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Thomas C. Oden provides a modern commentary on the pastoral letters grounded in the classical, consensual tradition of interpretation. He depends on the writers Athanasius, John Chrysostom, Augustine, Jerome, Luther, Calvin, Henry, and Wesley. His underlying conviction is that these classical Christian exegetes are better interpreters of the pastorals, not simply because they were earlier but...

that precisely because God is Almighty, God “cannot” deny himself (Augustine, On the Creed, 1, NPNF 1 III, 369; cf. Athanasius, Discourse II Against the Arians, XIV.10, p. 353. The “cannot” is in quotes because nothing is too hard for the Lord, hence the word “cannot” does not belong to God without qualification. The notion that God cannot do something is hypothetical). God is never less than God. God’s word is never shaky or unable to fulfill itself. On the way to the last day, God continues to
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