Cleanse Yourself: A Look at Paul’s Metaphor and Its Application in 2 Timothy 2:20–21
In between two passages telling Timothy how to deal with false teachers (2 Tim 2:14–19, 22–26), Paul uses a variously understood metaphor in verse 20 and applies it in verse 21: “20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable […]