.1 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
2 Cor 9:10	On Works and Almsgiving 9 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 253
2 Cor 9:10	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:10–11 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:10	Sermon 352.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
2 Cor 9:10	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401
2 Cor 9:10	The Conferences 13.3 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429
2 Cor 9:10	Chapter 2 · Prosper of Aquitaine	quotation, high confidence	ca. 432-433

2 Corinthians 9:11

You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will produce thanksgiving to God.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:11	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:10–11 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:11	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:12–13 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:11	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401

2 Corinthians 9:12

For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:12	To Quirinus 3.1 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
2 Cor 9:12	On Works and Almsgiving 9 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 253
2 Cor 9:12	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:12–13 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:12	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401

2 Corinthians 9:13

Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:13	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:12–13 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:13	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401

2 Corinthians 9:14

And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:14	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:12–13 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:14	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401

2 Corinthians 9:15

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Cor 9:15	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:12–13 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Cor 9:15	Letter 58.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Cor 9:15	Tractates 2 · Gaudentius of Brescia	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 397-410
2 Cor 9:15	On the Work of Monks 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 400–401