2 Timothy 2:20 (WEB)
Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor and some for dishonor.
Fathers and councils · 17
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.70Book IV
“If a man therefore purge himself, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified and meet for the Master’s use, prepared unto every good work.”” — editor's note: Cf. 2 Tim. ii. 20, 21.
Read the whole comment - Origen, De Principiis II.9Book II
“…uses when he says, “In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honour and some to dishonour;” and those which he adds, saying, “If a man purge himself, he will be a vessel unto honour, sanctified and meet for the Master’s use, unto every good work,”…” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20.
Read the whole comment - Origen, De Principiis III.1Book III
“If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the Master’s use, prepared unto every good work.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20, 21.
Read the whole comment - Origen, De Principiis III.2Book III
“If a man therefore purge himself, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the Master’s use, and prepared unto every good work;” for if he who purges himself becomes a vessel unto honour, and he who allows himself to remain unpurged becomes a vessel unto dishonour, then, so far as these…” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20, 21.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“…the same description; and will our ‘house’ be the same as that large house, in which, as the Apostle says, there are the vessels of gold, and those of silver, and those of the other materials which are recounted?” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20.
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Jerome
“For the Church does not condemn marriage, but makes it subordinate; nor does she reject it, but regulates it; for she knows, as was said before, that in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and earthenware; and that some are to honour, some to dishonour; and that…” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20, 21.
Read the whole comment“Here are vessels of wood or of earth, which wait for the rod of iron, and eternal fire.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20.
Read the whole comment“We know that in a large house there are vessels not only of silver and of gold, but of wood also and of earth.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20.
Read the whole comment“In a great house there are vessels of different kinds, some to honour and some to dishonour.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20.
Read the whole comment““If we once admit that, when one vessel is made to honour and another to dishonour, this is due to antecedent causes; why may we not revert to the mystery of the soul and allow that it is loved in one and hated in another because of its past…” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20.
Read the whole comment“As in the one there was the leopard with the kids, the wolf with the lambs, so in the other there are found the righteous and sinners, that is,vessels of gold and silver with those of wood and of earth.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20.
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John Damascene
“If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20, 21.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“The apostle in his epistle says, “In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honour and some to dishonour.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20.
Read the whole comment“…the chaff from the wheat; and since the apostle says, “But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth,” should think to choose the vessels of gold and of silver, to despise, to cast away, and to condemn the vessels of wood and of clay; while the vessels of wood…” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20.
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Gregory the Great
“Since in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some indeed to honour but some to dishonour (2 Tim. ii. 20), who can be ignorant that in the bosom of the Universal Church some as vessels of dishonour are deputed to the lowest uses, but others, as…” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“For so long as the Church is here, so long as grain groaneth amid chaff, so long as wheat groaneth amid tares, so long as vessels of mercy groan amid vessels of wrath made for dishonour, so long as lily groaneth amid thorns, there will not be wanting enemies to say, “When shall he die, and his name perish?”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 20.
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Leo the Great
“In a great house, indeed, as the Apostle explains, there must needs be divers vessels, some of gold and of silver, and some of wood and of earth: but their purpose varies with the quality of their material, and the use of the precious and of the cheap kinds is not the same.” — editor's note: Sc. 2 Tim. ii. 20.
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Cross-references · 18
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Cited together in Against Eunomius I.38.
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Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.19.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.19.
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.38.
Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.38.
Cited together in De Principiis II.9.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.19.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.19.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.19.
Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Cited together in Letters Letter 12.
Quotes
2 Timothy 2:20 takes up the words of Daniel 5:4 (9 words in common).