But shun empty chatter, for it will go further in ungodliness,
St. Paul having now finished the exhortatory part of this chapter, and acquainted Timothy what he would have him practise and do, now comes to a dehortation, advising him what he would have him avoid and shun; and here, first, he bids him shun profane and vain babblings; the vain babblings of the Heathen philosopers, and the profane notions of heretical and seducing teachers, particularly...
Charge your people to stop striving about words, for such quarrels destroy souls and lead hearers away from the great things of God. Those who contend over trifles rarely consider how useless these disputes are; they are not merely profitless but deeply harmful.
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Commenting on 2 Timothy 2:14-18
Be strengthened in grace, not as a permission to sloth, but as a command to shake off the flesh's sluggishness. Even the most gifted lose heart midway unless they are constantly aroused and reminded that their strength comes not from themselves but from Christ.
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Commenting on 2 Timothy 2:1-26