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2 Timothy 4:13 (WEB)
Bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus when you come—and the books, especially the parchments.

Fathers and councils · 3

Jerome, Against the Pelagians Book 3
“Do you suppose that the Apostle Paul, when he wrote “the coat (or cloak) that I left at Troas with Carpus, bring when thou comest, and the books, especially the parchments,” was thinking of heavenly mysteries, and not of those things which are required for daily life and to satisfy our bodily necessities?” — editor's note: 2 Tim. iv. 13.
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Tertullian, On Prayer Chapter 15
“…concerning the garb of prayer, would have comprehended in their instructions, unless any think that is was in prayer that Paul had left his cloak with Carpus!” — editor's note: 2 Tim. iv. 13.
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Tertullian, The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 8
“Nay, there is more than this: for even Christ, we shall find, has ordinary raiment; Paul, too, has his cloak.” — editor's note: 2 Tim. iv. 13. [This is a useful comment as showing what this φαιλόνη was. Our author translates it by pænula. Of which more when we reach the De Pallio.]
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