2 Timothy 2:15 | Is "rightly dividing the word of truth" a poor translation?

Sep 27, 2021  •  Keith R. Blades, Josh Strelecki

Don’t you think that the expression “rightly dividing the word of truth” in II Timothy 2:15 might be a poor translation, if not a mistaken translation, of what Paul is saying? After all Timothy didn’t have the whole Bible to “divide.” I think maybe the new translations have it correct, because I just don’t see where the idea of “dividing” could come from.

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