1 TIMOTHY 6:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.”
for by professing it some have swerved from the faith. Grace be with you. — The final warning and benediction: those pursuing false knowledge have apotoreuō (swerved) from faith itself. The letter concludes with charis (grace) extended toward Timothy—the theological foundation undergirding all pastoral instruction and struggle.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 6:21
You see how again he commands Timothy not even to meet them. “Avoiding opposition.” There are therefore oppositions to which we ought not to vouchsafe an answer, because they turn men from faith, and do not suffer one to be firmly established or fixed in it. Let us not then pursue this science, but adhere to faith, that unshaken rock. For neither floods nor winds assailing will be able to harm us, since we stand on the rock immovable. Thus even in this life, if we choose Him,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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