Correcting (παιδευοντα). See Tit 2:12. "Schooling" (Parry).

Oppose themselves (αντιδιατιθεμενους). Presen…

In meekne instructing those that oppose themselves. That is, those who embrace error and set themselves against the truth. We are not to b…

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves.—By “those that oppose themselves,” Paul alludes less to the leading…

We have here laid down, then, the duty of the Christian minister and the duty of each Christian too, and let us seek, in the Holy Spirit's grace, t…

If sometime God grant to them repentance—this expression, “If sometime,” or “If perhaps,” points out the difficulty of the case, as being …

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves
To the truth; resist it and deny it; or contradict some other t…

The more we follow that which is good, the faster and further we will flee from that which is evil. Maintaining the communion of saints will take u…

1. Previously, the author showed that profane chatter must be avoided, drawing his reason from the harm it causes. Here he shows the same th…