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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

2 Timothy 2:19 → Isaiah 26:13

Allusion

Later text

2 Timothy 2:19BSB

Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”

Earlier text

Isaiah 26:13BSB

O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we confess.

Significance

The inscription on God's foundation in 2 Timothy 2:19b reads "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity" (apostētō apo adikias pas ho onomazōn to onoma kyriou). This alludes to Isaiah 26:13, where the faithful remnant confesses that though other lords have ruled them, they will acknowledge only YHWH's name (shim-ka nazkir). The TSK links this verse to passages about bearing and honoring the divine name. The connection is analogical: just as Israel's confession of YHWH's exclusive lordship required departing from idolatry and foreign allegiance, so the Christian's confession of Christ's name demands moral separation from iniquity. Paul applies the prophetic logic — true naming of the Lord entails exclusive loyalty — to the pastoral crisis of false teaching in Ephesus.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy

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2 Timothy 2:19 → Isaiah 26:13

Significance

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