On Greed and the Ministry's Duty
Let him fall into it, yet it is fitting for one who honors self-sufficiency and equality to dismiss the arguments of those concerning greed and the love of money, lest he unguardedly receive a plant from the root of evils. For the love of money is the root of all evils. Paul the apostle distinguished this.
The fullness and unceasingness of the ministry's instruction demonstrates those words which he made his own regarding the high priesthood, and that they fulfill from every place the needs of the rational flock so that all may properly possess them, both in priests and in ministers. For those who inherited the dignity of the episcopate were prepared for building up and for fleeing, even if suffering evil should happen through this. Therefore, in the things previously mentioned, the apostle set forward the suffering of the work; for he said: Suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist.
I am being poured out. Instead of being taken away, I am being sacrificed so as to pour out my blood upon the earth.
Greek
ἐμπέσοι, καὶ τῷ τὴν αὐτάρκειαν τιμῶντι καὶ τὸ ἶσον, καὶ δίκαιον τοὺς περὶ πλεονεξίας καὶ φιλαργυρίας λόγους διεξιέναι προσήκει, μή 344 πως ἀφυλάκτως τῆς ῥίζης τῶν κακῶν βλάστημα παραδέχηται. ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία. Παῦλος ὁ ἀπόστολος διωρίσατο. 2 Tim 4,5 Ἡ τῆς διακονίας πληροφορία τὸ πλῆρες καὶ ἀνελλειπὲς ὑποφαίνει τῶν λόγων ὅσα τῆς ἀρχιερωσύνης καθέστηκεν ἴδια, καὶ τὸ πανταχόθεν τὰς τοῦ λογικοῦ ποιμνίου χρείας ἀναπληροῦν ὡς πᾶσι τοῖς μέλεσιν ἀρτίως ἔχειν ἔν τε ἱερεῦσι καὶ λειτουργοῖς· εἰς γὰρ τὸ ἀνοικοδομεῖν καὶ φυγεύειν ἐτάχθησαν οἱ τὸ τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς ἀξίωμα κληρωσάμενοι, καὶ εἰ κακοπαθεῖν διὰ τοῦτο συμβαίη. διὸ καὶ ἐν τοῖς εἰρημένοις τὴν κακοπάθειαν τοῦ ἔργου προέταξεν ὁ ἀπόστολος· ἔφη γάρ· κακοπάθησον, ἔργον ποίησον εὐαγγελιστοῦ. 2 Tim 4,6 Σπένδομαι. Ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀναιροῦμαι, σφάζομαι ὥστε ῥάναι τὸ αἷμά μου τῇ γῇ.
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Explore how early Christians understood spiritual authority and eternal life through this insightful commentary on 2 Timothy.
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- Copy-text PG 65 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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