4:1 - I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

Word and Revelation of Esdras
And the prophet said: Lord, Thou knowest that I wear human flesh; and how can I count the stars of the heaven, and the sand of the sea? And God said: My chosen prophet, no man will know that great day and the appearing[15]

4:3 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II
according to the meaning of the Greek word, because she secretly stirred up men), without the knowledge of the Demiurge, to give forth profound and unspeakable mysteries to itching ears.[131]
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews
Paul, in the second to Timothy: "There will be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine; but according to their own lusts will heap to themselves teachers itching in hearing, tickling their ears; and shall turn away their hearing indeed from the truth, but they shall be converted unto fables."[712]
Origen Commentary on John Book X
But we must strive to convert the rawness of Scripture into well-cooked food, not letting what is written grow flabby and wet and thin, as those do who have itching ears,[54]

4:6 - For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians
till God shall show who is to hold the rule over you. For "I am now ready to be offered,"[34]
Tertullian Scorpiace
I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; there is laid up for me the crown which the Lord will give me on that day"[102]
Cyprian Epistle VIII
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing."[9]
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews
There now remains for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me in that day; and not only to me, but to all also who love His appearing."[492]

4:7 - I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

Origen Against Celsus Book VII
Those whose piety is grounded on the teaching of Jesus also run until they come to the end of their course, when they can say in all truth and confidence: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness."[135]
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes
I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing."[366]
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VIII
Feed them under Thy right hand, and cover them under Thy wings, and grant that they may "fight the good fight, and finish their course, and keep the faith"[188]

4:8 - Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

Tertullian De Corona
, too, the good fight, whose crown the apostle[63]
Tertullian Of Patience
And if he had wished to have his children also restored, he might again have been called father; but he preferred to have them restored him "in that day."[163]
Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments
These words I address to you as if alive, and with propriety. For ye hold already the crown of life and immortality which is laid up for you in heaven.[73]
Word and Revelation of Esdras
For the Lord, having taken a great host of angels, says to the prophet: Give me the trust which I entrusted to thee; the crown has been prepared for thee.[31]

4:10 - For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
.. and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me."[238]
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VII
Of the churches of Galatia, Crescens.[200]

4:13 - The coat that I left at Troas with Carpus, when you come, bring with you, and the books, but especially the parchments.

Tertullian De Corona
Nay, there is more than this: for even Christ, we shall find, has ordinary raiment; Paul, too, has his cloak.[26]
Tertullian On Prayer
, unless any think that is was in prayer that Paul had left his cloak with Carpus![96]

4:14 - Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ
The famous Alexander,[229]

4:21 - Do your diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VII
Of Alexandria, Annianus was the first, ordained by Mark the evangelist; the second Avilius by Luke, who was also an evangelist. Of the church of Rome, Linus the son of Claudia was the first, ordained by Paul;[194]