2 Corinthians 10:13

First Council of Nicaea (325)

• First Council of Nicaea (325), First Council of Nicaea, Excursus on the Use of the Word “Canon.”Editor's excursus

  “The original sense, “a straight rod” or “line,” determines all its religious applications, which begin with St. Paul’s use of it for a prescribed sphere of apostolic work (2 Cor. x. 13, 15), or a regulative principle of Christian life (Gal. vi. 16).” — the author cites it

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Prayer Chapter 22

  “Touching such, however, as are betrothed, I can with constancy “above my small measure” pronounce and attest that they are to be veiled from that day forth on which they shuddered at the first bodily touch of a man by kiss and hand.” — editor's note: Does Tertullian refer to 2 Cor. x. 13? or does “modulus” mean, as Oehler thinks, “my rule?” [It seems to me a very plain reference to the text before…

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18Book VI

  “But he teaches that knowledge (gnosis), which is the perfection of faith, goes beyond catechetical instruction, in accordance with the magnitude of the Lord’s teaching and the rule of the Church.” — editor's note: [Canon-law referred to as already recognised. And see 2 Cor. x. 13–15 (Greek), as to a certain ecclesiastical rule or canon observed by the apostles. It may…

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.38Book III

  “In the Epistle of Peter to them of Pontus: “Nor let any of you suffer as a thief, or a murderer, or as an evil-doer, or as a minder of other people’s business, but as a Christian.”” — editor's note: [Gr. ὡς ἀλλοτριοεπίσκοπος; a strange expression. This is St. Paul’s canon (Greek) of jurisdiction, which he expounds, 2 Cor. x. 13, 14. Comp. Gal. ii. 9.…

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 9

  “And because of that reaching it is called a measure, even as the apostle says, “We have received a measure for reaching unto you.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. x. 13.

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• 2 Corinthians 11:6

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.

• Galatians 2:9

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.38 and 1 other place.

• Galatians 6:16

  Cited together in First Council of Nicaea, Excursus on the Use of the Word “Canon.”.

• James 2:8

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.

• 1 Peter 4:15

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.38.

• 1 Peter 4:16

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.38.

• Matthew 5:20

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.

• 1 Corinthians 2:10

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.

• 1 Corinthians 2:14

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.

• 1 Corinthians 8:4

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.18.