Whose mouths must be stopped (ους δε επιστομιζειν). Literally, "whom it is necessary to silence by stopping the mouth." Present ac…

Whose mouths must be stopped. The word here rendered stopped epistomizein—occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It m…

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses.—The translation should read here, seeing they subvert, and so…

Having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry,…

Paul demands that these people “be silenced” (GK 2187)—a word that means “to close the mouth by means of a muzzle or gag.” The offenders must be re…

Whose mouth must be stopped. A good pastor should therefore be vigilant, so that he does not silently permit wicked and dangerous doctrine…

Whose mouths must be stopped
Or they be silenced, by reasons and arguments fetched out of the word of God; as were t…

False teachers are described. Faithful ministers must oppose them promptly, so that, their folly being exposed, they may not proceed further. They …

1. Previously, he described what a bishop’s conduct should be; here he shows how he should be equipped with doctrine. He explains: