-16: Summary:Against a prideful brand of teaching and teachers marked and giving license to various sins contrary to the doctrine of Christ and His Gospel, Paul exhorts Timothy, the man of God, (a) to pursue holiness, (b) to endure in believing, and (c) to be above reproach until, at the proper time, Christ appears. This appearance is in the hands of God and, as such, is a gift He's most happy to give (the Blessed), and is most sure to give (the only Sovereign), and is most able to give (alone immortal). The immortality implicit in Christ's appearing is God's to give us. By it---that is, through Jesus, we're enabled to approach and see Him Who is unapproachably holy and invisible. That is the gift. May He have all the glory for it. And in the meantime, may it be our aim to honor Him by a life that's worthy of the Gospel.

a.

b-14.

b-c.

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-14a.

b-16.