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NASB | Titus 3:10 Reject a factious man after a first and second warning, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Titus 3:10 After a first and second warning reject a divisive man [who promotes heresy and causes dissension--ban him from your fellowship and have nothing more to do with him], |
Subject: Extreme Views Are Nothing New |
Bible Note: Nolan, Paul could have had Gnosticism in mind when he issued this apostolic command against the inroads of heresy, but Gnosticism in apolostic times was still in a rather unorganized, embryonic stage. More probably, it seems to me, that it is a blanket command encompassing all deviant teachings, and there were many in Paul's time as there are in ours. Circumcision, eating meat, profaning the observance of the Lord's Supper, immorality -- these are but a few of the challenges and pitfalls with which the early church had to grapple. The church throughout its history has faced a myriad of threats from within and from without, and faces them still. It has prevailed, battle worn and scarred perhaps, but prevailed. And it ever shall, until our Lord returns. --Hank |