2 Timothy 2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do engender strifes. A lady, of whom we beard in our travels, had worried several ministers who sought her good by always telling them that she could not believe till they could explain to her how God could be without a beginning. "For," said she, "if He never began, then He has not begun, and there can be no God at all." Very dexterous are certain persons in blocking up their own road, and yet, perhaps, there is no great dexterity in it, for the proverb says, "A fool may put questions which a wise man cannot answer." In the Vatican at Rome we saw the renowned statue of the boy who has a thorn in his foot, and is busy extracting if. He was doing this when we first saw him, and three years after he was attempting the same operation. We have good reason for believing that he is even now in the same posture, and will be found in like attitude fifty years hence. He is carved in marble, and therefore is excused for making no progress; but what shall be said of living, thoughtful individuals who year after year are trifling with imaginary difficulties, and never set foot on the road to heaven? (C. H. Spurgeon.) 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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