http://jkjk4.tumblr.com/   Paul is not the pattern of how to "do church" per se, but of the gospel of grace resulting in one transformed into a "new creation." From this context it becomes clear that the high sounding phrase "sound doctrine" means teaching that results in spiritually healthy followers of the Messiah who live in harmony within the community of God. Abraham J. Malherbe has shown, convincingly, that the medical terminology that peppers the "Pastorals" was par for the course among popular "street philosophers" in the first century. Paul knew this language as did everyone hearing First Timothy read in the assembly for the first time.The word translated in our English Bibles as "sound. Reading through the letter itself reveals this taxonomy of the false teacher in Ephesus:Is it any surprise that the command to "rightlyhttp://jkjk5.tumblr.com/ divide the word of truth" (2 Tim 2.15, KJV) occurs in a context that separating the so called Old Testament from the New Testament is not even on the radar screen! Rather the statement occurs in the middle of relating to people in in the community in healthy ways. Some so abuse the "word of truth" that they bring ruin (lack of health) to those who listen because they are doing nothing but arguing (v.14). The words immediately following the statement refers to empty talk, godless chatter and a verse or so down to "stupid arguments." Rightly dividing .....The word translated "pattern" in this text is hypotyposis and means something like example, standard, pattern, paradigm or the like  It is a term we import other meanings for so it is better to say they are unfit becausehttp://hjhj3.tumblr.com/  they are UNHEALTHY.