2 Timothy

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NASB	2 Timothy 2:23 But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels.
AMPLIFIED 2015	2 Timothy 2:23 But have nothing to do with foolish and ignorant speculations [useless disputes over unedifying, stupid controversies], since you know that they produce strife and give birth to quarrels.

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Subject: foolish and unlearned questions avoid

Bible Note: I take a chance to ask this question, hoping it is neither foolish nor unlearned.

To whom was Paul speaking when he said, "... folish and unlearned questions avoid ..."?

Paul was speaking to Timothy, was he not? And Timothy was his fellow-evangelist, a leader and a teacher to the church.

May I suggest, respectfully, that that admonition is for the leaders of today; the leaders of the church and the leaders of this forum. It is not for the foolish people who ask the foolish questions. It is for their leaders. They need to deal with these things.

So often I hear preachers passing on to the congregation responsibility for the things they need to do themselves. As it is, the Lord has not given us a democracy, where every opinion counts and the majority rules. He has given us a theocracy with a Chief Shepherd and under-shepherds who are to lead and to ensure that the Lord's commands are followed and the sheep are fed.

May I suggest that the leaders here get together among themselves, in private e-mails, perhaps, and agree on a way to deal with the advent of foolish and unlearned questions. If you deal with them correctly, then it does not become an issue. The offending people can be dealt with in private and the forum can be left with only content that is profitable.

Anyone can ask a question. Anyone can offer an answer, perhaps. But then the "prophets" should "prophesy" one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted (1 Cor 14:31).

If I am wrong, I would hope I could be corrected privately, and by the leaders. But I suspect I am not wrong (Acts 20:28;1Pe 5:2). Unless there is leadership that really leads, and in a scritural way, the situation will continue.