ACC ~ 2 Timothy 2 v15b

NO ADDITIONS. CHRYSOSTOM: This he has well said. For many distort the text of Scripture and pervert it in every way, and many additions are made to it. He has not said “directing” but “rightly dividing,” that is, cutting away what is spurious, with much vehemence assailing it and extirpating it. With the sword of the Spirit cut off from your preaching, as from a thong, whatever is superfluous and foreign to it. HOMILIES ON 2 TIMOTHY 5.

TEACHING CORRECTLY. THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: Paul’s intent here is to urge Timothy to teach with a correct purpose, so that the word is not undermined. COMMENTARY ON 2 TIMOTHY.

PLOW STRAIGHT FURROWS. THEODORET OF CYR: Good teachers are like farmers who plow straight furrows, thus presenting the rule of Scripture in a correct manner. INTERPRETATION OF THE SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY.

TEACH THOSE WHO WISH TO HEAR. AMBROSIASTER: To teach the word of truth rightly is to speak it to men who wish to hear it and are peaceful in their hearing. COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY.

CONFIRMING THE WORD. PELAGIUS: It is correct living that confirms the word and that interprets it rightly. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY.

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