1. 2 Timothy 2:14-26

2. Battle Instructions for 2 Timothy 2:14-26
Do not “strive about words” (2:14)
Yet Paul fought with words many times (Acts 15:1-2; Galatians 2:11-14)
And the Word of God is a SWORD! (Ephesians 6:17)
The command not to strive about words is qualified:
“To no profit” (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
“To the ruin of the hearers”

3. Battle Instructions for 2 Timothy 2:14-26
“Shun profane and idle babblings” (2:16)
Their source is unholy and earthly (2:15)
They are empty and worthless (2:17-18)
They are cancerous and dangerous

4. Battle Instructions for 2 Timothy 2:14-26
“Avoid foolish and ignorant disputes” (2:23)
They generate strife (cf. Titus 3:9)
They can be generated by ignorance.

5. Battle Instructions for 2 Timothy 2:14-26
“A Servant of the Lord Must not Quarrel” (2:24; Gal. 5:15)
Approach disagreements with gentleness, patience and humility and with a desire to instruct and correct.
Those who react with belligerence and a divisive attitude should be avoided (1 Timothy 6:3-5; Titus 3:9-11)