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Paul’s Fourth Missionary Journey: I Timothy, Titus, II Timothy is unavailable, but you can change that!

These are called the Pastoral Epistles and were written by Paul. They give some guidelines concerning the organization or polity of the church. Paul also writes to refute emerging heresies in the church. II Timothy finds Paul in prison with little hope of release.

6:4 NASB, NRSV “he is conceited” NKJV, NJB “he is proud” TEV “is swollen with pride” This is a PERFECT PASSIVE INDICATIVE. The term is literally “smoke-blinded” by means of pride (cf. 3:6; 6:4; 2 Tim. 3:4). © “but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words” There has been an ongoing emphasis on Timothy not being involved in these futile discussions of the false teachers (cf. 1 Tim. 1:3, 4; 4:7; 2 Tim. 2:14; 4:4; Titus 1:14). I wonder how this would apply today?
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