2 Timothy 2:19 (WEB)
However, God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”
Fathers and councils · 28
Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(2 Tim. 2:19) He knoweth the foreknown, he knoweth the predestinated.” — the author cites it
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“(2 Tim. 2:19) Of those sheep of which it is said, The Lord knoweth then that are His, the wolf robbeth none, the thief taketh none, the robber killeth none.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“For “the Lord knoweth them that are His;” the Christians that fear Him, the Christians that believe, the Christians that keep the commandments, that walk in God’s ways, that keep themselves from sins; that if they fall confess: they belong to “the number.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
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Read the whole comment““The Lord knows them that are His.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment“But this downfall and devil that is at noon-day “shall not come nigh thee,” that is, the Head and the body; for the Lord knows who are His.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment“I ask thee, of whom speaketh the Apostle in these words, “Of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus; who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already: and overthrow the faith of some?”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 17–19.
Read the whole comment“For “the Lord knoweth who are His;” and if he cannot separate in this world from wicked men, yet, “let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”…” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment“For “the foundation of God standeth sure; because the Lord knoweth them that are His.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment“Otherwise, he who is not slain, and is not eaten by the Church, may be in the visible number of the people: but he cannot be in the number of the people which is known to God, whereof the Apostle saith, “The Lord knoweth who are His,” save he be eaten; and eaten he cannot be, save he first be slain.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment““For the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are His; and, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19
Read the whole comment“For if he depart not from iniquity, he belongeth not to the kingdom of Christ, even though he name the Name of Christ.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment“And because the apostle says, “The Lord knoweth them that are His; for whom He did foreknow, He also predestinated [to be] conformed to the image of His Son,” none of them can perish; therefore it follows in that psalm, “Thy consolations have delighted my soul.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment“For “the Lord knoweth them that are His,” and of these the devil seduces none to eternal damnation.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment“For “the Lord know eth them that are His;” and “as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are sons of God,” but by grace, not by nature.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment“The saints themselves—understand brethren, they that belong to the dove, that have their part in that city of Jerusalem, the good themselves in the Church, of whom the apostle says, “The Lord know eth them that are His”—are endued with different graces, and do not all possess like merits.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment““For the Lord knoweth them that are His.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment“For at present Christ’s body is as it were mixed on the threshing-floor: “But the Lord knoweth them that are His.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment“Hence, says the apostle, “The Lord knoweth them that are His.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment“But of those sheep of which the apostle says, “The Lord knoweth them that are His;” and “Whom He did foreknow, them He also did predestinate; and whom He did predestinate, them He also called; and whom He called, them He also justified; and…” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“But as then against the adherents of Philetus and Hymenæus, so now the Apostle forewarns all men against ungodliness like theirs, saying, ‘The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are His; and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.’” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
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John Chrysostom
“As Paul declared when he said, “God hath not rejected His people whom He foreknew” ( Rom. xi. 2 ); and Moses, “The Lord knew those that were His” ( 2 Tim. ii. 19; comp.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“For “the Lord knoweth them that are his,” [2 Tim 2:19] and he that knoweth not shall not be known, and though they be virgins in purity of body, or in confession of the true faith, yet forasmuch as they have no oil, they are unknown by the bridegroom.” — the author cites it
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“Nor does it contradict this, that certain of the Church do fall; for not all that are called Christians, are Christ’s, but, “The Lord knows them that are his.” [2 Tim 2:19]” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
““The Lord knoweth them that are his.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man On the.21On the Making of Man
“…not always to be understood of skill and acquaintance with anything, but of the disposition towards what is agreeable,—as “the Lord knoweth them that are His”; and He says to Moses, “I knew thee above all”; while of those condemned in their wickedness He Who knows all things says, “I never knew you.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
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Tertullian
““The Lord (beholdeth and) knoweth them that are His;” and “the plant which (my heavenly Father) hath not planted, He rooteth up;” and “the first shall,” as He shows, “be last;” and He carries “His fan in His hand to purge His threshing-floor.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 19.
Read the whole comment“To meet these its counsels, do you apply the examples of sisters of ours whose names are with the Lord,—who, when their husbands have preceded them (to glory), give to no opportunity of beauty or of age the precedence over holiness.” — editor's note: Comp. Phil. iv. 3; 2 Tim. ii. 19; Mal. iii. 16; and similar passages.
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Cross-references · 41
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.51.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.51.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in Letters Letter 235.
Cited together in Letters Letter 235.
Cited together in Letters Letter 235.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.
Cited together in Letters Letter 235.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.51.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:1–5 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 7:24–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 7:24–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:1–5 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 25:1–13 (13) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 11.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:1–5 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:22–30 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:22–30 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:22–30 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:22–30 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:22–30 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:22–30 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 11.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.51 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.51.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 7:24–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.51.
Cited together in Letters Letter 235.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.