2 Timothy 1 in the early church

143 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Timothy 1, 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 Timothy 1 as a whole

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1–2Tim:4	Canon 60 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 343–381
2 Tim 1–2Tim:4	Canon 47 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	397

2 Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:1	Lines 61–70 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	late 2nd or 4th century (disputed)
2 Tim 1:1–2	Prologue to the Commentary on 2 Timothy · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384

2 Timothy 1:2

To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:2	Commentary on Romans 1.8 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)

2 Timothy 1:3

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:3	On First Principles 2.4.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Tim 1:3	Against Celsus 5.61 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Tim 1:3	Martyrdom of Conon 4 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	ca. 250
2 Tim 1:3	Letter 5 · Ammonas	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 340-360
2 Tim 1:3–7	Commentary on 2 Timothy 1:3–5 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384

2 Timothy 1:4

Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:4	Letter 5 · Ammonas	allusion, low confidence	ca. 340-360
2 Tim 1:4	Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.15 · Pacian of Barcelona	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-390

2 Timothy 1:5

I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:5	On the Trinity 11.23 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 356–360

2 Timothy 1:6

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:6	Question 120, section 2 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Tim 1:6	The Conferences 13.12 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429

2 Timothy 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:7	Miscellanies 4.7.49 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 1:7	Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 13 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 211–213
2 Tim 1:7	Commentary on John 32.257 · Origen	echo, medium confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Tim 1:7	Homilies on Jeremiah 6.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Tim 1:7	Homilies on Jeremiah 8.5 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Tim 1:7	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 104 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
2 Tim 1:7	Commentary on Romans 4.9 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 1:7	Historical Fragments 2.1.3.3 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 343–367
2 Tim 1:7	Ancoratus 72.5 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374
2 Tim 1:7	Liber Orsiesii 46 · Orsiesius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380-390
2 Tim 1:7	Letter 194.15 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 1:7	Letter 194.18 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
2 Tim 1:7	On the Grace of Christ and On Original Sin 1.36 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	418
2 Tim 1:7	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 4.10 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Tim 1:7	On Grace and Free Will 18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426
2 Tim 1:7	On Grace and Free Will 19 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426
2 Tim 1:7	The Conferences 11.13 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429
2 Tim 1:7	On Rebuke and Grace 12 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 427

2 Timothy 1:8

So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:8	Miscellanies 4.7.49 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 1:8	Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 13 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 211–213
2 Tim 1:8	Oration II Against the Arians 75 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 1:8	Moral Rules (Moralia) 6 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Tim 1:8	Homilies 3.1 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 363-378
2 Tim 1:8	Commentary on 2 Timothy 1:8 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 1:8–10	Commentary on 2 Timothy 1:9 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 1:8–9	Tractates on the Gospel of John 115.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 1:8	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 1.48 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	411–412
2 Tim 1:8–10	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 2.22 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420–421
2 Tim 1:8	On Grace and Free Will 5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426
2 Tim 1:8–9	Chapter 9 · Prosper of Aquitaine	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426-428
2 Tim 1:8	On the Gift of Perseverance 23 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 428/429
2 Tim 1:8–9	Book 2, chapter 33 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 440-450

2 Timothy 1:9

He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:9	Oration II Against the Arians 75 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 1:9	Oration II Against the Arians 76 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 1:9	On the Trinity 12.25 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Tim 1:9	On the Trinity 12.26 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Tim 1:9	On the Trinity 12.28 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Tim 1:9	On the Trinity 12.34 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Tim 1:9	On the Trinity 12.52 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Tim 1:9	On the Trinity 12.54 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 356–360
2 Tim 1:9	Letter 204 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 357–378
2 Tim 1:9	Tractates on the Psalms 1.3 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Tim 1:9–10	On Christian Doctrine 3.34 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427
2 Tim 1:9	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 1.48 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	411–412
2 Tim 1:9	On Grace and Free Will 5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426
2 Tim 1:9	Retractations 2.31 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	426-427
2 Tim 1:9	On Rebuke and Grace 7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 427
2 Tim 1:9	On the Gift of Perseverance 23 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 428/429

2 Timothy 1:10

And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:10	Epistle of Barnabas 5.6 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130)
2 Tim 1:10	2 Clement 20.5 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	ca. 100–150
2 Tim 1:10	To the Ephesians 19.3 · Ignatius of Antioch	echo, medium confidence	ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)
2 Tim 1:10	Excerpts from Theodotus 61.7 · Clement of Alexandria	echo, medium confidence	ca. 200
2 Tim 1:10	Miscellanies 4.13.91 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 1:10	Commentary on John 2.166 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Tim 1:10	Commentary on John 6.25 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Tim 1:10	Commentary on John 13.101 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Tim 1:10	Commentary on John 13.306 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Tim 1:10	Against the Nations 1.65 · Arnobius of Sicca	echo, low confidence	ca. 297–303
2 Tim 1:10	Tricennial Oration (In Praise of Constantine) 15.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	335–336
2 Tim 1:10	Oration I Against the Arians 59 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 1:10	Oration I Against the Arians 60 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 1:10	Oration II Against the Arians 75 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 1:10	Oration II Against the Arians 81 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
2 Tim 1:10	Letter to Constantius 4 · Cyril of Jerusalem	echo, low confidence	7 May 351
2 Tim 1:10–11	Commentary on 2 Timothy 1:11 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 1:10	Apostolic Constitutions 7.36.2 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Tim 1:10	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 1.48 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	411–412
2 Tim 1:10	On the Gift of Perseverance 23 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 428/429

2 Timothy 1:11

to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:11	On the Trinity 30 · Novatian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 240–250
2 Tim 1:11	Commentary on Romans 8.6 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
2 Tim 1:11	Commentary on Galatians 2:7–8 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 366–384

2 Timothy 1:12

For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:12	Oration 33.17 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Tim 1:12	Commentary on 2 Timothy 1:12 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 1:12	Question 113, section 2 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Tim 1:12	Letter 38.2 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 1:12	On Tobit 67 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380-390
2 Tim 1:12	Poem 21, lines 426–457 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, medium confidence	ca. 393–431
2 Tim 1:12	On the Trinity 1.3 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 399–419
2 Tim 1:12	Tractates on the Gospel of John 10.10 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 406–420
2 Tim 1:12	On the Proceedings of Pelagius 35 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	417

2 Timothy 1:13

Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:13–16	Commentary on 2 Timothy 1:13–14 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 1:13	On Christian Doctrine 4.16 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427

2 Timothy 1:14

Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:14	Miscellanies 7.10.55 · Clement of Alexandria	echo, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Tim 1:14	Prescription against Heretics 25 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 203
2 Tim 1:14	Homilies on Leviticus 4.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 1:14	Catechetical Lecture 5.13 · Cyril of Jerusalem	echo, medium confidence	ca. 350
2 Tim 1:14	Catechetical Lecture 17.32 · Cyril of Jerusalem	quotation, high confidence	ca. 350
2 Tim 1:14	Oration 6.17 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Tim 1:14	Oration 11.5 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Tim 1:14	Oration 40.41 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Tim 1:14	On the Holy Spirit 5.10 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Tim 1:14	On the Holy Spirit 26.63 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 374–375
2 Tim 1:14	On Tobit 67 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380-390
2 Tim 1:14	Letter to Valerian, paragraph 3 · Eucherius of Lyon	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 432
2 Tim 1:14	Part 2, chapter 1 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Timothy 1:15

You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:15	Acts of Paul and Thecla 1 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 150–200
2 Tim 1:15	Against Hermogenes 1 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 200–206
2 Tim 1:15	Prescription against Heretics 3 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 203
2 Tim 1:15	On Flight in Persecution 2 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 208–213
2 Tim 1:15	On the Resurrection of the Flesh 24 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 208–212
2 Tim 1:15	Homilies on Numbers 19.3 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Tim 1:15	Homilies on Jeremiah 19.14 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Tim 1:15–18	Moral Rules (Moralia) 67 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-370
2 Tim 1:15	Tractates on the Psalms 118.16.5 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Tim 1:15	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 11:26 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 1:15	Letter 22.38 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 1:15	Letter 64.2 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Tim 1:15	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 40.8.4 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374-377
2 Tim 1:15	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 51.6.7 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, medium confidence	374-377
2 Tim 1:15	Homily 3 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Tim 1:15	Part 4, chapter 6 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Timothy 1:16

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:16	To the Smyrnaeans 10.1 · Ignatius of Antioch	echo, medium confidence	ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)
2 Tim 1:16	Acts of Paul and Thecla 2 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 150–200
2 Tim 1:16	On Flight in Persecution 12 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 208–213
2 Tim 1:16–18	On First Principles 3.1.21 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
2 Tim 1:16	Prophetic Extracts 1.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
2 Tim 1:16	Long recension, Ephesians 2 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	later 4th century (probable)
2 Tim 1:16	Long recension, Smyrnaeans 10 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	later 4th century (probable)
2 Tim 1:16	Commentary on 2 Timothy 4:17 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 366–384
2 Tim 1:16	Canons on the Letters of Paul 61 · Priscillian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380–400
2 Tim 1:16	Confessions 13.38 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 397–401

2 Timothy 1:17

Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:17–18	Commentary on 2 Timothy 1:17–18 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 366–384

2 Timothy 1:18

May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Tim 1:18	On the Resurrection of the Flesh 23 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 208–212
2 Tim 1:18	Prophetic Extracts 1.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
2 Tim 1:18	Long recension, Smyrnaeans 10 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	later 4th century (probable)
2 Tim 1:18	Long recension, Hero 9 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	later 4th century (probable)
2 Tim 1:18	Letters 29.14 · Paulinus of Nola	quotation, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Tim 1:18	Letters 46.1 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 394–413