ACC ~ Titus 1 v3b

COMMANDS NOT LEFT TO OUR CHOICE. CHRYSOSTOM: If then it is a commandment, it is not at my disposal. I fulfill what is commanded. For of things to be done, some are in our power; others are not. For what he commands, that is not in our power; what he permits is left to our choice. … But commandments are not left to our choice, we must either perform them or be punished for not doing so. HOMILIES ON TITUS 1.

2 Tim