2 Timothy 2:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.”
2 Timothy 2:20 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 2 Timothy 2:2025 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 2:20
Many men are still even now perplexed to account for the fact, that the wicked are suffered to remain, and are not yet destroyed. Now doubtless various reasons may be assigned for this, as, that they may be converted, or that by their punishment they may be made an example to the multitude. But Paul here mentions a similar case. For he says, “In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and earth.” Showing by this, that as in a great house…
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