{"id":3542,"date":"2014-12-28T09:17:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T15:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=3542"},"modified":"2023-04-18T15:37:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T21:37:54","slug":"2-timothy-214-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=3542","title":{"rendered":"2 Timothy 2:14-15"},"content":{"rendered":"

14\u00a0<\/sup>Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

15\u00a0<\/sup>Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

remind them (v.14) = cause them to be mindful of \u2014 tense indicates the need of constant reminders<\/h3>\n

strive not about words (v.14) \u2014don’t wrangle about empty and trifling matters \u2014 1 Timothy 6:4<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

to no profit (v.14) = lit. “which is profitable for nothing” \u2014 a form of the word is translated “useful” in v.21<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

ruin (v.14) = to turn over, turn under, like the soil with a plow \u2014 to overturn, overthrow \u2014 the Greek word gives us our word “catastrophe”<\/h3>\n

be diligent (v.15) = endeavor, exert yourself, make haste, agonize<\/h3>\n

present (v.15) = present yourself, place yourself at the disposal \u2014 tense indicates a decisive act requiring diligent repetition<\/h3>\n

approved (v.15) = put to the test for the purpose of approving and finding that the thing or person tested meets the required specifications<\/h3>\n

to God (v.15) \u2014 goes with “present” \u2014 “present yourself to God, approved”<\/h3>\n

worker (v.15) \u2014 used (but not exclusively) of a craftsman<\/h3>\n

does not need to be ashamed (v.15) = having no cause for shame, not liable to be put to shame<\/h3>\n

rightly dividing (v.15) = cutting a straight course, laying out a road, making a straight cut, as a stone mason (and, therefore, dividing)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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