2 TIMOTHY 3:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;”
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it — Timothy's stability (menō) depends on persisting in didachē (teaching) and pisteuo (conviction) grounded in his pedagogical sources: Paul and earlier believers. Transmitted truth proves trustworthy.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 3:14
What is this? As the prophet David exhorted, saying, “Be not thou envious against the workers of iniquity” Psalm 37:1, so Paul exhorts, “Continue thou in the things which you have learned,” and not simply learned, but “hast been assured of,” that is, hast believed. And what have I believed? That this is the Life. And if you see things happening contrary to your belief, be not troubled. The same happened to Abraham, yet he was not affected at it. He had heard, “In Isaac shall…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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