2 TIMOTHY 2:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.”
Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. — Individual purification (agiazō heauton) determines functionality: the person separating from dishonorable pursuits becomes skeuos (instrument) for the master's noble purposes. Sanctification yields utility.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 2:21
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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