1 Timothy 6:4

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.36Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus

  “…man receiveth not,” the doctrine of the cross; of which if any man “taste,” he will not accede to the disputations and quibbles of proud and puffed-up men, who go into matters of which they have no perception.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 4, 5.

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• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies III.12Book III

  “But if any one, “doting about questions,” do imagine that what the apostles have declared about God should be allegorized, let him consider my previous statements, in which I set forth one God as the…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 4.

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Theodoret of Cyrus

• Theodoret of Cyrus, Ecclesiastical History I.4Book I

  “…and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing,’ and so forth.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 3, 4

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 39

  “The apostle instructs us, saying, “If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus Christ and His doctrine, he is lifted up with foolishness: from such withdraw thyself.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 3–5.

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• Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 73

  “Mindful of which precept, the blessed Apostle Paul himself also warns and instructs, saying, “If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to His doctrine, he is proud, knowing nothing: from such withdraw thyself.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 3–5.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 15

  “…my side, especially this, that our faith owes deference to the apostle, who forbids us to enter on “questions,” or to lend our ears to new-fangled statements, or to consort with a heretic “after the first and second admonition,” not, (be it observed,) after discussion.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 3, 4.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.8Book I

  “…and strifes of words, whereof cometh contention, envy, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, destitute of the truth.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. vi. 3–5. [He treats the sophists with Platonic scorn, but adopts St. Paul’s enlarged idea of sophistry.]

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• Titus 1:10

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.8.

• 1 Peter 2:3

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• Jude 1:3

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• Exodus 3:16

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.

• Deuteronomy 13:5

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.

• Deuteronomy 17:12

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.

• Deuteronomy 30:14

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• Jeremiah 23:16

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.

• Jeremiah 23:17

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.

• Matthew 15:14

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.

• Matthew 18:16

  Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 15.

• Mark 7:9

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.

• Romans 10:8

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• 1 Corinthians 2:14

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• Ephesians 5:6

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.

• Ephesians 5:7

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.

• Philippians 3:10

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• Colossians 2:18

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• 1 Timothy 1:4

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.