2 Timothy 3:8 (WEB)
Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.
Fathers and councils · 9
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.51Book IV
“He relates also the account respecting Moses, and Jannes, and Jambres.” — editor's note: Cf. 2 Tim. iii. 8. [Note this testimony concerning Numenius.]
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Gregory of Nyssa
“…and fallaciously, to conceal your own reproach, and to confound by superficial deceits the understanding of men, as the Apostle says, “of corrupt minds,” this no sane man would call a skilful demonstration.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. iii. 8.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“He calls the Galatians “foolish,” and of others he says “men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith,” and again of another set, “Whose God is their belly, whose glory is in their shame,” and so forth.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. iii. 8
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Augustine of Hippo
“Of such as these was it said, “As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the Truth; men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. iii. 8.
Read the whole comment“Fight they not against such a truth, those men of corrupt mind, reprobate concerning the faith, whose reply is only full of impious talk, when they say: It is of God that we have our existence as men, but it is of ourselves that we are righteous?” — editor's note: 2 Tim. iii. 8.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“But the impious man, it seems, is a worthless object, and truly ‘reprobate concerning the Faith.’” — editor's note: 2 Tim. iii. 8.
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Tertullian
“So, too, that other species of magic which operates by miracles, emulous even in opposition to Moses, tried God’s patience until the Gospel.” — editor's note: See Ex. vii., viii., and comp. 2 Tim. iii. 8.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth; but they shall proceed no further, for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, even as theirs also was.”” — editor's note: 2 Tim. iii. 1–9. [Vol. iv. p. 521, this series.]
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“But what is to be said of those who, from vain glory or arrogance, speak unrighteousness against the most High, arming themselves with the insolence of Jannes and Jambres, not against Moses, but against the truth, and rising in opposition to sound doctrine?” — editor's note: 2 Tim. iii. 8.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.6.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 81.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.6.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.6.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 81.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 81.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 81.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.6.