“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.”
I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in the way of the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. — Skopeo (watch, notice, aim at) tous poiounta (those making) ta schismata (divisions, separations) kai ta skandala (offenses, stumbling blocks) para tēn didachēn hēn humeis emathete (contrary to the teaching you learned), and apoklino (turn away) apo autōn (from them). False teachers create schism and scandal through unorthodox instruction—they must be avoided.
Church Fathers on Romans 16:17
Again an exhortation, and prayer after the exhortation. For after telling them to “mark them which cause divisions,” and not to listen to them, he proceeds, “And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly:” and, “The grace of our Lord be with you.” And notice how gently too he exhorts them: doing it not in the character of a counsellor, but that of a servant, and with much respect. For he calls them brethren, and supplicates them likewise. For, “I beseech…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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