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2 Timothy 3:15

Eastern Fathers

Theophylact of Ohrid

External knowledge makes a person clever at deceiving others with various sophisms; hence the ruin of the soul. But divine knowledge is not like this: it makes one wise unto salvation. What kind? Salvation not through works, not through words, but through faith in Jesus Christ. For the Sacred Scriptures lead a person to believe in Christ, Who accomplishes salvation for him.

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Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

Second, on the part of Timothy himself. For it is a scandal for a man nourished in the good from infancy to depart from it in old age: he that passes over from justice to sin God has prepared such a one for the sword (Sir 26:27). But Timothy was nourished in that way: a young man according to his way, even when he is old he shall not depart from it (Prov 22:6). …

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