“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. — Timothy's core mandate: kēryssō (preach) the logos (word) with temporal flexibility (eukairos akairō). His methodology includes three corrective acts (elegchō, epitimaō, parakaleoō) undergirded by makrothumia (patience) and didaskalia (instruction).
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Elena PetrovaNote2mo agoPreach the Word in Season and Out
I'm not a pastor, I'm an accountant. But I've realized I'm called to share my faith whether or not anyone's asking. Not by being pushy, but by being visible - letting people know who I am and what I b...
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Yuki TanakaNote1mo agoPreach, Whether People Want to Hear It or Not
I'm a small-church pastor in a declining rural community. People don't want to hear about sin or judgment or that their lives need changing. They want comfort and affirmation. Paul's instruction to pr...
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