2 Timothy 2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do engender strifes. I. THE MINISTER OF CHRIST MUST AVOID INAPT DISCUSSIONS. "But foolish and ignorant questions avoid." The false teachers wasted their energies upon questions of this class, because they had no just idea of the relative importance of truth, taking small things for great and great things for small. The matters in dispute were useless and unedifying, being foreign to the true wisdom of the gospel. Four times in these two Epistles does the apostle repeat this grave warning. II. THE TENDENCY OF SUCH DISCUSSIONS. "Knowing that they do gender strifes." They break the peace of Churches, alienate the hearts of ministers, and impede the progress of the gospel. - T.C. Parallel Verses KJV: But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.WEB: But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife. |
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