2 Timothy 2:3 (WEB)
You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
Fathers and councils · 4
Augustine of Hippo
“For he that striveth for masteries, is not crowned except he strive lawfully.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 3–6
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Tertullian
“Soldiers, indeed, subject to all the stricter discipline, that we are subject to so great a General?” — editor's note: Comp. 2 Tim. ii. 3, 4; Heb. ii. 10.
Read the whole comment“(The apostle) directs a similar blow against those who said that “the resurrection was past already.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 3.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…divine things, whether rulers or ruled, being all in this respect duly under rule; whether soldiers or nobles, students or men of letters, being all soldiers of God, though in all other respects meek, ready to fight for the Spirit, all reverencing the assembly above, to which we obtain an entrance, not by the mere…” — editor's note: 2 Tim. ii. 3.
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Cross-references · 20
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 16.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.